§ 279. Assignment. The certificate of the filing of any name, mark or device under this article and the benefits obtained thereunder shall be assignable with the sale of the vessels, receptacles or utensils on which the same are produced and used. Assignments shall be made upon forms supplied by the secretary of state, which shall be duly executed and may be recorded upon the payment of a fee of fifty dollars payable to the secretary of state who, after recording the assignment, may, upon request of the assignee, issue in his name a new certificate.