Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-11-14

nuled from the day on which such notice IS depos- ted in the post-ofice at the seat ot government oi this Confectionery, with the regular time for trans mission of the same added thereto, WHICH 'Ilo shall be endorsed on the notice. ~
 SEC 40. And De u further enacted, That the fol- lowing shall be the of fees Ill all cases respec lively:
 On filing caveat, ten dollars.
 On filing each original application for pi'eht' except for design, twenty dollars
 On issuing each original patent, twenty doIiars'
 On every appeal to the attorney general, twenty five dollars.
 On every application for the reissue of patent' thirty dollars.
 On filing each disclaimer ten dollars.
 For recording patents, IS provided for in section 49, ten cents for every hundred words.
 For recording every assignment, agreement power of attorney, and other papers, oi three hl- dred words under, one dollar
 For recording every assignment and other paper, over three hundred words and under one thousand words, two dollars.
 For recording every assignment and other wri- ting. if over one thousand words, three dollars.
 For copies of drawings, the reasonable cost of making the same.
 SEC. 4l. And be Il Curfhcr enacted, That any per son or persons who by his, her or their own indus try genius, efforts and expense, ,may have invented or produced any and original design for man | uflcture, whether of metal or other matenal or materials all rignal design for bust, statue or | | or any new or original impression or ornament or | to be placed on any article of manufacture, the | l same being formed in marble or other material, CT anygew and useful pattern, or print, or picture to be either worked into CT worked on, or printed, CT painted or cast or otherwise fixed upon any artl- cle of manufacture, or any new and onSlnai shape or conficuraton of any article of manufacture not known or used by others before his, her or her m yention or production thereof anu prior to the tune of his, her their application for patent there for and who shall desire to obtan an exclusive pro nertv or right theren to make, nse, s-ll ana VeAu the same or copies of the same, to others, by them to be made used and sold may make application Ill writing to the commissioner ot patents expressing such desire; and the commissioner on due proceed ings had, may grant patent therelor' as III the cse now Of application for patent, for thc term ol three and one half years, for the term ot seven wears or for the term of fourteen years a5 the sald applicant may elect in his application; ffo0'ded' That the fee to be paid in such application snail De for the term of three years and SIX months, ten oo
 lars; for years, fifteen doIlafs; anu lol 1o"i teen wears, twenty dollars.
 SEC 42 And be t further enacted, That all ap- nications for patents shall be completed and pre- pared for examination within two years aitef 'he filing of the petition, and Ill default thereol lhey shall he regarded abandoned by the paItes tleIe to- unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner of patents that such delay WAS una voidable: and all applications now pendln@ sAail be treated as if filed after the passage o tAlS act
 SEC. 43 And be II htqtler enacted, That in all cases where an article is made or yendea by any person under the protection of letters patent, lt shall be the duty of such person to give sufficient notice to the public that said article Is go patchte1 either by fixing thereon the word patented together with the day and ye,r the patent was granted or when, from the character of the aTtleie paIehieu' ; that may be impractcabe, by enveopin@ one or more of the sljd articles amt axn6 label t9 the nlckare or otherwise attaching thereto a label, on which the notice with the date, is printed; on ia- ure of which, in any sut for the infringement of letters patent hy the party failing so to mark me article the right to which is lnlrnged upon, ho r damage shall be recovered by the palnUH, except on proof that the defendant was duly notified of the infringement, and continued, after such notice, ', l to make or yend the article patented. f SEC. II. find Je a further cnactcd, That the com missioner of patents be and heis hereby authorized to print or in his discretion to cause to De printed ' ten c,pies of tile description and calms o4 ai pat
 cnts which may hereafter be granted, ant ten copcs
 of the drawii re of the same. when drawings shall n accompany the patent Pforided, Tie cost o prlnt- If ing the text of sad description and ciams snail r not exceed exclusive of stationery, the sum cl two n cents Der hundred words for each of said copies n and the cost of the drawing shall not eXcced HfH
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 subject to the approval of the commiasienerof of pat ents, and the expense of the said copies shall bt | paid for out Of the patent fund.-
 1t SEC. 4J. Hnd de U tlrtter cnactcd That printed l. c'iltS OI lic letters patent OI the COneQcIat $ States, with the seal Of the patent office affixed e thereto, and certified and signed by tie commis- IT sloner q patents, shall be legal evidence of the e contents of said letters patent in all eases. ' SEC 46 lnd Je ta7hr cnactcl, That no dis 1T crlminaton shall be made bctv cen the inhabitants ot the Confederate States and those of other cour- Il tries which shall not discriminate against the ill- habltants of the Confederate States in reclrl to patent office fees; and should any country discrimi nate against the Confederate States, the same fees 2 shall be charged against the inhabitants of said country are charged against the inhabitants of ? the Confederate States.
 SEC. 4I. ARd C. 4 fnrtacr enacted. That at tba eAnranon ot three years from the date of ary mt ent hereafter to be issued, there shall De paid to the commissioner, by the patentee or assignee of such patent, q fee of ten dollars, and the same amount at the expiration of seven years: ond if such fees not paid, such patent shall be deem cd abandoned, and shall he null and void SEC. Az. 4 nd de 4 t1rttcr enacted That all mo- neys receiYed by the commissioner under this act shall be by him paid into the treasury. and shall constitute fund for the payment of the salaries of officers and clerks herein provided for and all other expenses of the patent office, and to be calIcl patent fund.
 SEC 49. And De t frilcr enacted, That all not ents heretofore granted and issued bv the United otates 10 any person or persons now citizen or citj zchs or either oi the states of this Contcderacv or of Ile states 0I enneSsCe, Arkansas and North Caro-. !lna or now held by assignment by any such citizen
 
 or cuHens, shall continue in force Scr the term for which they were issued yet unexpred. and if as signed Tn part only to any citizen of this Conele racy, or of the states aforesaid, shall continue in force Tor such part: PrOcjdcd, Such assignment was bong ftde made prior to the 4tll day of Febru any, lo6l Prorided further, Nothing contained in thls act shall be construed to recognize any renewal or extension of patent by the United States here toore made: PTooidcd titythr, That patents or the deed ot assignment therefor provided for in this section, shall be recorded in the patent office of the Confederate States, and there also shall he denos- ted ln said office such models or descgiDtive draw ln9s as may be necessary to identify and exDlain the subject matter of said patents; and ali pelsons cIamnG the benefit of this section shall pay to the commlssloner of patents the sum of twenty dollars TOT the use oi the patent fund, unless such patents are so hled tor record with such drawings or mod els as aforesaid, within nine months from the date oi publication of this act, they shall be considered as abandoned, and shall be null and void. And it snail be the duty of the commissioner to endorse on each patent so filed for record the date of such hllnS, and also a certificate under the seal of his once that sad patent has been recorded, which certhrate shall be evidence of the fact in any court of justice, whether of the state or of the Cantede racy' and of the rights of the owner thereof to use Sald patents and such patents shall after they are recorded, be returned 10 the owner thereof.
 SEC o" And be H further enacted That in case ] the omglnal inventor and discoverer of the art | machine improvement for which a n.tant is oo