An industrial invention is a technical idea that teaches how to modify the external material reality so that it is capable of satisfying given human needs. Essentially, an industrial invention is embodied in the solution to a technical problem that had not yet been resolved, a solution capable of being implemented in the industrial realm and such as to represent progress compared with the prior art and knowledge. An industrial invention thus regards innovative technical and functional features related, for example, to an apparatus, a process, a product, a substance and/or a different use of the same.