Chapter 725. For the relief of Valdemar Poulsen
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CHAP. 725.— An Act For the relief of Valdemar Poulsen. February 19, 1903.[[Private, No. 620](/us/pvtl/57/620).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That letters patent of the Valdemar Poulsen.Certain letters patent issued to, not invalid.United States granted to Valdemar Poulsen, numbered six hundred and sixty-one thousand six hundred and nineteen, dated November thirteenth, nineteen hundred, shall not be held invalid by reason of the lapse of more than seven months between the time of tiling of his application for a patent in Denmark and the tiling of his application for said United States patent; nor shall the lapse of said period of more than seven months debar him from the grant of a patent upon that portion of his invention which was divided out from his original application in this country under the rules of practice then prevailing in the Patent Office, but the patent which may be granted on said divisional application shall expire at the same time with the said letters patent numbered six hundred and sixty-one thousand six hundred and nineteen: *Provided*, That no person shall be held liable for any *Proviso.*Nonliability for prior Infringement.infringement of the patents herein referred to which may have occurred prior to the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 19, 1903.