Patent clause
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The Patent Clause is Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution:
- The Congress shall have Power To ... promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.