Patents and Originality: Promoting Ingenuity Through Patent Law. This paper explores the history of federal patent law from the position that the patent office has helped to encourage ingenuity as much as it has helped to protect the rights and the property of the inventor. Through addressing the history of the patent office, it is shown that the very act of patenting has helped in promoting new concepts and the creation and execution of new products. Pages: 9 Bibliography: 7 source(s) listed Filename: 14893 Patents and Originality.doc Price: 80.55