Chapter XIV. *to amend, and carry into effect, the intention of an act entitled “An act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.*Feb. 6, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the rights secured to Thomas Blanchard, aPatent for a machine for turning irregular
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Chap. XIV.— An Act *to amend, and carry into effect, the intention of an act entitled “An act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.*Feb. 6, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the rights secured to Thomas Blanchard, aPatent for a machine for turning irregular forms, &c., extended for 14 years. citizen of the United States, by letters patent granted on the sixth of September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and afterwards on a corrected specification, on the Act of June 30, 1834, ch. 213.twentieth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty, be granted to the said Blanchard, his heirs and assigns, for the further term of fourteen years from the twentieth of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, said invention so secured being described in said last mentioned letters as an engine for turning or cutting irregular forms out of wood, iron, brass or other material which can be cut by ordinary tools: *Provided*, That all rights and privileges heretofore sold or granted by said patentee, to make, Proviso.construct, use, or vend the said invention, and not forfeited by the purchasers or grantees, shall inure to and be enjoyed 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 had, bona fide,Persons who may have constructed, &c., may use the same. erected or constructed any manufacture or machine for the purpose of putting said invention into use, in any of its modifications, or was so erecting or constructing any manufacture or machine for the purpose aforesaid, between the period of the expiration of the patent heretofore granted and the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall have and enjoy the right of using said invention in any such manufacture or machine erected or erecting as aforesaid, in all respects as though this act had not passed: *Provided*, Proviso.That no person shall be entitled to the right 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 and vend the same.
Approved, February 6, 1839.