The British patent system during the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1852 : from privilege to property /
Bottomley, Sean,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. The Patent 'System': 2. The administration of patents: a poor man's tale?; 3. The jurisprudence of patents: the specification requirement; 4. Of patents and pirates: the adjudication of patent disputes; 5. The substantive development of patent law; Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Patents and Technology: 6. Patents and the Industrial Enlightenment; 7. The market in patent rights; 8. Patents and the Newcomen and Watt steam engines; 9. Capital, patents and the joint-stock company; Conclusion to Part II.
Patent laws and legislation
Industrial revolution
Industrialization