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vr.tr.invention · thing-q12579633

Let an agent handle inventions by field, inventor, date, novelty, patent status and history, with sourced attribution.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Invention What was invented.

What

Description.

What

Invention.

  1. What is the invention, and what problem does it solve? definition
  2. In which field? definition

Inventor

Credit.

Inventor

Inventor.

  1. Who invented it, and when, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. Is credit disputed? boundary
Patent Protection.

Status

Granted or expired.

Status

Patent status.

  1. Is it patented, and in which countries? provenance
  2. Has the patent expired? provenance

Criteria

Patentability.

Criteria

Patentability.

  1. Would it meet novelty and inventive step criteria? boundary
  2. Should a patent attorney be consulted? action
History Development.

Development

Timeline.

Development

Development.

  1. How did the invention develop, and who contributed? provenance
  2. Which prior work did it build on? provenance

Myths

Popular stories.

Myths

Myths.

  1. Is the popular origin story accurate? boundary
  2. What do historians say? provenance
Impact Effects.

Effects

Social and economic.

Effects

Impact.

  1. What impact did the invention have? provenance
  2. Were there harms as well as benefits? boundary

Disclosure

Before filing.

Disclosure

Disclosure risk.

  1. Has the inventor disclosed it publicly before filing a patent? boundary
  2. What are the consequences? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
Lally column, Mgebrov-Renault, mechanical calculator, Curta, Napier's bones, pinwheel calculator, logical machine, Olivetti Elettrosumma 22, Olivetti Summa Prima 20, bidimensional calculating tool, Monroe LN-160X, adding machine

What it is Filled

A new device, method, composition or process created through ingenuity, such as mechanical calculators or Napier bones; inventions may be protected by patents if novel, inventive and industrially applicable.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle inventions by field, inventor, date, novelty, patent status and history, with sourced attribution.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Something newly created
  • Novel and inventive
  • Can be patented
  • Often contested credit

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Credit an invention to the wrong person or erase contributions of overlooked inventors.
  • Disclose an unpublished invention that its owner holds confidential.
  • Help copy or exploit a patented invention in breach of its owner's rights.
  • Name itself as an inventor or claim human authorship for generated ideas.

Only with a human decision

  • Filing or disclosing a patent application.
  • Deciding who should be named as inventor.

May

  • Describe inventions and their history with credit to inventors.
  • Search patent records the agent can lawfully access.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Recognition of inventors has often excluded women and colonised peoples.
  • Patents balance rewarding invention with public access to knowledge.

Who is affected

  • Inventors
  • Users of inventions
  • The public

Owners Filled

Steward

The inventor or the rights holder; patent offices grant and record patents.

Master systems

  • National and regional patent registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q386724 - registry parent class

related

  • work - category
  • patent - right
  • inventor - creator
  • discovery - natural fact

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.invention
  • Wikidata: Q12579633 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12579633)
  • patent number: office prefix and number patents

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Patent documents and numbers
  • Historical inventions such as calculators
  • Discoveries of natural facts are not inventions in patent law
  • Devices, processes, formulas and designs.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • research the history of an invention
  • check patent status
  • understand patentability criteria
  • credit inventors accurately

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Misattributed inventors
  • Popular myths about who invented what
  • Disclosing an invention before filing

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Patent law (novelty, inventive step, industrial application)
  • European Patent Convention
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty

Context of use required Filled

  • Solving problems and creating new capabilities.
  • mechanical inventions
  • chemical and pharmaceutical inventions
  • electrical and digital inventions
  • process inventions
  • historical inventions

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q12579633: invention - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Invention - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should inventions be instances with patents?
  • How should priority disputes be represented?
  • Registry aliases list specific inventions; how should they be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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