patent of the United States may be granted to him therefor, vesting in him and his legal representatives the exclusive right to the same upon the terms and conditions expressed in the act [or acts] of congress in such case made and provided; the petitioner being a citizen of the United States, and having paid thirty dollars into the treasury of the United States, and having otherwise complied with the provisions of said act [or acts.] V. Dec. 18 S. C. WHEREAS L. FORM OF THE PATENT. has alleged that he has invented a new and useful improvement [or machine, composition of matter, &c.] which he states has not been known or used before his application; has made oath that he is a citizen of the United States, [or subject of some foreign government,] that he verily believes that he is the original and first inventor or discoverer of the said improvement, and that the same hath not, to the best of his knowledge and belief, been previously known or used; has paid into the treasury of the United States the sum of dollars, and presented a petition to the commissioner of patents, signifying a desire of obtaining an exclusive property in the said improvement and praying that a patent may be granted for that purpose. day of one These are therefore to grant, according to law, to the said L. his heirs, administrators, or assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the thousand eight hundred and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, the said the full and improvement, a description whereof is given in the words of the said L. in the schedule hereunto annexed, and is made a part of these presents. In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the seal of the Patent Office has been hereunto affixed. day of in Given under my hand at the city of Wash- Countersigned and Sealed with the and of the J. F. Secretary of State. Commissioner of Patents. Seal of the Patent Office. H. L. E. INDEX. ABANDONMENT, of an invention to be public, 200. ADMINISTRATORS, may take out a patent, 79. AFFIDAVIT, form of, 298. AGREEMENT, for shares before taking out a patent, 319— ALIENS, 36. APPEAL, to board of examiners, 218. ASSIGNMENT of a patent, 321. ATTESTATION of the specification, 297. AWARD, of examiners, 307. BAINBRIDGE'S PATENT, 259. BOUNTIES, as an encouragement to inventions, 24. CAVEAT, 220. CHANGE OF FORM, merely, not patentable, 140. COCHRANE'S PATENT, 234. COMBINATION, 130-infringement of, 338. COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, his authority, 305. CONFLICTING CLAIMS, 218-309. CRUMPTON'S INVENTION in spinning, 285, n. DEDICATION of an invention to the public, 200. DESCRIPTION previous, in a printed work, defeats the pa- DISCRETION of Executive officers in granting patents, 39, DOLLAND'S PATENT, 184. DRAWINGS may be referred to in the specification, 282, EFFECT, as a subject of a patent, 121; must be produced, ENCOURAGEMENT, different kinds, 22. EXAMINERS, appeal to, 307. EXECUTORS, may take out patent, 79. FEE, 302. FOREIGN INVENTIONS, patentable, 199. FORM, change of, not patentable, 148; does not prevent be- HARGRAVE'S INVENTION in spinning, 285, n. IDENTITY of machines and processes, 144, 336. IMPROVEMENT, is patentable, 131, 275. INFRINGEMENT, what is, 325; by making, 327; by using, 336. INTERFERING APPLICATIONS, 218, 309. INVENTION, property in depends on legislation, 11; diffi- of, 143; legality of, 151; usefulness of, 152; INVENTIONS, different, cannot be joined in a patent, 224. JEFFERSON, THOMAS's remarks upon patent laws, 4, JOBBERS, 58. JURISPRUDENCE on patents, its character and spirit, 61. LEGALITY of invention, 151. LEGISLATION on patents, motives and principles of, 3—26. LITHOGRAPHY, invention of, 20. MACHINE, patent for a part of one, 227. MAKING, an infringement, 327. MANUFACTURE, a subject of a patent, 86. MATERIALS, as subjects of patents, 127; change of, 140. MATTER, composition of, patentable, 128, 294. METCALF'S PATENT, 234, 256. METHOD, patentable, 105. MISTAKE, in specification, if not material, does not defeat patent, 283. MODELS, to be delivered, 300. MONOPOLY, temporary, the best encouragement, 26. NEW, must be distinguished from old, 265. |