Inventions pertain to something novel or new. They refer to a
new composition, device or process. Inventions involve great
insight and creativity on the part of the people behind the
inventions. Any invention can be made on a previously existing
idea or might be independently conceived. In the latter case,
the invention assumes more value and is deemed as a major
breakthrough or advancement. Necessity is said to be the mother
of inventions. Any invention which is new and is not known to
other skilled professionals in a field can assume the legal
protection through a patent. In the words of Dean Kamen, “A
patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas
that you can put together that nobody put together that way
before. That’s how the patent office defines it. That’s an
invention.”