US Patent Law: US Code: Title 35 by UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Protect your invention. Produced in single-column, clear text for ease of reference. Includes notes, comments, and references on amendments. United States patent law is codified in Title 35 of the United States Code, and authorized by the U.S. Constitution, in Article One, section 8, clause 8, which states: "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;" Patent law is designed to encourage inventors to disclose their new technology to the world by offering the incentive of a limited-time monopoly on the technology.