Dr. Hu said the Chinese had come up with the breakthrough idea on their own in the 1970's.

Then Bill had a breakthrough idea.

A. You must hire an outsider to run the breakthrough idea because insiders are always wedded to orthodoxy and the inside success formula.

I think we have some real breakthrough ideas about changing the game in terms of malware,' Rattner said.

James Madison is given credit for his breakthrough ideas about the new government's structure.

Then a designer had a breakthrough idea.

Better the 2nd Time Around The latest breakthrough idea in programming: repeats.

Time Magazine declared in vitro meat production to be one of the 50 breakthrough ideas of 2009.

When he is on the verge of a breakthrough idea, he said, "it weighs on your brain till you come up with a solution."

In most all of these cases, his breakthrough ideas have predated their commercialization by at least 20 years.