ENGLISH

What Every Engineer Should Know about Inventing

By WILLIAM H. MIDDENDORF

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2019
ISBN
0367451999, 9780367451998
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16623355 bytes)
Pages
168\169
Topic
Technique
Time added
2023-07-06 22:37:14

Description

This book provides the reader with the information they need to develop into a person who seeks creative opportunities and responds with elegant inventions. It is intended for young inventor and to all those who have the talent and the desire to invent. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface About the Author 1 The Climate for Invention Definitions Patent Statistics The Change in Education The Change in Industry The Change in People Why Invent? Are there Opportunities to Invent? 2 Examples of Inventions Locking Thread Construction An Improved Socket Wrench A Ground Fault Interrupter The Independent Inventor and the Employed Inventor Two Kinds of Invention Problems 3 Learning From Great Inventors of the Past The Steam Engine Xerography The Negative Feedback Amplifier The Duplexer Summary 4 Theories of Creativity Selected Theories An Ordinary Example Janusian Thinking Blocks to Creativity Characteristics of Creative People Creativity and Age Individual vs. Group Effort 5 A Survey of Inventors Can Inventors Describe their Methods? The Responses Summary 6 How to Improve Your Ability Suggestions for the Would-Be Inventor Summary 7 Choosing the Best Strategy A Warning Rabinow's Patent 8 Methods to Stimulate Invention A General Method Adaptation Analogs and Duals Brainstorming Synectics Involvement Area Thinking Functional Synthesis Summary 9 Serendipity: Invention by Accident A Chance Solution New Discoveries Summary 10 Tests to Measure Creativity A Critique Typical Tests What is Important to the Engineer? 11 After the Invention The Need for Records How to Record Your Invention Conception, Diligence, and Reduction to Practice Presenting Your Invention Selecting a Patent Attorney Cost of a Patent Continue Your Development 12 Preparing to Sell Your Invention Selecting a Licensee Information About Manufacturers Letter to Prospective Licensee The Nonconfidential Disclosure Agreement 13 Compensation When Your Employer has Patent Rights When you have Patent Rights 14 Refuting the Nih Theory The Effect of Standards The Loss of Motivation Other Factors 15 Finding Standards that Affect Your Invention Types of Standards Standards Organizations Summary 16 Case Histories A Lifetime of Inventing A Student's First Invention A Lifesaving Invention 17 Closure A Parting Word Exercises To Learn it Better Invention Suggestions References Index

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