Chapter 227. To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 227.— An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes. February 28, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That section forty-eight hundredPatents. and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the words “in his lifetime” the following words: “andInsanity of inventor before issue of patent.[R. S., sec. 4896, p. 947](/us/rs/s4896/p947) amended.—guardian, etc., may apply for. when any person having made any new invention or discovery for which a patent might have been granted becomes insane before a patent is granted, the right of applying for and obtaining the patent shall devolve upon his legally appointed guardian, conservator, or representative in trust for his estate, in as full manner and on the same terms and conditions as the same might have been claimed or enjoyed by him while sane;” and by inserting at the end of said section the following words:
“The foregoing section, as to insane persons, is to cover all applicationsExisting applications included. now on file in the Patent Office or which may be hereafter made,” so that the said section as amended will read as follows: " “Sec. 4896. When any person, having made any new invention or discovery for which a patent might have been granted, dies before a patent is granted, the right of applying for and obtaining the patent shall devolve on his executor or administrator, in trust for the heirs at law of the deceased, in case he shall have died intestate; or if he shall have left a will, disposing of the same, then in trust for his devisees in as full manner and on the same terms and conditions as the same might have been claimed or enjoyed by him in his lifetime; and when any person having made any new invention or discovery for which a patent might have been granted becomes insane before a patent is granted, the right of applying for and obtaining the patent shall devolve on his legally appointed guardian, conservator, or representative in trust for his estate, in as full manner and on the same terms and conditions as the same might have been claimed or enjoyed by him while sane; and when the application is made by such legal representatives, the oath or affirmation required to be made shall be so varied in form that it can be made by them.
“The foregoing section, as to insane persons, is to cover all applications now on file, in the Patent Office or which may be hereafter made.” " Approved, February 28, 1899.