Projector (patent)
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Projector is a 19th century term in United States patent law
meaning the original true inventor. “True inventor” at the time meant the first inventor to reduce an invention to practice.
The term was also used in a derogatory fashion to describe someone who overzealously promotes an invention.
United States patent law
United States patent law was established "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" as provided by the United States Constitution. Congress implemented these...
meaning the original true inventor. “True inventor” at the time meant the first inventor to reduce an invention to practice.
The term was also used in a derogatory fashion to describe someone who overzealously promotes an invention.
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