(The format is named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which devised it).
Take the very limited-edition Aston Martin One-77, created by Bf1 Systems, which devises electrical systems for Formula One racers.
The Motion Picture Association of America, which devised the current rating system and administers it, can be a remarkably secretive organization.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which devised the plan, said it would consider pursuing the Lido Beach and Point Lookout parts of the project.
In America one of the key determinants is an individual's FICO score, named after the Fair Isaac Corporation, which devised it.
"The cross-state air pollution rule is final," Betsaida Alcantara, press secretary for the Environmental Protection Agency, which devised the rule, said in an e-mail.
Three months after the fires, local fire departments put together a wildfire task force, which devised a plan to coordinate the response to future fires.
Trans World International, the television arm of the International Management Group, which devised the network idea with the Yankees last year, still hopes to be chosen to run the operations.
The ploy was recently matched by California, which devised a film credit of its own to compete with incentives now offered by three dozen states, including New Mexico, New York and Louisiana.
Announcing the appointment the chancellor referenced Woods' role on the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), which devised the rules requiring a ringfence between high street and investment banking arms.
