Property Rights and Patent Litigation in Early Nineteenth-Century America

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 58-97

  Khan, B Zorina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0003109187     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700040572     Document Type: Article

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