New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19

the Commissioner may print or cause to De
printed copies of the specifications OF an
letters-patent and of the drawings OF the
same, and copies of the claims OF current
issues, and copies of such laws, decisions,
rules, regulations, and circulars as may pc
necessary for the information Of the pu6nc
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted, mat
all patents shall be issued in the name OF
the United States of America, under the
seal of the Patent Office, and shall be signed
by the Secretary of the Interior and coun-
tersigned by the Commissioner, and they
shall be recorded, together with the. speclh-
cation, in said office, in books to be kept tor
that purpose.
Sec. D. And be it further enacted, That
every patent shall contain short title or
description Of the invention or discovery,
correctly indicating its nature and design,
and grant to the patentee, his heirs or as
signs, for the term OF seventeen years, OF
the exclusive right to make use, and vend
the said invention or discovery throughout
the United States and the Territories there
of, referring to the specification for the par
ticulars thereof; and copy of said speci-
ficatiOns and of the drawings shall be an
nexed to the patent and be a part thereof
SEC %. And be it further enacted, That
every patent shall date as of a day not later
than six months from the time at which 1t
was passed and allowed, and notice thereof
was sent to the applicant or his agent; and
if the final fee shall not be paid WITHIN that
period, the patent shall be withheld.
Sec. "a. And be it further enacted, That
any person who has invented or discovered
any new and useful art, machine, manutac-
ture, or composition OF matter. or any new
and useful Improvement thereof, not known
or used by others III this country, and not
patented, or described in any printed pub
LEGATION in this or any foreign country, be,
fore his invention or discovery thereof, and
not in public use OF on sale Tor more than
two years prior to his application, unless the
same is proved to have been abandoned.
may, upon payment Of the duty required by
law, and other due proceedings had. obtain
&; patent therefor.
Sec. 25 And be it further enacted, That
no person shall be debarred from receiving
patent for his invention or discovery, nor
shall any patent be declared invalid, by
reason of its having been first patented
or caused to be patented in foreign coun-
try; provided the same shall not have been
introduced into public use in the United
States for more than two years prior to the
application, and that the patent shall ex-
pire at the same time with the foreign
patent, or, if there be more than one, ut the
same time with the one having the shortest
term; but in no case shall it be in force
more than seventeen years.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That
before any inventor or discoverer shall re-
ceive a patent for his invention or dis
covery, he shall make application therefor,
in writing, to the Commissioner. and shall
file in the Patent Office a written descrip-
ton of the same, and OF the manner and
process OF making, constructing. compound
ing and using it, in such full, clear, concise
and exact terms as to enable any person
skilled in the art or science to which it APP
pertains, or with which it is most nearly
to make, constructscomp0und
and use the same; and III case OF a machine,
he shall explain the principle thereof, and
the best mode in which he has contemplated
applying that principle SO a. 10 dis
tinguish it from other inventions: and
he shall particularly point out and dis
unctly claim the part, Improvement or COM
bination which he claims as his invention
or discovery and said specification and
claim shall be signed by the inventor and
attested by two witnesses.
Sec. q. And be it further enacted That
when the nature of the ease admits OF draw
ings, the applicant shall furnish one copy
signed by the inventor or his attorney III
fact, and attested by Two witnesses, which
shall be filed in the Patent Office; and
copy of said drawings, to be furnished by
the Patent Office. shall be attached 10 the
patents as part of the specification.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted. That
when the invention or discovery is OF Il com
position OF matter, the applicant. if required
by the Commissioner, shall furnish speci-
mems of ingredients and of the composition.
III quantity tor the purpose OF eN-
pertinent.
SEC. 80. And be it further enacted. That
in all cases which admit of representation
by model. the applicant, if required 10y the
shall furnish one of conve- |
nient size to exhibit advantageously the |
several parts of his invention or discovery. |
SEC. 30. And be it further enacted, That |
he applicant shall make oath or affirmation |
hat he does verify believe himself to be |
he original and first inventor or dis !
,Overer of the art, machine. manufac- !
ure, composition, or Improvement for |
which he solicits a patent; that he does |
lot know and does not believe that |
he same was ever before known or used, |
md shall state of what country he is a |
,itizen. And said oath or affirmation NAV |
,e made before any person within the |
United States authorized by law to admin |
ster oaths. or, when the applicant resides |
II a foreign country, before any minister, |
charge d'atfaires, consul. or commercial |
agent, holding commission under the gov !,
of the United States, or before any !
notary public of the foreign country in |
which the applicant may be.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted That |
IN the filing of any such application and the |
payment of the duty required by law. the |
shall cause an examination |
% be made of the alleged new invention or !
discovery: and if on such examination it |
hall appear that the claimant is justly emit |
led to patent under the law, and that the |
same is sufficiently useful and important, |
he Commissioner shall issue patent |
therefor
SEC. -. And be it further enacted, That |
I'll applications for patents shall be com
Dleted and prepared for examination within |
Two years after the filing OF the petition, |
md in default thereof, or upon failure of the |
applicant to prosecute the same within two |
years after any action therein, of which |
notice shall have been given to the appli |
can't. they shall be regarded as abandoned |
Dy the parties thereto, unless it be shown to !
he satisfaction of the Commissioner that |
such delay was unavoidable.
Sec. SO. And be it further enacted, That |
patents may be granted and issued or re- |
ssued to the assignee of the inventor or |
liscOverer, the assignment thereof being |
irst entered Of record in the Patent Office; |
Dut in such case the application for the |
patent shall be made and the specification |
sworn to by the inventor or discOverer; and |
'lsO, if he be living, in case of an applica- |
ion for reissue.
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted, That |
when any person, having made any new in
yention or discovery for which patent |
night have been granted, dies before |
,atent is granted, the right Of applying for |
md obtaining the patent shall deVOlve |
N his executor OF administrator, in trust !
or the heirs at law of the deceased, IN case
he shall have died mtestate: or if he shall
lave left a will, disposing of the same, then
n trust for his devisees, in as full manner
md on the same terms and conditions as !
he same might have been claimed or en-