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17 metrics, grouped by series.
A · How many
Invention grants per year, England14,375Grants 1561–1852New invention privileges and patents granted in the year: Hulme's list for 1561–1603; for …Jurisdictions compared by period471 · 55Venice · England 1551–1600Privileges per half-century for England (our count), the Dutch Republic (our recount of th…Before and after the Statute of Monopolies (1624)3.9 → 3.6Grants per year, before → afterMean grants per year in the seven years before and after 1624, the year of the Statute of …Share of extension entries36Extension entriesShare of Woodcroft's numbered entries that grant an extension or confirmation of an earlie…
B · Which trades
Field compositionTextiles, dyeing and leatherLargest field 1840–1852Share of granted inventions by field. The field is the first match of a pre-registered lis…Field concentration0.104Median from 1750Herfindahl index of field shares among classified grants in each decade, 'other' excluded.…Venice 1474–1550 by sector (secondary)85 / 169MillsThe 169 patents of Table A1 in Comino et al. (sectors of Berveglieri 1995), mapped to this…
C · Who received them
Foreign links21.6%England 1840–1852England 1617–1852: share of grants whose text says 'communication' (an invention communica…Shared grants40%Shared grants 1617–1649Share of grants with two or more grantees. For England the count is the number of surnames…
D · On what terms
Terms granted21 → 14England median, before → after 1624Term in years written in the grant. Terms not written are left blank, not filled in.…From 21 years to 14324 / 32914 years or less, 1625–1700Grants per year 1617–1700 whose first written term is 21 years, and whose first written te…Rent and proviso clauses69% → 4%Rent clause, 1617–49 → 1660–99Share of Woodcroft entries 1617–1759 whose summary mentions a rent to the Crown or a provi…
P · Registering books
Stationers' Register entries per year10,453Entries 1557–1640Copy entries (permissions to publish) made in the register of the Stationers' Company each…Concentration of enterers24%Top-five share, 1630sHerfindahl index of enterer shares each year, and the share of the top five. An entry with…Shared, reassigned and cancelled entries10.4%Reassigned, 1620sShare of entries per decade that SRO marks 'shared' (entered by more than one person), 're…Entrance fees92%6d share 1587–1640Share of entries with a stated fee whose fee is 6d, and the median fee, by year.…Venetian printing privileges240Printing privileges 1492–1526Documents in Fulin's collection (1469–1526) that grant a printing privilege (an exclusive …