Chapter 188. To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 188.— An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes. May 23, 1908.[[H. R. 15841.]](/us/bill/70/hr/15841)[[Public, No. 132]](/us/pl/70/132) *Be it enacted by the Senate an d House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section forty-eightPatents.R.S., sec. 4896, p.947, amended. hundred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the section shall read as follows:
"Sec. 4896. When any person, having made any new invention orRights of executor on death of inventor. 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 246 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: andRights of legal representative if inventor becomes insane. 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 variedOath. in form that it can be made by them. the executor or administratorForeign executors of deceased inventors not domiciled in United States. duly authorized under the law of any foreign country to administer upon the estate of the deceased inventor shall, in case the said inventor was not domiciled in the United States at the time of his death, have the right to apply for and obtain the patent. the authority of suchRights of.Diplomatic, etc., certificate required. foreign executor or administrator shall be proved by certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States.
"The foregoing section, as to insane persons, is to cover all applicationsPending, etc., applications. now on tile in the Patent Office or which may be hereafter made.” Approved, May 23, 1908.