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Document 48361 ANDREW JACKSON, LOUIS McLANE and ROGER B. TANEY Patent for an improvement in the door lock. Partly Printed DS: "Andrew Jackson" as President, "Louis McLane" as Secretary of State and "R.B. Taney" as Attorney General, 1p, 11¾x14¾. Washington, 1833 September 16. In full: "To All to Whom These Letters Patent Shall Come: Whereas James Kyle, a citizen of the United States hath alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement in the Door Lock, in addition to those for which a Patent was granted to him on the 18th of May, 1832, which improvement he states has not been known or used before application; hath made oath that he does verily believe that he is the true inventor or discoverer of the said improvement; hath paid into the treasury of the United States the sum of thirty dollars, delivered a receipt for the same, and presented a petition to the Secretary of State, signifying a desire of obtaining an exclusive property in the said improvement, and praying that a patent may be granted for that purpose: These are therefore to grant, according to law, to the said James Kyle, his heirs, administrators or assigns, for the term of fourteen years, from the sixteenth day of Septr one thousand eight hundred and thirty three the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used, the said improvement; a description whereof is given in the words of the said James Kyle himself, in the schedule hereto annexed and is made a part of these presents." Jackson and McLane have signed beneath this portion. Taney has signed below certifying that he has examined the patent and found them "conformable to law", returning it to the Secretary of State. Attached to the document is a 3p, 11x14, ADS: "James Kyle" describing his invention, certified on verso of the third page: "Henry L. Ellsworth" as Commissioner of Patents. McLANE, Secretary of the Treasury from 1831-1833, was Secretary of State from 1833-1834. TANEY was Attorney General from 1831-1833, when he succeeded McLane as Secretary of the Treasury. He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1836-1864. The document is also signed by "Henry L. Ellsworth". On July 4th, 1836, President Jackson nominated HENRY L. ELLSWORTH of Connecticut to be Commissioner of Patents. The United States Constitution, in Article 1, section 8, states that "Congress shall have power...to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." Based on this provision, the First Congress enacted a statute on April 10, 1790. In part: "Upon the petition of any person or persons to the Secretary of State, the Secretary for the department of war, and the Attorney General of the United States, setting forth, that he, she, or they, hath or have invented or discovered any useful art, manufacture, engine, machine, or device, or any improvement therein not before known or used, and praying that a patent may be granted therefor (sic), it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Secretary of State, the Secretary for the department of war, and the Attorney General, or any two of them, if they shall deem the invention or discovery sufficiently useful and important, to cause letters patent to be made out in the name of the United States, to bear teste (sic) by the President of the United States, reciting the allegations and suggestions of the said petition, and describing the said invention or discovery, clearly, truly and fully, and thereupon granting to such petitioner or petitioners, his, her or their heirs, administrators or assigns for any term not exceeding fourteen years, the sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used, the said invention or discovery; which letters patent shall be delivered to the Attorney General of the United States to be examined, who shall, within fifteen days next after delivery to him, if he shall find the same conformable to this act, certify it to be so at the foot thereof, and present the letters patent so certified to the President, who shall cause the seal of the United States to be thereto affixed...." The Second Congress, on February 21, 1793, repealed the 1790 statute and enacted a new one. In addition to many of the 1790 provisions, it provided that an inventor present his petition to the Secretary of State alone, eliminating the Secretary of War and the Attorney General. It also provided "that every inventor, before he presents his petition to the Secretary of State, signifying his desire of obtaining a patent, shall pay into the treasury thirty dollars". The patent law has been amended many times since then. Pages bound together with green ribbon. 2¼-inch paper seals affixed to front page and verso of last page. Folds, vertical fold touches "A" in Andrew. Lightly creased. Lightly yellowed and stained on first page. Heavily foxed, yellowed and stained on other pages, affecting Ellsworth's signature. SEE IF DOCUMENT 48361 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!!
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