Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-11-14
(No. 165.l


 Approved May 2l, 1881.
 (No. 165.) AN ACT to establish patent office, and to pro vide for the granting and issue of patents TOT new and useful discoveries inventions, improve ments and designs SEC. l. The Congress Of the COntederdte States ot America do enact, That there shall be established and attached to the Department of Justice, an of- flee to be denomnated the Patent Office the clltef officer of which shall be called the Commssloner of Patents, to be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Congress, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the Attorney General, to superntend, execute and perform all such acts and things touching and respecting the issue of patents for and useful dlscoVerles, inventions and improvements, as are heFeln proYl- ded tor or shall hereafter be by law directed to pc done and performed and shall have the charge and custody ot all books, records papers, models ma chimes and other things belonging to sad once.
 SEC ?. Be a further enacted, That there snail he in said office an inferior officer, to be appointed bv said commissioner, with the approval oi the At torney General, to be called the chief clerk ot the patent office, who in all cases during the absence of the commissioner, or when the sald prlnclpal office shall become vacant. shall have the chaISe and custody of the seal and of the records, books, papers, machines, models, and all other things be- longing to the said office, and shall perform the duties of the commissioner during such vacancy. And the said commissioner may also, with ike approval, appoint such examiners ot patents ana other clerks as may be necessary And sad com missioner, and every other person appointed ana employed in said office, shall be disqualified or m teriicted from acquiring or taking, except by lE- hertance, during the period for winch they small hold their appointments respectively any right or interest directly indirectly, in any patent tor an invention or discovery which has been or may hereafter be granted. And said commissioner, and
 al Hnti0 hal a compensation to be ascertalned and hXed by law.
 SEC B. And be t turtLer enactrd, That the said pripcipal officer and every other person to be ap- pointed in said office, shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office or appointment, make oath or affirmation truly and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him. And the sa!d comms sioner and chief clerk shall also, btiore enter ing upon their duties, sey erally give bonds with suretes, to the treasurer ot the Confederate States. the former in the sum of ten thousand d"l lars and the latter in the sum of hve thousanh dollars, with condition to render true ana falth- ful account to m or his successor ln office, guar terly of all moneys which shall be by them respec lively received for duties patents, and for copes of records and drawings, and ali other moneys re- ceiyed by virtue of said office.
 SEC 4. And be t further enacted. That the said commissioner shall cause a seal to be made and provided for the sad office, with such dewce as the President of the Confederate States shall ap- prove: and copies of any records, books papers or drawings belonging to the said office, under the sig nature of said commissioner, or when the ofilce shall be vacant, under the signature of 'he chei clerk, with the said seal affixed, shall be compe tent evidence in all cases in which the original re for the written copies the of ten cents for every page of one hundred words, and for copies of draw ings the reasonable expenses of making the same.
 SEC. 5. And be further enacted, That all pa tents issuing from the sad office shall he issued r the name of the Confederate States, and under seal of said office, and be signed by the Attorney General, and countersigned by the commissioner oI said office, and shall be recorded, together with the descriptions, specifications and drawings in the said office, Tn books to be kept for that purpose Every patent shall contain short description or title of the invention or discovery, correctly indicating it's nature and design, and in its terms grant to the applicant or applicants, his their heirs, admins trat0rs executors or assigns, for term not exceed ing fourteen years, the full and exclusive right and liberty Of making using and vending to others to be used, the said invention discovery, referring to the specifications for the particulars thereof copy of which shall be annexed to the patent, specifying what the patentee claims Lis inven- ton or discovery.
 SEC 6. And De H fiuttcr enacted, That any person or persons having discovered or invented any new and useful art, machine, manufacture or composition Of matter, or any and useful i'm proyement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition ot natter not known or used by others before his CT their discovery or invention thereof, and not at the time of his application for patent in public use for sale, with his consent or allowance, as the inventor discoverer, and snail desire to obtain an exclusive property therein may make application in writing to the commis- si0ner ot patents, expressing such desire and the commissioner on due proceedings had may grant patent therefor. But before any inventor shall receive patent for any such new invention or dis coVerY, he shall devcra written description of his invention or discovery, and of the manner and pro. cess of making, constructing, using and comDound ing the same Tn such full, clear and exact terms. aFoidlng unnecessary prolixity, to enable any person skilled III the art science to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected to make, construct, compound and use the same and Tn case Of any machine, he shall fully exnlain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle or character by which it may be distinguished from other inventions ; and shall particularly snecifv and point out the part improvement, or combna tion which he claims as his own invention or dis covery. lie shall, furthermore, accompany the whole with drawing or drawings, and written references, where the nature of the case admits of drawing; or with specimens of ingredients and of the compositioh ot matter, sufficient in quantity for the purpose of experiment, where the nyen- ton or discovery is of composition of matter. winch descriptions and drawings, signed b, the in yentor, and atested by two witnesses shall he 6lod in the patent office; and he shall moreover furnish d model oi his invention, in all cases which admit of representation by model, of a convenient size to exhibit advantageousy its several parts The applicant shall make oath or affirmation that be does very believe that he is the original and first inventor or dlscoyerer of the art, machine comno sition, or improvement, for which he solicits a patent; and that h. does not know or believe that the same was ever before known or used: and also of what country he is a citizen; which oath or af firmaton may be made before any person author ized by law to administer oaths. SEC. '. And be u further enacted, That on tho ! filing of any such application description and sne- cihcauon, and the payment or the duty herinattor | provided, the commissioner shall make tor. cauee | to be made, an examination of the allered new | inventor or discovery, and if, on any su;b axam; nation, It shall not appear to the commisso thot the same had been invented or discovered hy o,,, | other person in this country, prior to the aiIegad invention or discovery thereof by the applicant or that it had been patented or described in any prin ted publication, in this in any foreign country. or had been in public use or on sale with the an plicants consent or allowance, prior to the appli- cation, if the commissioner shall deem it to be | sufficiently useful and important it shall be bis l duty to issue patent therefor But whenever. on such examination, it shallappear to the commis sioner that the applicant not the original and hrst inventor or uscoverer thereof or that any mart of that which IS claimed as new had hoe,re been invented or discovered, or patented or described in any printed publication in this or any f,rcirn co- try aforesaid or that the descrpton ia ia eroctino and insufficient ha Sla all