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Assignment of a Patent

WHEREAS, letters patent, bearing date day of, in the year, were granted and issued by the government of the United States, under the seal thereof, to A. B., of the town of, in the county of -, in the State of --, for [here state the nature of the invention in general terms, as in the patent], a more particular and full description whereof is annexed to the said letters patent in a schedule; by which letters patent the full and exclusive right and liberty of making and using the said invention, and of vending the same to others to be used, was granted to the said A. B., his heirs, executors, and administrators, or assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the said date: و

Now know all men by these presents, that I, the said A. B., for and in consideration of the sum of - dollars, to me in hand paid (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), have granted, assigned, and set over, and by these presents do grant, assign, and set over, unto C. D., of the town of --, in the county of and State of --, his executors, administrators, and assigns, forever, the said letters patent, and all my right, title, and interest, in and to the said invention, so granted unto me: To have and to hold the said letters patent and invention, with all benefit, profit, and advantage thereof, unto the said C. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, in as full, ample, and beneficial a manner, to all intents and purposes, as I, the said A. B., by virtue of the said letters patent, may or might have or hold the same, if this assignment had not been made, for and during all the rest and residue of the said term of fourteen years.

In testimony, etc. [as in General Form of Assignment].