Patent
Ever since the 1790s, when then-Secretaryof State Thomas Jefferson drafted the nation's first patent law, the practice has been unpredictable.Consider that Jefferson himself initially balked at issuing patents because he deemed them a type of monopoly, according to historian Silvio Bedini. Eventually, Jefferson warmed to the idea and took a leading role on the three-man review board that granted patents in the …
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