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Concept

Imperial examination

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EPFL Press2020

Examining inventions, shaping property: The savants and the French patent system

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In 1791, the Loi relative aux découvertes utiles instituted a new patent system in France. Because patents were seen as the expression of the natural right of inventors, prior examination was abolished. However, only a few years after the law was passed, a ...

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