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==== Patent and Trademark Office ====
 
==== Patent and Trademark Office ====
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A unique clause in the U.S. Constitution
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A unique clause in the U.S. Constitution authorizes the federal government to protect inventors by granting patents that give those inventors exclusive rights for a fixed period of time (usually 19 years) in what they create.  The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) implements this law by accepting applications for patients.
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==== Copyright Office ====
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Separately, the PTO also accepts applications for and grants trademarks on names and phrases that are used to describe goods and services in commerce.
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==== National Institute of Standards and Technology ====
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was founded in 1901 to be a non-regulatory agency that establishes scientific standards and seeks to advance technological innovation.<ref>http://www.nist.gov/index.html</ref>
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==== Security and Exchange Commission ====
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==== Federal Communications Commission ====
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==== Federal Trade Commission ====
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates television and radio, and seeks to regulate the internet.
    
== Foreign Policy ==
 
== Foreign Policy ==
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