Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-05
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at The I'd Session of the 9Th Congress.
GPUBLIc-No. III

PUBLIc-No. II.
AN ACT in addition to an act TO pro-
mote the progress of the useful arts, and
to repeal all acts and parts of acts here
tofore made for that purpose.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States OF
America, in Congress assembled, That
the Treasurer of the United States be, and
he hereby is, authorized to pay back, out
of the patent fund, any sum or sums of
money, to any person who shall have paid
the same into the Treasury, or to any re-
ceiver or depositary, to the credit of the
Treasurer, as for fees accruing at the Patent
Office through mistake, and which are not
provided to be paid by existing laws, certifi-
cate thereof being made to said Treasurer
by the Commissioner of Patents.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
the third section of the act of March, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-scven, which au-
thorizes the renewing Of patents lost prior
TO the fifteenth of December eighteen hun
dred and thirty-six, is extended to patents
granted prior to said fifteenth day of De-
cember, though they may have been lost
subsequently: Provided, however, The same
the provisions of said act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
any citizen or citizens, or alien or aliens,
having resided one year in the United
States, and taken the oath of his or their
intention to become a citizen or citizens,
who by his, her, or their own industry,
genius, efforts, and expense, may have in
vented or produced any new and original
design for manufacture, whether of metal
or other material or materials, or any new
and original design for the printing of
woollen, silk, cotton, or other fabrics, or
any new and original design for bust,
statue, or bas relief or composition in alto
or basso relieve, or any new and original
impression or ornament, or to be placed on
any article of manufacture, the same being
formed in marble or other material, or any
new and useful pattern, or print, or picture,
to be either worked into or worked on, or
printed or painted or cast or otherwise
fixed on, any article of manufacture, or
any new and original shape or contigura-
ton of any article of manufacture not
known or used by others before his, her,
or their invention or production thereof
and prior to the time of his, her, or their
application for a patent therefor, and who
shall desire to obtain an exclusive property
or right therein TO make, use, and sell and
vend the same, or copies of the same, TO
others, by them to be made, used and sold,
may make application in writing to the
Commissioner of Patents expressing such
desire, and the Commissioner, on due pro-
ceedings had, may grant patent therefor,
as in the case now of application for a
patent: Provided, That the fee in such
cases which by the now existing laws
would be required of the particular appli-
cant shall be one half the sum, and that the
duration of said patent shall be seven
years. and that all the regulations and pro.
visions which now apply to the obtaining
or protection of patents not inconsistent
with the provisions of this act shall apply
to applications under this section.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, Tha,
the oath required for applicants for patents
may be taken, when the applicant is no
for the time being residing in the United
States, before any minister, peniPoten
tiary, charge d'atfairs, consul, or CONNER
cial agent holding commission under the
Government of the United States, or befor
any notary public of the foreign countr,
to which such applicant may be.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, Tha
If any person or persons shall paint o
pr.nt, or mould, cast, carve, or engraye, o
stamp, upon any thing made, used, or soil
by him, for the sole making or sellin,
which he hath not or shall not have obtained
letters patent, the name or any imitation O
the name of any other person who hath O
shall have obtained letters patent for tn
,,,le making and vending of such thinl
without consent of such patentee, or hi
assigns or legal representatives; or if an
person, upon any such thing not havn
been purchased from the patentee, or som
person who purchased it from or unde
such patentee, or not having the license Q
consent of such patentee. or his assigns @
legal representatives. shall write, pain
print, mould, cast, carve, engrave, staml
or otherwise make or affix the word "Pa
ent." or the words "letters patent" or IN