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23 Cards in this Set
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Inventions? |
creation of a product or introduction of a process for the first time examples: telescope/ telephone |
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Discovery? |
Something that already existed but hasn't been found examples: mountains on the moon America |
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Prototype? |
a model of something example: new cell phone new toaster |
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Innovations? |
Someone improves on or makes a significant contribution to an existing product, process, or service EXAMPLE: More fuel efficient cars |
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Patents? |
Official document given to inventor by a government EXAMPLE: Electric engine |
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Engineering? |
Application of scientific economic, social, and practical knowledge in order to design, build, maintain structures, machines, devices, systems, materials, and processes. EXAMPLE: water supply and distribution...in door plumbing |
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Scamper?
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S substitute C combine A adapt M modify P put to other uses E eliminate R Reverse |
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How does scampering help with innovation and inventing? |
Helps generate ideas for new products or services by helping you think of ways of improving existing ones |
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4 Branches of engineering? |
Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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STEM Science |
Knowledge and the gaining of this knowledge about the natural/physical world around us |
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STEM Technology |
Making modification, usage, and knowledge of tools machines techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle and applied input relation or perform a specific function |
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STEM Engineering |
application of scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge in order to build and maintain structure, machines, devices, systems, materials, and processes |
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STEM Math |
Use of numbers |
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List the steps in the invention process? |
1. Identify a need or problem 2. Think of a creative way to solve the problem (research) 3. Work hard to make the solution possible. Experiment and keep and open mind |
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What do inventors get from a patent? |
Give the inventors the right to stop anyone else from copying, using, distributing, or selling the invention without their permission |
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4 types of intellectual property and define? |
Patents Protect inventions Industrial designs Protect the designs of products Trademark Protect distinctive signs Copyright Protects literacy and artistic works |
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Why are patents important? |
1. Inventions are hard work 2. Inventors deserve a reward for the amount of time they spend developing their ideas 3. Patents provide rewards/protection for inventors and benefit society |
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Licensee? |
When inventors license their patents, they authorize another person/company (licensee) to produce, sell, or distribute as long as they pay a license fee |
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Commercialize? |
Licensees can commercialize inventions so that consumers can benefit from them |
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Patent Infringement? |
If people copy, distribute,or sell without patentee's permission, they can sue the infringer |
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Public Domain? |
When patent protection expires, the invention enters public domain and anyone can commercialize it. |
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Why are patents a great source of information? |
They are public documents so anyone can read and learn from them. Inventors use them for research. Investors are looking for new products. |
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4 things that can happen if an invention is not patented? |
1. Inventions can be copied or sold by anyone 2. another inventor may thing of the same invention and patent it. 3. New knowledge doesn't get shared 4. Hard to license and have to do the production, distribution, and sales by themselves. |
