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The Patent Act of 1790 (1 Stat. 109) was the first patent statute passed by the federal government of the United States. It was enacted on April 10, 1790, about one year after the constitution was ratified and a new government was organized.
Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, ... 1790. First Patent Act empowered the Secretary of State, the ...
The Patent Act of 1790 was the first federal patent statute of the United States. It was titled "An Act to promote the Progress of Useful Arts." [ 12 ] The statute was concise, including only seven sections.
Samuel Hopkins (December 9, 1743 – 1818) was an American inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [1] [2] On July 31, 1790, he was granted the first U.S. patent, under the new U.S. patent statute just signed into law by President Washington on April 10, 1790. Hopkins had petitioned for a patent on an improvement "in the making of Pot ash and ...
The original patent term under the 1790 Patent Act was decided individually for each patent, but "not exceeding fourteen years". The 1836 Patent Act (5 Stat. 117, 119, 5) provided (in addition to the fourteen-year term) an extension "for the term of seven years from and after the expiration of the first term" in certain circumstances, when the inventor hasn't got "a reasonable remuneration for ...
By the end of the 19th century, codified patent laws were enacted in several Western countries, including England (1718), the United States (1790), France (1791), Russia (1814), and Germany (1877), as well as in India (1859) and in Japan (1885). [26]
An Act to provide more effectually for the settlement of the Accounts between the United States and the individual States. Sess. 2, ch. 38 1 Stat. 178 (chapter 38) 34: August 10, 1790: Debt of the United States, Duties on Merchandise, &c.. An Act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States. Sess. 2, ch. 39 1 Stat ...
The first patent statute enacted by the Congress in 1790 required patentable inventions or discoveries to be "sufficiently useful and important". One can interpret important as important for the Progress of Science since the importance for economy is stated by useful.