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Because there was no system in place to protect inventions from being copied, inventors in the 1800s rarely profited from their inventions.
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Patent systems existed in the 1800s (e.g., the US Patent Office from 1790, the UK’s patent system from earlier), although they were sometimes costly, unevenly enforced, or difficult to navigate—so many inventors still failed to profit, but not because there was no system at all.
Patent systems existed in the 1800s (e.g., the US Patent Office from 1790, the UK’s patent system from earlier), although they were sometimes costly, unevenly enforced, or difficult to navigate—so many inventors still failed to profit, but not because there was no system at all.
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