Is there a reason we almost never hear of “great inventors” anymore, but rather the companies and the CEOs said inventions were made under?

Question

Is there a reason we almost never hear of “great inventors” anymore, but rather the companies and the CEOs said inventions were made under?

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Answer 1

I’d imagine in the past more inventors were self employed.

Nowadays ‘inventors’ (scientists/engineers/etc) mostly work for companies and design for a specific purpose (company product, specific requirements).

These companies usually have contracts that say any invention made in work hours for work purposes belongs to the company.

Also these inventions are often formed by a whole team of people so it would be unfair to give one person’s name and ignore the rest who also worked hard.

There are still small inventors, the kind seen on ‘dragons den’ or ‘shark tank’. They make their own invention, work very hard and hope it will be a success, but this is not always the case.