Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Inventor's notebook
open-in-new
<p>An inventor's notebook is used by <a href="/facts/Inventor/P3LdUHBY">inventors</a>, <a href="/facts/Scientist/JDvthEFM">scientists</a> and <a href="/facts/Engineer/ph4TnHnG">engineers</a> to record their ideas, <a href="/facts/Invention/P3LdUHBY">invention</a> process, experimental tests and results and observations. It is not a <a href="/facts/Legal_document/SvqkPNcM">legal document</a> but is valuable, if properly organized and maintained, since it can help establish dates of conception and <a href="/facts/Reduction_to_practice/cg9DP59R">reduction to practice</a>. It may be considered as <a href="/facts/Grey_literature/D2n2Ayqa">grey literature</a>. The information can improve the outcome of a <a href="/facts/Patent/LjT2bG3A">patent</a> or a patent contestation. </p>