Preposition: of

• printing: The invention of printing also led to the gradual standardization of mathematical notation.

• pendulum: Chapter 3 Counting the minutes: the invention of the pendulum and balance spring.

• photography: The invention of photography finally ensured that even people of modest means could have their portraits made.

• calculus: When Newton accuses German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz of plagiarizing his invention of calculus, he begins a bitter conflict over priority.

• microscope: Describes the invention of the compound microscope and suggests immersion lens.

• radar: They never saw active service due to the invention of radar in 1935 and have remained untouched and unused for seventy-five years.

Converse of object

• commercialize: Our University Challenge Fund is designed to provide seedcorn finance to commercialize inventions.

• disclose: Table 1. Distribution policy prior to 1 August 2005 for revenue for inventions disclosed to Innovations.

• patent: They have patented two inventions related to underwater photography.

• exploit: A patent thus allows its owner to stop others from exploiting the invention.

• protect: A patent is a monopoly right which protects an invention for up to 20 years.

• discover: Vodafone Big Idea Vodafone is aiming to discover the next great British invention or business idea.

Adjective modifier

• biotechnological: Thus, the question arises what needs to be shown to establish that a biotechnological invention is capable of industrial application.

• computer-implemented: Labor MEPs reject flawed software law Labor Euro MPs will vote today to reject the EU law on computer-implemented inventions.

• patentable: UCL reserves the right to impose confidentiality obligations on students who create, or work on, patentable inventions.

• patented: I have a patented invention that I would like to get some economic backing or would like to move forward with.

• melodic: His melodic invention rarely flags, so that all the parts have true melodic independence and shape.

• new-fangled: New-Fangled Inventions The Crystal Palace was a wonderful feat of engineering COL.Comet.Data.EntityClasses.WitnessEntity Harriet, Countess Granville Question 1: Who are you?

Modifies a noun

• promoter: Invention promoters are firms who offer assistance to inventors.

Noun used with modifier

• century: For Ross and Roger, this is not just a twenty-first century invention.