Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03
Rules Of the United States Patent Of
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Rules of the United States Patent Of
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A REVISED set of rules for the United
States Patent Office went into force
January 1, from which we make the
following brief extracts:
All business with the Office must be
transacted by writing, and all letters ad-
dressed to the Commissioner of Pat
ents,'' Washington, D. G. All matter
sent to the office whether by mail or ex-
press must be prepaid, otherwise it will
not be received. A fee of fifteen dollars
must be paid on filing an application for
patent on an invention or discovery,
and an additional twenty dollars on the
issue of the patent. A copy of the specifi-
cations and drawings of any patent
which is in print Gncluding all for several
years pas0 will be mailed to any address
in the United States for twenty-five cents,
twenty or more at ten cents each. No
patent granted since March 2, 1861, can
be extended except by act of Congress.
A patent may be obtained by any per-
son who has invented or discovered any
new anduseful art, machine, manufacture,
or composition of matter, or any. new
and useful improvement thereof, not
known or used by others in this country,
and not patented nor described in any
printed publication in this OF any foreign
country before his invention or discovery
thereof, and not in public use or on sale
for more than two years prior to his APP
plication, unless the same is proved to
have been abandoned; and by any per-
son who, by his own industry, genius,
| efforts and expense has invented and
produced any new and original design
| for a manufacture, bust, statue, alto
nal design for the printing of wooden,
i original impression, ornament, pattern.
print OF picture to be printed, painted,
cast or otherwise placed on or worked
into any article of manufacture; or any
, new, useful and original shape or con-
| fguration of any article of manufacture,
the same not having been known or used
by others, before his invention or pro-
duction thereof, nor patented nor de
| scribed in any printed publication, upon
payment of the fees required by law and
| other due proceedings had.
! If it appear that the inventor, at the
time of making his application, believed
1 himself to be the first inventor or dis
coverer, patent will not be refused OF
account of the invention or discovery, o.
any part thereof, having been known o.
used in any foreign country before hi
invention or discovery thereof if it hat
not been before patented or described il
any printed publication.
The specification is a written descrip
ton of the invention or discovery, and O
the manner and process of making, con
structing, compounding and using tn,
same, and is required to be in such full
clear, concise and exact terms as to ena
BILE any person skilled in the art or sci
ence to which it appertains, or witt
4 which it is most nearly connected, t.
make, construct, compound and use th'
same. 1t must conclude with a specific
and distinct claim or claims of the part
improvement OF combination which tn
applicant regards as his invention O
discovery.
The following order of arrangement
should be observed when convenient il
framing the specification, such portion
as refer to drawings being omitted whel
the invention does not admit of repre-
sentation by drawings:
/ l. Preamble giving the name and resi-
dence of the applicant, the title of tn
invention, and the statement require,
by the last clause of Rule 80;
| 2. General statement of the object ant
nature of the invention;
3. Brief description of the drawing
showing what each view represents;
4. Detailed description, explaining
fully the alleged invention, and the man
ner of constructing, practicing, operatin.
and using it;
5. Claim or claims;
| 6. Signature of inventor;
/ Z. Signature of two witnesses.
The applicant, if the inventor, mus
make oath or affirmation that he doe
verify believe himself to be the origina
and first inventor or discoverer of tn
art, machine, manufacture, composition
or improvement for which he solicits
patent, and that he does not know ant
does not believe that the same was eve
before known or used; and shall stat
of what country he is a citizen, and wher
he resides.-M Y. Mercantile Journal.