Individual or group able to generate

an idea for a new or improved

device, product or process.

Idea, concept or design for a new or

improved device, product or process

Patent

What must an invention be to obtain a patent?

 must be new 

must not be obvious to

someone with a good knowledge and experience of the subject

must be capable of industrial application

 must not be excluded e.g dna, arts ect

Individual or group committed to

promoting the development of a

new or improved product, process

or system

Persuasive individual or group

providing the resources or

organisation necessary to turn an

invention into an innovation

Individual or group whose concern

is to do things better by making

improvements to existing products

or processes

New or improved product, process

or system that has reached the

point of first commercial introduction

– invention becomes innovation

Product whose form and function

have evolved to become the

accepted market standard

The dominant design will not always be the one with the best performance specs, but the one that meets all the criteria and the many different needs for different users.

A product that is highly optimised and

likely to be less successful because

it is only suitable for specific uses

Product, process or system resulting

from a technological breakthrough,

or an application of a technology

having a far-reaching impact.

Can have a widespread or revolutionary impact - electric lights :-)

Technical modifications to an

existing product, process or system

and sometimes known as

evolutionary innovation

New or improved product that meets

the needs of most current

customers and serves to sustain

leading firms

Product or technology that

challenges existing companies to

ignore or embrace technical change

– new companies often emerge to

exploit it

Improvement in the organisation

and/or method of manufacture that

often leads to reduced supply costs

or benefits to customers

Delayed adoption of an innovation in

the early years of its availability

when it may compete with a

dominant design

Patents, trademarks, designs and

copyright allow people to own and

control the results of their creativity

and ingenuity

- scientific or technical curiosity

-constructive discontent

-desire to make money

-desire to help other

-businness stratedgy

-ned to improve product or process

-oppurtunity offered by a new material, manufacturing process or technology

-government polocy, legislation or regulation

-Identification of the problem

-Exploration of the problem

-Incubation / period of relaxation

-Act of insight (eurika)

-Critical revision

Tend to be absorbed with their own ideas and to feel strongly about their imprtance and potential

Can be impatient with those who dont share their optimism

Often isolated because they are engrossed with ideas that imply change and that are resisted by others

Can appear eccentric because they have the minority view that challenges existing ideas

Often devoid of worldly knowledge, particulary

business knowledge, and need special help in this aspect of innovation.