Chapter XXXI. *for the Relief of George G
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Chap. XXXI.— An Act *for the Relief of George G. Bishop, and the Legal Representatives of John Arnold, deceased.* March 28, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the letters-patent The letters-patent granted to John Arnold renowed and extended 14 years from date of this act. The letters-patent granted to John Arnold and G. G. Bishop renewed and extended 14 years from date of this act.granted to John Arnold, (a citizen of the United States,) dated the fifteenth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, for a new and useful improvement in the machine for forming a web of cloth, of wool, hair, or other suitable substances, without spinning or weaving; and also, the letters-patent granted to the said Arnold and George G.
Bishop, (also a citizen of the United States,) dated the twentieth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, for a new and useful improvement in the machine for forming a web of cloth, of wool, hair, or other suitable substance, without spinning or weaving, be, and the same is hereby, renewed, revived, and extended for the term of fourteen years, from and after the passage of this act; and the Commissioner of Patents is hereby directed, upon the presentation of the said patents, to renew, revive, and extend the said patents, by Certificates of said renewal to be issued to representatives of said Arnold and Bishop.making a certificate on each, or upon certified copies thereof, of such extension (the lawful fees being first paid therefor) in the name of the legal representatives of the said John Arnold and the said George G.
Bishop; and the said Commissioner of Patents is hereby directed to cause the same to be entered of record in the Patent Office; and the said Effect of said renewal. Proviso.patents so renewed, revived, and extended, shall have the same effect in law, as if originally granted for terms extending to the end of the term to which they are extended by this act: *Provided, however,* That such renewed or extended patents, respectively, shall be open to legal inquiry THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 34, 36, 37, 88. 1854. 777and decision, in the same manner as if issued under the general law regulating the granting of patents: *And provided further,* That all persons now enjoying the lawful use of the said invented machine, or any part thereof, so patented, and the purchaser of any such machine or any part thereof, may continue to use the same notwithstanding the provisions of this act. Approved, March 28, 1854.