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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents

This historic U.S. House committee appears as the credited author on hearings, reports, and other government publications about patents and copyright. Its works offer a direct window into how Congress debated invention, intellectual property, and technology in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906.

Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906.

by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Patents

Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, on H. R. 11943, to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Copyrights May 2, 1906.

Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, on H. R. 11943, to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Copyrights May 2, 1906.

by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents

About the author

Created as a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1837, the Committee on Patents handled legislation and hearings related to patents, copyrights, and the protection of inventors' rights. Its records trace the federal government's role in encouraging innovation, a power rooted in the Constitution.

Rather than being a single writer, this "author" represents the committee as an institution. Many books and pamphlets under its name are official hearing transcripts or printed reports, often preserving testimony from inventors, lawyers, industry representatives, and lawmakers.

For listeners interested in legal history, technology, or public policy, these publications can be especially revealing. They capture congressional debates in the language of their time and show how the United States shaped its patent system over more than a century.