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 Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
surface form: Intellectual Property Clause

Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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 U.S. Constitution
surface form: 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 Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Copyright and Patent Clause
Patent Clause of the United States Constitution alsoKnownAs Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Patent and Copyright Clause
Patent Clause of the United States Constitution alsoKnownAs Patent Clause of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Intellectual Property Clause