Book contents
- American Patent Law
- American Patent Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Founding Era Patent Law, 1790–1820
- 3 The Jacksonian Era and Early Industrialization, 1820–1880
- 4 Corporatization, 1880–1920
- 5 1921–1982: Patents In and Out of the Headlines
- 6 The Federal Circuit Era
- 7 In Conclusion
- Index
3 - The Jacksonian Era and Early Industrialization, 1820–1880
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
- American Patent Law
- American Patent Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Founding Era Patent Law, 1790–1820
- 3 The Jacksonian Era and Early Industrialization, 1820–1880
- 4 Corporatization, 1880–1920
- 5 1921–1982: Patents In and Out of the Headlines
- 6 The Federal Circuit Era
- 7 In Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The era that followed the founding period was characterized overall by very rapid population and GDP growth. The US population nearly doubled in twenty years from 1820 to 1840. It took until 1863 for GDP per capita to grow that much, and the economy actually shrank after that due to the devastation of the Civil War.1 By 1872, the post-War slump was over, however, and the US economy entered what one historian has called the “takeoff stage.”2 Figure 3.1 tells the basic story of this era.
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- American Patent LawA Business and Economic History, pp. 102 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023