Links to Digitized Sources relevant to English Patent Law in the 18th and 19th Centuries

The following sources contain matter relevant to English patent law in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The links are typically made to digitized versions of the books available on google.com or archive.org

John Dyer Collier, An Essay on the Law of Patents for New Inventions (1803)

William Hands, The Law and Practice of Patents for Inventions (1808)

John Davies, A Collection of the most important cases respecting Patents of Invention and the Rights of Patentees (1816)

(The author, John Davies, worked for three decades in the Rolls Chapel Office, presumably as one of the Clerks of the Records. This is the office that recorded, on parchment rolls, the records of the Court of Chancery, and, in particular, the issued Letters Patent and the specifications of inventions that patentees were obliged to supply for enrolment in the records.)

Thomas Webster, Reports and Notes on Cases on Letters Patent for Inventions (1844)

Henry Maddock, A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the High Court of Chancery (1820)

(The link below should open at 2. Proceedings in the Petty-Bag Office, which, as the running head indicates, administered the common law jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor.)

Report on Bynner v. The Queen (Court of Queen’s Bench, Trinity Term, 1846.