1. a person who invents something jointly with one or more other people

Examples

• Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are sometimes credited as coinventors of the electric light system.
• The two engineers were listed as coinventors on the patent application.
• She became a coinventor of the new medical device after collaborating with her research team.
• The coinventors shared the royalties from their groundbreaking discovery.
• He worked as a coinventor on several projects during his career at the technology company.