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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Patents
An influential Senate committee once handled many of the federal government's patent questions, shaping how invention and intellectual property were discussed in Congress. Its published hearings and reports offer a direct window into the history of American innovation policy.
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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.
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Patents
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This name refers not to a single person, but to a former committee of the United States Senate. The committee was established in 1837 as the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, taking on matters that had previously been handled by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Over time, the committee oversaw legislation and hearings involving patents, trademarks, and the Patent Office. Because many government documents were issued under the committee's name, it appears in library catalogs and book records as though it were an author.
For listeners interested in legal history, technology, or the growth of American industry, works credited to this committee can be especially revealing. They capture how lawmakers debated invention, ownership, and public policy long before today's modern intellectual-property system took shape.