Welcome to 6.901

Welcome to 6.901, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology class on Inventions and Patents. 6.901 and 6.931 are two courses taught by Professor Robert Rines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This page is a starting place to explore current research concerning Patent Law and its role in the rapidly changing world of high technology.

Our Basis for our patent system stems from Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution:
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;

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