Fresh ideas, thoughts and fabrications are found in novels, scripts, poems, musical compositions, dance choreography, movies and art pieces.
The creation of objects and devices incorporates tangible things that a person is able to use such as a piano, a telephone, a plane or a TV.
Finding, discovering or stumbling upon something new such as Columbus finding America or an archaeologist discovering a new dinosaur may be thought of as an invention, because the person made connections almost as a writer connects words to produce a new creation.
Certain people have a talent for inventing by expressing themselves through interacting with other people and/or creating something ingenious. Examples of famous inventors include: Thomas Edison, who created, or rather, improved upon, the light bulb; Johannes Gutenberg, who invented the printing press in the 15th century; Orville and Wilbur, who in 1903 produced the first functioning airplane and Karl Benz, who constructed the first working automobile in 1885.
The requirements that must be met in order for a patent to be issued include that the invention must be original, practical and not apparent at the time it was created. Also, an additional invention of improvement on a process or device is also considered.