Patenting Dyes and Drugs in Britain, 1860-1960. Case studies on the role of patents in chemical science and industry
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- Author(s) Muhammad, Amran
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2004
- Publisher University of Manchester
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Intellectual property inc patents, trade marks, designs & copyright inc management
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Library:
- Name Manchester University John Rylands Library
- City Manchester
- County Greater Manchester
- Country England
- Postcode M3 3EH
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Examines the relationship between scientists and the patent system to suggest that it had 'become a conservative and self-serving system, perpetuating the interests of its own practitioners - patent agents, lawyers and judges' and that its deficiencies played a significant role in the decline of the chemical industry. Chapters include: 'Patenting culture and British science'; 'The aniline dye patent race and the emergence of science-based chemical industry'; 'Impacts of the patent system on the infant British chemical industry'; 'When "the economic question is not material": The role of patent agents and lawyers'; 'Safeguarding industry and the myth of medical patents'; '"Making patenting respectable" through the nationalisation of patents'