Patent length and the value of inventions in Brazil in the nineteenth Century

Brazil was one of the first countries to have a patent law and one of the only ones to grant patent length according to the quality of the invention. This paper analyzes an unpublished dataset with all the 783 industrial privileges granted under the first Brazilian patent law between 1830 and 1882....

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Autores principales:	Andrea Felippe Cabello, Luciano Martins Costa Póvoa
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Lenguaje:	EN PT
Publicado:	Universidade de São Paulo 2016
Materias:	Patent law Inventions Law efficiency Economics as a science HB71-74
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e77d821d1a7c4b2bb9e62d8ede665d4a2021-11-24T16:03:01ZPatent length and the value of inventions in Brazil in the nineteenth Century0101-41611980-5357https://doaj.org/article/e77d821d1a7c4b2bb9e62d8ede665d4a2016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/88807https://doaj.org/toc/0101-4161https://doaj.org/toc/1980-5357 Brazil was one of the first countries to have a patent law and one of the only ones to grant patent length according to the quality of the invention. This paper analyzes an unpublished dataset with all the 783 industrial privileges granted under the first Brazilian patent law between 1830 and 1882. Our results show that inventive activity was linked to the economic and social structure of the time and that labor scarcity led to the invention of machines and equipment for the coffee sector. The number of patents only increased from 1870 and on, when economic conditions improved, showing how little can be achieved by a patent law in an economically stagnant environment. However, it was the least expensive mechanism to stimulate inventive activity in Brazil in the XIX century. Andrea Felippe CabelloLuciano Martins Costa PóvoaUniversidade de São PauloarticlePatent lawInventionsLaw efficiencyEconomics as a scienceHB71-74ENPTEstudos Econômicos, Vol 46, Iss 4 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Patent law Inventions Law efficiency Economics as a science HB71-74 Andrea Felippe Cabello Luciano Martins Costa Póvoa Patent length and the value of inventions in Brazil in the nineteenth Century
description	Brazil was one of the first countries to have a patent law and one of the only ones to grant patent length according to the quality of the invention. This paper analyzes an unpublished dataset with all the 783 industrial privileges granted under the first Brazilian patent law between 1830 and 1882. Our results show that inventive activity was linked to the economic and social structure of the time and that labor scarcity led to the invention of machines and equipment for the coffee sector. The number of patents only increased from 1870 and on, when economic conditions improved, showing how little can be achieved by a patent law in an economically stagnant environment. However, it was the least expensive mechanism to stimulate inventive activity in Brazil in the XIX century.
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Patent length and the value of inventions in Brazil in the nineteenth Century

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