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125. CONFIRMATION AND PROLONGATION OF A PATENT. The provisions of the 5 and 6 Wm. IV, ch. 83, and the 2 and 3 Vict., ch. 67, and the 7 and 8 Vict., ch. 69, as to confirmation and prolongation of patents, are to apply to patents under this act. The new letters patent are to be available only for such places as the original patent extended to, and are to bear date on the day after the expiration of the term of the original letters patent. ($ 40.) The fourth section of the act of William enacts, that any patentee may advertise three times in the London Gazette, and in three London papers, and three times in some country paper, of or near the town where he may reside or carry on his manufacture, (or in some paper published in the county where he carries on his manufacture or lives, in case there should be no paper in the town,) his intention to petition the Privy Council for a prolongation of his patent, and that any other person may enter a caveat at the council's office. Thereupon the case may be heard before the judicial committee of the Privy Council, and should the report of the committee be in favor of the patentee, the patent may be prolonged for seven years. The second section of the 2 and 3 Vict., ch. 67, allows a patentee to obtain an extension of his patent, though the application for such extension may not have been prosecuted with effect before the expiration thereof. But the petition must be presented six calendar months at least before the expiration of the original patent. The second section of the 7 and 8 Vict., ch. 69, extends the term for which a patent may be prolonged to fourteen years.

126. INFRINGEMENT.-In actions for infringement of patents the plaintiff is to deliver with his declaration the

particulars of the breaches complained of, and the defendant shall also deliver with his pleas particulars of any objection on which he means to rely, and at the trial no evidence shall be allowed not contained in such particulars. Similar particulars are obligatory on any prosecutor seeking to repeal the patent. The prosecutor must. also particularize the place or places where, and the manner in which, the invention is alleged to have been used prior to the date of the letters patent. But the judge may allow the plaintiff, defendant, or prosecutor to amend his particulars. The defendant, in any suit for repealing his patent, has a right to begin and give evidence of his case, and be entitled to reply. (§ 41.)

127. JUDGE'S ORDER IN CASE OF INFRINGEMENT.-The judge of any court where an action may be brought for infringement of patent to make order for injunction, inspection, or account, and give such directions respecting the action, &c., as the court or judge may see fit. (§ 42.)

128. TAXING COSTS IN CASE OF INFRINGEMENT.-In taxing costs in actions for infringement regard is to be had to the particulars delivered in such actions, and costs are only to be allowed on such particulars as the judge may certify to. Other enactments are also made respecting taxed costs. (§ 43.)

129. SCHEDULES OF FEES AND STAMP DUTIES.-Fees and stamp duties are to be paid according to schedule annexed to the act. The stamp duties are to be under the management of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and the fees to be paid into the Exchequer, and form part of the consolidated fund. (§§ 44, 45, 46.)

SCHEDULE TO WHICH THE ACT REFERS, CONSOLIDATEd.

On leaving the petition for grant of letters patent........
On notice of intention to proceed with the application..
On warrant of law officer for letters patent.........
On sealing of letters patent.........

On filing specifications..........

At or before expiration of the third year...

At or before expiration of the seventh year..

On leaving notice of objections......

Every search and inspection.......

Entry of assignment or license...

Certificate of assignment or license.....

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Filing application for disclaimer..

Caveat against disclaimer......

The fees to be paid to the law officers and to their clerks shall be

By a person opposing a grant of letters patent:

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By the petitioner on the hearing of the case of opposition:

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By the petitioner for the hearing, previous to the fiat of the law officer allowing a disclaimer or memorandum of alteration in letters patent or specification:

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By the person opposing the allowance of such disclaimer or memorandum of alteration on the hearing of the case of opposition.

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By the petitioner for the fiat of the law officer allowing a disclaimer or memorandum of alteration, or letters patent and specification.

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To his clerk..........

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£3 15 6

NOTE. The following is an abstract of the comparative cost of patents in the principal foreign States in British currency:

France, £4 per annum for fourteen years.
Great Britain, (provisional protection,) £5.
Sealed, £25.

At the end of three years, £50 additional.

At end of seven years, £100 additional.

Belgium, 8s. first year, and increasing progressively for twenty years up

to £8 for last year.

Austria, £10 for first five years.

£20 for second five years.

£40 for third five years.

Italy, 8s. 4d. per year, paid at once.
£1 12s. per annum first three years.
£2 128. per annum second three years.
£3 12s. per annum third three years.
£4 12s. per annum fourth three years.
£5 128. per annum fifth three years.
Saxony, £4 10s. for first five years.

£8 for second five years.

Sweden, fees not fixed, and expenses of advertising.

Victoria, (Australia,) £7 4s. 6d. for first three years.

Prussia, £20 and upwards from six months to fifteen years.

Bavaria, £2 for first year, increasing by degrees annually to £23 for fifteen

years.

Netherlands, £12 10s. for five years.

From £25 to £33 for ten years.
From £50 to £62 for fifteen years.
Russia, £14 10s. for three years.
£24 10s. for five years.

£72 10s. for ten years.

VIII. Forms and Proceedings to obtain a Patent.

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