Private Law 46–45

That the Commissioner of Patents be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to correct the patent dated the ninth day of July, one thousand

Relief.

eight hundred and seventy- two, numbered one hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and erroneously granted to Joseph Barsaloux, Jeremiah S. James, and Nelson Lyon, as joint inventors, for an invention which was in fact made by said Barsaloux as sole inventor, and of which at the time of the issue of the said patent, said James and Lyon were assignees of the entire and exclusive right, title, and interest. The correction shall be made upon the face of the patent, or a certified copy thereof, and by proper certificate thereof, appended thereto, and when corrected the patent shall show that the grant is to said Jeremiah S. James and Nelson Lyon, jointly, their heirs and assigns, as assignees of said Joseph Barsaloux. The said patent when corrected, as herein authorized, shall be as good and valid as if it had been originally granted and issued in such ■ corrected form. It shall run for the term of seventeen years from and after the date of the ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, but no person shall be held liable for the infringement thereof, prior to the date of such correction, which date, with a reference to this act, shall be entered upon the face of the patent or stated in such certificate and shall be noted in the records of the

Proviso.

Patent Office: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall operate to invalidate the rights of any persons to whom assignments may have been made or licenses granted under said letters; but such assignments and licenses shall be as valid under said corrected letters patent as they would have been had said letter's patent as originally granted been operative and valid.