The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-01

efforts, and expense, may have invented or
produced any new and original design for
a manufacture, whether of metal or other
material or materials, or any new and orig
inal design for the printing Of woollen, silk,
cotton, or other fabrics, or any new and
original design for a bust, statue, or bas re.
lief or composition in alto or basso relieve,
or any new and original impression or orna-
ment, or to be placed on any article of man.
ufacture. the same being formed in marble
or other material, or any new and useful
pattern, or print, or picture, 10 be either
worked Oh, or printed or pointed or cast or
otherwise fixed on, any article or manufac-
ture, or any new and original shape or con-
hguration of any article of manufacture not
known or used by others before his, her, or
their invention or production thereof, and
prior 10 the time of his, her, or their appli-
cation Tor a patent therefor, and who shall
desire 10 obtain an exclusive property or
right therein 10 make, use, or sell and vend
the same, or copies of the same to others
by them 10 be made, used, and sold. may
make application in writing 10 the Com
missioner of Patents expressing such de-
sire, and the Commissioner, on due pro-
ceedings had, may grant a patent therefor
as in the case now of application for a pat
ent Provided, That the fee in such cases
which by the now existing laws would be
required of the particular applicant shall be
one half the sum, and that the duration OF
said patent shall be seven years. and that all
the regulations and provisions which now
apply the obtaining or protection of patents
now inconsistent with the provisions Of this
act shall apply TO application under this Sec
ton.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the oath required for applicants FIR patents
may be taken, when the applicant is not for
The time being residing in the United states,
before any minister. plenipotentiary. charge
d'affairs, consul, or COMMERCIAL agent hold
ing commission under the Government of
the United states. or before any notary pub
lie of the foreign country TO which such ap-
plicant may be.
Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That
if any person or persons shall paint or print,
or mould, cast, carve, or engrave, or stamp,
upon any thing made, used, or sold by him,
for the sole making or selling which he hath
not or shall not have obtained letters patent,
the name or any imitation of the name of.
any other person who hath or shall have OBJ
tanned letters patent for the sole making and
vending of such thing, without consent of
such patentce, or his assigns or legal rep
resentatives ; or if any person upon any
such thing not having been purchased from
the pateniee, or some person who purchased
it from or under such pa.entee, or not hav-
| ing the license or consent of such patentee.
or his assigns or legal representatives shall
write, paint, print, mould. cast, carve, en-.
grave. stamp, or otherwise make or afix
The word "patent," or the words %"letters
patent" or the word "patentee'" or any
word or words of like kind, meaning, or i'm
port, with the view or intent of initiating or
counterfeiting the stamp, mark, or other dc
cice ofthe paientee, or shall aftix the same
or any word, stamp, or device Of like i'm
oori, on any uupatented article for the pur-
pose of deceiying the public, he, she. or they,
50 offending, shall be Liable for such offence,
to a penalty of not less than one hundred dol
lars, with costs. to be recovered by action in
any of the circuit courts of the United States,
Oh in any o. the district courts oil the United
States having the powers and jurisdiction OF a
circuit court; one half of which penalty, as
recovered, shall be paid to the patent fund,
and the other half to any person or persons
who shall sue for the same.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all
patenters and assignees of patents hereafter
granted are hereby required TO stamp, engrave.
or cause TO stamped or engraved, on each ar
ticle vended; or offered for sale, The date of
he patent and it any person or PERSONS,
patentees or ~assignees, shall neglect TO do so,
he. she, or they shall be liable to the same
penalty, TO be recovered and disposed Of in
the manner specified in The foregoing fifth Sec
ton Of this act.
Approved, August 80, 1912.