one who finds oat or contrives some new thing; one who devises some new art, manufacture, mechanical appliance, or process; one who invents a patentable con-trivance. See Sparkman v. Higgins, 22 Fed. Cas. 879; Henderson ▼. Tompkins (C. C.) 60 Fed. 764
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
