TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christensen,Peter H.
TI  - Prior art: patents and the nature of invention in architecture. 
SN  - 9780262048958
AV  - NA2755 C49 2023
U1  - 720.2/7 23/eng/20231115
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Patents
KW  - Intellectual property and creative ability
KW  - Law
KW  - Patent
KW  - Intellectual Property
KW  - technology and engineering
KW  - Inventions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction 1 --
1 The Home 25 --
2 The Studio 67 --
3 The Corporate Lab 125 --
4 The Repository 167 --
5 The Patent Office 217 --
6 The Courtroom 255 --
7 The Commons 287 --
Coda 319 --
Acknowledgments 321 --
Notes 323 --
Bibliography 345 --
Image Credits 373 --
Index 375 --

N2  - "Prior Art offers the first ever history of the use of patents in architecture, spanning the period 1830 - 1996"--
ER  -