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

On every appeal from the examiners-in-
chief to the Commissioner, twenty dollars.
For certified copies of patents and other
papers, ten cents per hundred words.
For recording every assignment, agree
ment, power Of attorney or other paper, Of
three hundred words or under, one dollar:
of over three hundred and under one thou
sand words, two dollars; Of over one thou
sand words, three dollars.
For copies of drawings, the reasonable
cost of making them.
SEC. 60. And be it further enacted, That
patent fees may be paid to the Commission
er or to the Treasurer or any of the assist
ant treasurers of the United States, or to
any of the designated depositaries, national
banks, or receivers of public money. 'desig-
mated by the Secretary of the Treasury for
that purpose, who shall give the depOsitOr
a receipt or certificate of deposit therefor
And ali money received at the Patent Office,
for any purpose, or from any source what
ever. shall be paid into the treasury as re-
ceived, without any deduction whatever;
and all disbursements for said office shall
be made by the disbursing clerk OF the In
terror Department.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
the Treasurer of the United States is author
lied to pay back any sum or sums OF money
to any person who shall have paid
receiver or depository, to the credit of the
Treasurer, as for fees accruing at the
Patent Office through mistake, certificate
thereof being made to said Treasurer by the
Commissioner of Patents.
SEC. H. And be it further enacted, That
any person who, by his own industry,
genius, efforts and expense, has invented or
produced any new and original design TOR
manufacture, bust, statue, altOrelevo, or
bas-relief: any new and original design for
the printing of wooden, silk, cotton or other
fabrics; any new and original impression,
ornament pattern, print or picture, to be
printed, painted, cast or otherwise placed
on or worked into any article of manufac-
ture; or any new, useful, and original shape
or cOnfiguratiOn of any article OF manufac-
ture, the same not having been known or
used by others before his invention or pro-
duction thereof or patented or described in
any printed publication, may, upon pay
ment of the duty required by law, and
other due proceedings had the same as In
cases of inventions or discoveries, obtain q
patent therefor.
SEC -. And be it further enacted, That
the Commissioner may dispense with models
of designs when the design can be suff-
GENTLY represented by drawings or photo
graphs.
SEC. 49, And be it further enacted, That
patents for designs may be granted for the
term of three years and six months, or for
seven years, or for fourteen years, as the
applicant may, in his application, elect.
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted, That
patentees of designs issued prior to March
two, eighteen hundred and sixty-One, shall
be entitled to extension of their respective
patents for the term of seven years, in the
same manner and under the same restric-
tons as are provided for the extension of
patents for inventions or discoveries issued
prior to the second day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one.
Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That
the following shall be the rates of fees in
design cases:
For three years and six months, ten dol
lars.
For seven years, fifteen dollars.
For fourteen years, thirty dollars.
For all other cases in which fees are re-
quired, the same rates as In cases of inven-
tons or discoveries.
Sec. 76. And be it further enacted, That
all the regulations and provisions which APP
ply to the obtaining or protection Of patents
for inventions or discoveries, not inconsist-
ent with the provisions of this act, shall
apply to patents for designs.
SEC. IL And be it further enacted. That
any person or firm domiciled in the United
States. and any corporation created by the
authority Of the United States, or of any
State or Territory thereof, and any person,
firm, or corporation resident of or located in
any foreign country which by treaty or con-
vention affords similar privileges to citizens
Of the United States, and who are entitled
to the exclusive use of any lawful trade
mark, or who intend to adopt and use any
trademark for exclusive use within the
United States, may obtain protection for
such lawful trademark by complying with
the following requirements, tO-wit:
First. By causing to be recorded in the
Patent Office the names of the parties and
their residences and place of business, who
desire the protection of the trademark.
Second. The class of merchandise and the
particular description of goods comprisedin
such class, by which the trademark has
been or is intended to be appropriated.
Third. A 4, scrption of the trademark
itself, with fac SMILES thereof, and the mode
in which it has been or is intended to be ap-
Piled and USED
Fourth. The length of time, if any,
during which the trademark has been
used.
Fifth. The payment of a fee of twenty
i've dollars, in the same manner, and for
the same purpose as the fee required for
patents.
Sixth The compliance with such regula-
tons as may be prescribed by the Commits
siOner of Patents.
Seventh. The filing of a declaration,
under the oath of the person, or of some
member of the firm or officer of the corpor-
alton, to the effect that the party claiming
protection for the trade mark has right to
the use Of the same, and that no other per-
son, firm, or corporation has the right to
such use, either in the identical form OF
having such near resemblance thereto as
might be calculated to deceive, and that the
description and fac SMILES presented for
record are true copies of the trademark
sought to be protected.
Sec. 70. And be it further enacted, That
such trademark shall remain in force for
thirty years from the date of such registra-
ton, except in cases where such trade
mark is claimed for and applied to articles
not manufactured in this country and in
which 1t receives protection under
the laws of any foreign country for
shorter period, in which case it shall cease
to have any force in this country by virtue
Of this act at the same time that it becomes
Of no effect elsewhere, and during the pc
rod that it remains in force it shall entitle
the person, firm, or corporation registering
the same to the exclusive use thereof so far
as regards the description of goods to which
u Is appropriated in the statement filed un-
der oath as aforesaid, and no other person
shall lawfully use the same trademark, or
su ostantlally the same, or so nearly resem-
bling it as to be calculated to deceive, upon
substantially the same description of goods:
Provided, That six months prior to the ex-
piration of said term Of thirty years, appli-
cation may be made for renewal of snch
under regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Commissioner of Patents.
and the fee for such renewal shall be the
same as for the original registra-
ton; certificate of such renewal
shall be issued in the same man
ner as for the original registration,
and such trademark ahoJI ro,,o;n