Labels:text | letter | paper | document OCR: A No. 12039. VICTORIA, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith : To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting : WHEREAS GUGLIELMO MARCONI of 71 Hereford Road Bayswater in the County of Middlesex, hath represented unto us that he is in possession of an invention for Improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and signals and in apparatus therefor, that he is the true and first inventor thereof, and that the same is not in use by any other person, to the best of his knowledge and belief : AND WHEREAS the said inventor hath humbly pmyed that We would be graciously pleased to grant unto him (hereinafter, together with his executors, administrators, and assigns, or any of them, referred to as the said patentce) our Royal Letters Patent for the sole use and advantage of his said invention: AND WHEREAS the said inventor hath by and in his complete specification particularly described the nature of his said invention : AND WHEREAS we, being willing to encourage all inventions which may be for the public good, are graciously pleased to condescend to his request : KNOW YE THEREFORE, that We, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said patentee our especial license, full power, sole privilege, and authority that the said patentee, by himself, his agents, or licensees, and no others, may at all times hereafter, during the term of years herein mentioned, make, use, exercise, and vend the said invention within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Isle of Man in such manner as to him or them may seem meet, and that the said patentee shall have and enjoy the whole profit and advantage from time to time accruing by reason of the said invention during the term of fourteen years from the date hereunder written of these presents: AND to the end that the said patentee may have and enjoy the sole use and exercise, and the full benefit of the said invention, We do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, strictly command all our subjects whatsoever. within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Isle of Man, that they do not at any time during the continuance of the said term of fourteen years, either directly or indirectly, make use of, or put in practice, the said invention, or any part of
