 The responsibility for granting patents is placed upon a Board consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General. The Board members have the power to issue a patent, "if they shall deem the invention or discovery sufficiently...  Patent Law Revision: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session ... - Page 334by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - 1974 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William H. Middendorf - Technology & Engineering - 1997 - 586 pages
...approximate the system in effect today. From 1790 until 1793 there was an examining board that consisted of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General, and patents were granted if a majority of the board approved. Beginning in 1793, and lasting until the establishment... | |
 | Maurice Kanbar - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 220 pages
...patents were issued in 1790, the first year they were issued in the United States. The examiners were the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War and the Attorney General. In 1999, more than 169,000 were issued, and more than 6 million patents have been issued to people... | |
 | Bruce Berman - Law - 2002 - 672 pages
...Unfortunately, the Patent Act required the involvement of the major heads of the new government, including the secretary of state, the secretary of war, and the attorney general. The involvement of officials with so many other governmental responsibilities slowed down the examination... | |
 | Carroll Pursell - History - 2007 - 430 pages
...Congress passed the first US patent law in 1790. A special examining board was set up, composed of the secretary of state, the secretary of war, and the attorney general. Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of state, headed this board and looked personally at every one of the... | |
 | Carroll Pursell - Business & Economics - 2007 - 428 pages
...Congress passed the first US patent law in 1790. A special examining board was set up, composed of the secretary of state, the secretary of war, and the attorney general. Thomas Jefferson, as secretary of state, headed this board and looked personally at every one of the... | |
 | Israel Ward Andrews - Constitutional law - 1874 - 420 pages
...applications for patents were made to the Secretary of State, and the decision was made by a Board, consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney-General. In 1793 the Secretary of State alone was authorized to issue patents. In 1836, an... | |
 | Paul Goldstein - Business & Economics - 2007 - 268 pages
...machine, or device, or any improvement therein not before known or used." A patent board composed of the secretary of state, the secretary of war, and the attorney general would examine the claimed invention and, if it was "sufficiently useful and important," would grant... | |
 | Marine engineering - 1952 - 644 pages
...administered by the Department of State, with the power to grant patents givento a board or commission consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General. The first patent was granted July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for "Making Pot and Pearl Ashes^," or... | |
 | United States - 1827 - 530 pages
...office is a section of the Department of State, and the high duties thereof were performed by a Board, consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General of the United States, it cannot be considered as an office of small importance, especially as its duties... | |
 | United States. Department of Commerce - United States - 178 pages
...responsibility for the granting of patents was placed upon a Board administered by the Department of State consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney General. The Board members had the power to issue a patent "if they shall deem the invention or discovery sufficiently... | |
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