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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.
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. Similar to the state statutes, the federal statute allowed the patentees a 14-year term of exclusive right to use their inventions, without ...
1790. First Patent Act empowered the Secretary of State, the Secretary for the Department of War, and the Attorney General to examine patents for inventions deemed "sufficiently useful and important." 1793. Second Patent Act eliminated examination of patent applications, emphasized enablement requirement. This Act did not have a requirement for ...
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The first Patent Act of the U.S. Congress was passed on April 10, 1790, titled "An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts." [20] The first patent was granted on July 31, 1790 to Samuel Hopkins for a method of producing potash (potassium carbonate). The earliest law required that a working model of each invention be submitted with the ...
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The first Patent Act of the U.S. Congress was passed on April 10, 1790, titled "An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts". [21] The first patent under the Act was granted on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a method of producing potash (potassium carbonate). [22]