I think the king should have made the duke point out who actually found the water, and then the king should have stuck to his proclamation and awarded all of th

I think the king should have made the duke point out who actually found the water, and then the king should have stuck to his proclamation and awarded all of the rights to that person. > 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; It doesn't say a transferable right. and "securing" and "exclusive" seem to argue against transferability. Beats me why the courts and congress decided otherwise.