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n establishment" does not authorize a use at an establishment owned by him and others. (_Rubber Co._ vs. _Goodyear, 9 Wallace, 788._) A license is not transferable unless its terms so state. (_Olmer_ vs. _Rumford Chemical Co., 109 U. S., 75._) A license merely to make and not to sell does not impair the patent owner's right to sue for infringement outside of the license; and the purchaser of the licensee's tools and materials would not carry the right to sell the product made thereon. (_American Graphophone Co._ vs. _Walcut, 87 Fed. Rep., 556; 1898._) A license to use a machine carries with it the right to repair the machine, and replace worn parts until the essential original parts of the machine have disappeared. (_Robinson on Patents, Sec. 827._) A lawful sale of a patented article by a patentee or grantee, within his own territory, carries with it the right to use such article throughout the whole United States. (_Adams_ vs. _Burke, 5 O.G., 118_; _Hobbie_ vs. _Smith. 27 Fed. Rep., 636._) When an applicant in certain instruments assigned his right, title, and interest in an invention, retaining for himself the exclusive right to employ the invention in the manufacture of a certain class of machines, Held, that such instruments do not convey the entire interest in the invention or any undivided part thereof, and they are construed to be nothing more than licenses. (_Ex parte Rosback, 89 O. G., 705. Decided Oct. 5, 1899._) An implied license to use a patented improvement without payment of any royalties during the continuance of employment of the inventor, and thereafter, on the same terms and royalties fixed for other parties, is shown where the inventor applies the patent to his employer's work without any agreement for compensation for its use further than a notice that he would require pay after his employment terminated. (_Keys_ vs. _Eureka Consol. Min. Co., U. S. S. C., 158 U. S., 150._) A breach of a covenant in a license does not work a forfeiture of the license unless it is so expressly agreed. (_Consol. Middlings Purifier Co._ vs. _Wolf, 37 O. G., 567._) [Sidenote: Patent Title.] A patent right, like any other personal property, is understood by Congress to vest in the executors and administrators of the patentee, if he dies without having assigned it. (_Shaw Relief Valve Co._ vs. _City of New Bedford, 19th Fed. Rep., 758._) A patent to a dead man at the time of its grant is not void for
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