inventor
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He used the proceeds to go into business for himself as a full-time inventor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
But long before that, in 1871, inventor Antonio Meucci received a “caveat,” a precursor to a patent, for his version of a telephone, which he called a speaking telegraph.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
But his claims were disregarded by the community and after years of claiming to be the inventor, a UK High Court judge ruled he was not Satoshi.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
According to the report, bitcoin’s inventor is Adam Back, a British cryptographer and still a major player in the bitcoin movement.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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