Fluther: Who invented the first patent office?

Who invented the first patent office?

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) March 10th, 2011
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and did the person get credit for it…

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“In 500 BC, in the Greek city of Sybaris (located in what is now southern Italy), “encouragement was held out to all who should discover any new refinement in luxury, the profits arising from which were secured to the inventor by patent for the space of a year.”[

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