Chapter CCXIII. to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard
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Chap. CCXIII.— An Act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard.June 30, 1834.1839, ch. 14. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That there be, and is hereby, granted unto Thomas Blanchard, a citizen of the United States, his heirs, assigns, Patent for a machine for turning irregular forms, extended for fourteen years. and legal representatives, for the term of fourteen years from the twelfth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, the full and exclusive right and privilege of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, his invention of “a machine for turning or cutting irregular forms,” a description of which is given in a schedule or specification annexed to letters patent granted to the said Thomas Blanchard for the said invention, on the twelfth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty: *Provided,* That all Proviso. rights and privileges heretofore sold or granted by said patentee, to make, construct, use, or vend the said invention, and not forfeited by the purchasers or grantees, shall enure to and be employed by such purchasers or grantees respectively, as fully and upon the same conditions, during the period hereby granted, as for the term that did exist when such sale or grant was made.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That any person who has, bona Persons who have constructed the same, &c., may continue to use it. fide, erected or constructed any manufacture or machine for the purpose of putting said invention into use, in any of its modifications, after the expiration of the patent heretofore granted, or is now erecting or constructing any manufacture or machine for the purpose aforesaid, shall have and enjoy the right of using said invention in any such manufacture or machine now erected or constructed, or now being erected or constructed: *Provided,* That no person shall be entitled to the right Proviso. and privilege by this section granted, who has infringed the patent right and privilege heretofore granted, by actually using or vending said machine, before the expiration of said patent, without grant or license from said patentee, or his assignees, to use or vend the same.
Approved, June 30, 1834.