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Article: Proclamation 7581--the bicentennial of the United States Patent and trademark office, 2002.(Transcript)(Brief Article)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- August 5, 2002
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July 29, 2002
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For two centuries, the United States Patent Office has played a vital role in the scientific, technical, and economic development of our Nation by granting inventors patents for their inventions. As Abraham Lincoln once stated, patents "added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius."
The first Patent Act of the United States was signed into law by President George Washington on April 10, 1790. Under this legislation, patent applicants petitioned the Secretary of State for the grant of a patent. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of War and ...