Title: Industrialization without national patents: the Netherlands, 1869-1912; Switzerland, 1850-1907.
Authors: Schiff, Eric, 1901-
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Year: 1971
Subjects: Patents Netherlands.; Patents Switzerland.; Industries Netherlands; Industries Switzerland; Industrialization Netherlands.; Industrialization Switzerland.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- I. The Netherlands, 1869-1912. 2. Historical background -- 3. Industrial development in the Netherlands, 1870-1914 -- 4. Inventive activity before and after 1912 -- 5. Two Dutch industries during the patentless period -- 6. Discussions preceding the reintroduction of a patent system -- II. Switzerland, 1850-1907. 7. Historical background -- 8. Industrialization in Switzerland during the patentless era -- 9. Inventions and the patent problem -- 10. Concluding observations -- Appendix : Derivation of the data underlying figures 1 to 5.