Department of Commerce

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1790

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Department of Commerce, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. United States Patent and Trademark Office established within the Department of State

   1790

   Role: Parent Department

   1. 11790-04-10 · United States federal governmentFirst Patent Statute (Out-of-Scope Background)

      The Patent Act of 1790 was the first patent statute passed by the federal government of the United States. It is included as sourced background; the passages do not link it to an 1802 State Department establishment.

Sources

1. United States Patent and Trademark Office Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28