The U.S. Constitution authorized patents ("Congress shall have the 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...", Art. 1, Section 8, Clause 8).
Congress remains interested in the direction of US Patents:
https://www.uspto.gov/ip-polic....y/legislative-resour
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