independent inventor

基本解釋

Lemelson has received over five hundred patents—more than any other independent inventor alive.
萊梅爾遜已經(jīng)獲得500多項專利，超過其他任何當世獨立發(fā)明家。
To his critics he is merely an inventor of paper patents, who is exploiting the power that the patent system gives the independent inventor.
在批評他的人看來，他不過是一位“紙面專利”發(fā)明家，充分利用了專利制度賦予獨立發(fā)明家的權(quán)利。
In an age when almost all scientists are specialists working in large organizations, Lovelock, now 72, is an independent researcher and inventor, freely pursuing his curiosity across many fields.
在這個幾乎所有的科學(xué)家都為大的機構(gòu)工作地年代，72歲的Lovelock是一個獨立研究員和發(fā)明家，自由自在地追求自己感興趣的領(lǐng)域。

The big loser in the process is the independent inventor or small company, who do not seek patent protection for their new ideas because they do not believe (perhaps correctly) that they will ever be able to enforce their patent, so why seek it.
FORBES: Italian Lawyers Mull Second Strike Over Mandatory Mediation