Invention and Economic GrowthAnalysis of effects of economic growth on technological changes and inventions - covers patents, innovations in various industries, the role of intellectual stimulus, productivity advance and the extent of the market, etc. Comprehensive statistical tables, and list of inventions pp. 217 to 328. |
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The Setting of the Problem | 1 |
Patent Statistics 1005 | 18 |
Number of patents pending per one hundred patents held 1953 | 36 |
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