Patent Clause of the United States Constitution

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The Patent Clause of the United States Constitution is the provision that empowers Congress to grant inventors exclusive rights to their discoveries for limited times in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional clause ⓘ
intellectual property clause ⓘ
legal provision ⓘ
adopted 1787 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Intellectual Property Clause ⓘ
Patent and Copyright Clause ⓘ
appliesIn federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
appliesTo discoveries ⓘ
writings ⓘ
authorizes grant of copyrights ⓘ
grant of exclusive rights to authors ⓘ
grant of exclusive rights to inventors ⓘ
grant of patents ⓘ
beneficiary authors ⓘ
inventors ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1789 ⓘ
category United States constitutional law ⓘ
United States intellectual property law ⓘ
constrains duration of copyright terms ⓘ
duration of patent rights ⓘ
foundationFor federal copyright law in the United States ⓘ
federal patent law in the United States ⓘ
grantsPowerTo United States Congress ⓘ
hasLegalEffect enables Congress to enact copyright legislation ⓘ
enables Congress to enact patent legislation ⓘ
historicalInfluence influenced by English copyright and patent practices ⓘ
inLanguage English ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
isBasisFor Patent Act of 1790 ⓘ
modern United States copyright statutes ⓘ
modern United States patent statutes ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalSystem United States law ⓘ
limits state authority over patents and copyrights ⓘ
locatedInText Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
policyGoal encouragement of creative expression ⓘ
encouragement of innovation ⓘ
purpose to promote the progress of science and useful arts ⓘ
relatedTo Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
requires exclusive rights must be for limited times ⓘ
exclusive rights must be granted to authors and inventors ⓘ
scope federal power over patents and copyrights ⓘ
temporalLimitation for limited times ⓘ
text To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries ⓘ
underpins United States copyright system ⓘ
United States patent system ⓘ

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Title 35 of the United States Code → basedOn → Patent Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution → contains → Copyright and Patent Clause ⓘ
linked to: Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
Patent Clause of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Patent and Copyright Clause ⓘ
linked to: Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
Patent Clause of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Intellectual Property Clause ⓘ
linked to: Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Patent Clause ⓘ
linked to: Patent Clause of the United States Constitution