The national Republican., 1861-07-16

no Wltutbs chuu w uctWtu kultty VI COutcuipt
for disobeyiug any subpoena directed to him by
virtue Of this act, unless his fees for going to,
returning from, and one days attendance at
the place of examination sbal be paid or ten.
dered to him a~he time cf he service of the
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That, for
the purpose Of securing greater uniformity Of
action in the grant and refusal Of letters patent
there shall be appointed, BY the President, by
and with the advice and consent Of the Senate,
three examinen.in-chief, at an annual salary
Of three thousand dollars each, to be composed
| Of persons Of competent legal knowledge and
scientific ability, whose duty IL shall be, on the
written petition Of the applicant for that pur-
| pose being fled to revise and determine upon
the validity of decisions made by examiners
when adverse to the grant of letters.patent
and also to revise and determine in like man
ner upon the validity of the decisions Of exam.
liners in interference cases, and when required
by the Commissioner in applications for the ex.
tension Of patents, and to perform such other
duties as may be assigned to them by the Com.
missioner; that from their decisions appeals
may be taken to the Commissioner Of Patents
iu person, upon payment of the fee hereinafter
prescribed that the said examiners.in.chief
shall be governed in their action by the rules
to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Pat
ents.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted, That no
appeal shall be allowed to the examinersin-
chief from the decisions of the primary exami.
ners, except in interference cases, until after
the application shall have been twice rejected !;
and the second examination Of the application
by the primary examiner shall not be had until
the applicant, in view of the references given
on the first rejection, shall have renewed the
oath of invention, a. provided TOR in the seventh
section Of the act entitled "An act to promote
the progress of the useful arts, and to repeal all
acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that
purpose" approved July fourth, eighteen hun
dred and thirty.six.
Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That the
salary Of the Commissioner of Patents, from
and after the passage Of this act, shall be four
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and
the salary Of the chief clerk Of the Patent Office
shall be two thousand Eve hundred dollars, and
the salary of the librarian of the Patent Office
shall be eighteen hundred dollars. .
Sec. s. And be il further enacted, That the
Commissioner of Patents is authorized to re-
store to the respective applicants, or when not
removed by them, to otherwise dispose of such
of the models belonging to rejected applications
as he shall not think necessary to be preserved.
The same authority is also given in relation
to all models accompanying applications for
designs. BE is further authorized to dispense
in future with models Of designs when the de-
sign can be sufficiently represented by draw.
ing.
Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted, That the
tenth section Of the act approved the third of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty.seven,
authorising the appointment of agents for the
transportation of models and specimens to the
Patent Office, is hereby repealed.
Sec. Z. and be ii further enocted, That the
Commissioner is further authorized, from time
to time, to appoint, in the manner already pro.
vided for by law, such az additional number OF
principal examiners, FIRST assistant examiners,
and second assistant examiners as may be re.
quired to transact the cur ent business of the
Office with dispatch, provided the whole mum.
ber Of additional examiners shall not exceed
four Of each class, and that the total annual
expenses Of the Patent Office shall not exceed
the annual receipts. .,........-.
Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That the
Commissioner may require all papers fled in
the Patent Office, If not correctly, legibly, and
clearly written, to be printed at the cost Of the
parties filing such papers; aud for gross mis-
coaduct he may refuse to recognise any person
| as a patent agent, either generally or in on,
particular case; but the reasons of the Com
missioner for such refusal shall be duly record
ed, and subject to the approval Of the Presiden
of the United States. ...
Sec. 9. and be il further enacted, That ne
money paid as fee, on any application for
withdrawn or refunded, nor shall the fee pait
on filing a cavest be considered as part Of tn,
sum required to be paid on filing subsequen
application for patent for the same invention
That the three months notice given to an
caveator, in pursuance Of the requirements Q
the twelfth section of the act of July fourth
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be com
puted from the day ou which such notice i
deposited in the post Office at Washington, wit
the regular time for the transmission of tn
same added thereto, which time shall be in
dersed on the notice and that so much of tn
thirteenth section OF the act of Congress, a.
proved July fourth, eighteen hundred aud THU
ty.six, as authorizes the anuexing to letters
patent Of the description and specification Q
additional improvements is hereby repealed
aud in all cases where additional improve
ments would now be admissible, independen
patents must be applied for.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That al
laws now in force fixing the rates of the Paten
Office fees to be paid, and discriminating be
tween the inhabitants of the United States an,
those of other countries, which shall not dis
criminate against the inhabitants of the Unite,
States, are hereby repealed, and in their stea
the following rates are established
On filing each caveat, ten dollars.
On filing each original application for q pa
tent, except for design, fifteen dollars.
On issuing each original patent, twenty dol
| lars. ....- .
On every appeal from the examiners. in. chic
to the Commissioner, twenty dollars.
On every application for the reissue of a pa
tent, thirty dollars.
On every application for the extension of
patent, fifty dollars; and fifty dollars in addition
on the granting of every extension.
n. Il. Ill.