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The history of the U.S. patent system dates to the authority given to Congress in the Constitution of the United States. Article I, section 8 states:
Congress shall have power ... 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.
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Feldman, M.P., Link, A.N., Siegel, D.S. (2002). The Patent System. In: The Economics of Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0981-3_7
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