TY - GEN AU - Lerner, Josh, ID - 13559 KW - Patents KW - PATENTS : HISTORY KW - UNITED STATES : PATENT OFFICE KW - PATENT PROTECTION KW - INNOVATION N1 - Article downloaded and printed from the RePEc online archive. This paper is Working Paper 8977 of the NBER Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research). T1 - Patent protection and innovation over 150 years / TI - Patent protection and innovation over 150 years / ER -