What is the difference between an inventor and an applicant for the patent process?

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neonumbrella5115 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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neonumbrella5115 · Answer

@Jesstho.-. 
Spam who?

one098 · Answer

She meant tag spam, but @neonumbrella5115 What do you think the answer is? Do a little research.

inowalst · Answer

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent

inowalst · Answer

Please close this post if your question was answered. Thank you.

neonumbrella5115 · Answer

@inowalst 
Those links didn't help.  What I want to know is what does it mean to be an applicant of a patent versus an inventor?

inowalst · Answer

Just compare both.. Find what they both mean, then compare. Similarities and differences.

neonumbrella5115 · Answer

A patent applicant is an inventor or joint inventors who are applying for a patent on their own invention.
In patent law, an inventor is the person, or persons in United States patent law, who contribute to the claims of a patentable invention.
So, there really is not a difference.  Would there ever be a time where the applicants and the inventors are different?