<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious . A patent is the right to exclude others from using a new technology . Specifically, it is the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, inducing others to infringe, and / or offering a product specially adapted for practice of the patent . </P> <P> United States patent law is authorized by the U.S. Constitution . Article One, section 8, clause 8 states: </P> <P> 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; </P>

Where is the patent process referenced in the constitution of the united states