WHEREAS, I, Richard Roe, of Chicago, of the County of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the manufacture of Motorcycles, for which I am about to make application for Letters Patent of the proper authorities of the United States of America.

AND WHEREAS, John Doe of Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to purchase from me all the right, title and interest, which I have, or may have, in and to the said invention, in consequence of the grant of Letters Patent therefor, and has paid to me, the said Richard Roe, the sum of Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged;

NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, That for and in consideration of the sum aforesaid paid, I have assigned and transferred, and do hereby assign and transfer, to the said John Doe, the full and exclusive right to all the improvements, made by me, as fully set forth and described in the specifications which I have prepared and executed under the date of May 1st, 1914, preparatory to the obtaining of Letters Patent therefor. And I do hereby authorize and request the Commissioner of Patents to issue the said Letters Patent to the said John Doe, as the assignee of my whole right and title thereto, for the sole use and benefit of the said John Doe, and his legal representatives.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 15th day of June, 1914. (Seal) RICHARD ROE.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of HOWARD SHERMAN, JAMES WILLIAMS.