...adopted by the Constitution and laws of the United States, "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to ... Inventors the exclusive Right . . ." to their "new and useful" inventions. United States Constitution, Art. I, § 8, cl. 8; 35 USC § 31. But the...

...is art. I, sec. 8, clause 8. empowering Congress to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to * * • inventors...exclusive right to their respective * * * discoveries." 1 Rev. Stat. sec. 4898, 35 USC 47. 'Eaitman Kodak Co. v. MacLeestcr, 75 F. (2d) 825 (CCA 3d, 1935);...

...meanings today. The other provision would be that Congress has the power to promote the progress of useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their discoveries. The first patent law and all patent laws up to quite a good time later were entitled "Acts...

...which says (art. 1, sec. 8): "Congress shall have power * * * to promote the progress of * * * useful arts by securing for limited times to * * * inventors...exclusive right to their respective * * * discoveries." And the law says that anyone who invents a new improvement in the useful arts may have a patent thereon,...

...says (art. I, sec. 8): "Congress shall have power * * to promote the progress of * * * useful ft-ts by securing for limited times to * * * inventors the...exclusive right to their respective * * * discoveries." And the law says that anyone who invents a new improvement in the useful arts may have a patent thereon,...

...expressly vesting in the Congress the "* * * Power * * * To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to * * * Inventors the exclusive Right to their * * * Discoveries; * * *."1 Since enactment of the first patent law in 1790,2 patent statutes have...

...sanctioned by the Constitution, Article I, g 8, Cl. 8 'To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to * * * Inventors the exclusive Right to their * * * Discoveries.' The nature and extent of the legal consequences of the expiration of a patent are...

...says (art. I. sec. 8): "Congress shall have power * * to promote the progress of * * * useful »-ts by securing for limited times to * * * inventors the...exclusive right to their respective * * * discoveries." And the law says that anyone who invents a new improvement in the useful arts may have a patent thereon,...

...foundation of our patent system, the grant to Congress of power "to promote the progress of * * * useful arts, by securing for limited times to * * * inventors the exclusive right to their * * * discoveries." There, in 20 words, are the fundamentals of an incentive system of unmatched productivity....

...encourage invention, "Congress shall have power * * * to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their discoveries." The patent laws apply to anyone who is an inventor and legislation affecting inventors'...