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Gives Congress the responsibility of granting patents and copyrights to inventors and artists.
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8
(The Congress shall have 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;