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The Federal Regulatory Directory, Eighteenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office
■ Introduction
On April 10, 1790, President George Washington signed the first patent bill. Three years earlier, the Constitutional Convention had given Congress the power to “promote the process of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”
The U.S. Patent Office became an actual entity in 1802 when an official in the State Department was designated as superintendent of patents. In 1849 the Patent Office was moved to the Interior Department, ...
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