1. An invention or innovation that is practical and functional, designed to improve or streamline operational processes or procedures
The company's operational invention reduced production time by 40 percent.
A invenção operacional da empresa reduziu o tempo de produção em 40 por cento.
2. In patent law, a patentable invention that relates to a specific method, process, or system used in business or industrial operations
The patent office approved their operational invention for the new manufacturing technique.
O escritório de patentes aprovou sua invenção operacional para a nova técnica de fabricação.