The patent system of the United States so far as it relates to the granting of patents: a history (1891)
Campbell, Levin H. [from old catalog] · Washington, D.C., Press of McGill & Wallace · leaf 18
re two—one, to secure to literary au-thors their copyright for a limited time, and the other,to encourage, by premiums and provisions, the ad-vancement of useful knowledge and discoveries. On the same day, Mr. Charles Pinckney, of South Car-olina, also submitted a number of propositions, amongwhich… … 14 UNITED STATES PATENT SYSTEM. On August 31 such parts of the Constitution as hadnot been acted upon were referred to a committee com-posed of one member from each State; and among theseundisposed of parts were the propositions to give to Con-gress the power to grant patents for inventions.…
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