Chapter CCCLXXVI. *for the Relief of William E
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CHAP. CCCLXXVI.— An Act *for the Relief of William E. Ward.* March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the commissioner of Application of William E. Ward for extension of patent to be reheard.patents be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant a rehearing of the application of William E. Ward for the extension of letters-patent granted to him on the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, “for improvement in machinery for making nuts,” and he is hereby authorized to revive and extend the said letters-patent for the further term of seven years from and after the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy, notwithstanding the original term for which letters-patent were granted had expired, and the said patentee had patented the said invention in foreign countries, and such foreign patents had expired before the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy, if in his judgment the said patentee was the original inventor of the invention described in the said letters-patent, and the patentee has failed, without 774 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 377–380. 1873.neglect or fault on his part, to obtain from the use and sale of the said invention a reasonable remuneration for the time, ingenuity, labor, and expenses bestowed upon the same, and the introduction thereof into use: Proviso.*Provided,* That any such extension of said patent shall not affect the right to continue to use said patented improvement of any person who, since the seventh day of October, anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and prior to the approval of this act, may have procured, and at the time of such approval shall be using, said patented improvement Approved, March 3, 1873.