Across
- 2. a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
- 5. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device.
- 7. The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
- 9. Discovery Discovery science (also known as discovery-based science) is a scientific methodology which emphasizes analysis of large volumes of experimental data with the goal of finding new patterns or correlations, leading to hypothesis formation and other scientific methodologies.
- 10. a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.
- 11. a call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a duel.
- 12. Off a byproduct or incidental result of a larger project.
Down
- 1. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device for social use.
- 2. the process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
- 3. the action or process of adapting or being adapted.
- 4. the financial action of inventing something, typically a process or device.
- 6. the action or process of discovering or being discovered.
- 7. The invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process. It may be an improvement upon a machine or product, or a new process for creating an object or a result.
- 8. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device for leisure
- 11. Thinking: A way of looking at problems or situations from a fresh perspective that suggests unorthodox solutions (which may look unsettling at first). Creative thinking can be stimulated both by an unstructured process such as brainstorming, and by a structured process such as lateral thinking.