SUPPLEMENT. The following rules of practice in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, in appeals from the Commissioner of Patents, were adopted in general term, November 30, 1870, after this work had been stereotyped: RULES OF PRACTICE. 1. The appellant's petition shall be addressed to the court, and shall be substantially as follows: To the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in banc, The petition of trict,) of 187-. a citizen of, in the (State, territory, disrespectfully shows as follows: a. About the day of of the desired patent in the identical words of the application to the Patent Office.) b. On the day of 18—, in the manner prescribed by law, I presented my application to the Patent Office, praying that a patent be issued to me for said invention. c. Such proceedings were had in said office upon said application that, on the day of 18, it was rejected by the Commissioner of Patents. d. I thereupon appealed to this court, and gave notice thereof to the Commissioner, and filed in his office the following reasons for said appeal: e. The Commissioner of Patents has furnished me a complete copy of all the proceedings in his office upon my said application, which copy has been filed herewith, and is to be taken as part hereof. f. And thereupon I pray that the court do revise and reverse said decision, to the end that justice may be done in the premises. 2. This petition shall be filed in the clerk's office of this court, and as soon as the petitioner has made the deposit required by law at the commencement of suits in this court, or said deposit has been dispensed with, the clerk shall enter the case in a docket to be provided by him for the purpose, and in which a brief of said filing and of all subsequent proceed 673 ings in the case shall be entered, as and when they successively occur, down to and including the final decision. 3. The clerk shall provide a minute book of his office, in which he shall record every order, rule, judgment, or decree of the court in each case, in the order of time in which said proceedings occur. And of this book there shall be two alphabetical indexes, one showing the name of the party applying for the patent, and the other designating the invention by its subject-matter or name. 4. The cases in the docket of causes shall be successively numbered from No. 1, onward, and each case shall also be designated by the number assigned to it on the records of the Patent Office. 5. This docket shall be called for the trial of the cases thereon on the first day of each session of this court in general term, provided the petition has been filed ten days before the commencement of the term. 6. The opinions of the court, when written, shall be kept by the clerk in the order of their delivery in a temporary book-file, indexed; and when so many have been delivered as will make a volume of convenient size, he shall cause them to be bound. 7. The clerk shall furnish to any applicant a copy of any paper in any of said appeals on payment of the lawful fees. 8. Hearing of said appeals shall be subject to the rules of the court provided for other causes therein. 9. When the testimony of the Commissioner or of any examiner, touching the principles of the invention in question, shall be deemed necessary, it shall be taken orally in open court, unless otherwise ordered by the court. And in such case the court may order it to be reduced to writing, and filed or entered on its minutes, if it think proper. 10. The final judgment or order of the court shall not recite any of the facts made to appear in the case, but shall be to the following effect: "This appeal having been heard upon the record from the Patent Office, [and upon the testimony of the Commissioner of Patents,] [of one of the examiners,] touching the principles of the invention, and having been argued by [counsel for] the petitioner and [for] the Commissioner, 'It is thereupon ordered and adjudged that the [petition be dismissed] [Commissioner do issue to the petitioner a patent,] [as prayed,] [granting the petitioner (so and so.)] "And that the clerk of this court transmit to the Commissioner of Patents a copy of this decree duly authenticated." INDEX. ABANDONMENT. Statute provisions concerning, 9, 12, 13, 14. More than two years' public use constitutes, 264. May be within two years, 266, 267. Evidence of, 267, 521. in interference cases, 483-491. by non-prosecution of applica- ABSTRACT PRINCIPLE. Invention should not be described ACTION AT LAW. Arising under patent laws, 24, 25. May apply for letters patent, 13, ADMINISTRATOR (continued.) Form of petition for letters patent for extension by, 604. for extension by, 606. APPEAL. To examiners-in-chief. (See Exam- To Commissioner in person. (See To the Supreme Court of the Uni- 32. Subject-matter of, 218. Abandonment of, (See Abandon- ment.) 675 APPLICATION (continued.) Which take precedence, 331. Right of purchasers prior to, 15. Previous examination, 59. Duration, 59. Government fees, 60. Documents required, 60. Working, 61. Assignment, 61. Specification, &c., inspection and publication of, 61. ART. (See Abstract Principle, Effect.) When patentable, 233, 234. ARTICLE. (See Manufacture.) Patent may issue to, 275, 276, Who is on, 278. Rights of, unaffected by a reissue, 557. Entitled to the benefit of a dis- ASSIGNEE (continued.) Rights of, under extension, 599. of Congress, 603. Form of petition for an, 279. ventor be dead, 556. Form of petition for reissue by, 582. Form of oath by, 583. Of a partial interest, 276. Of alien inventors, 633. ASSIGNMENT. (See Assignee, Licensee, Before letters patent are obtained, 14, 274-279, 629. After rejection of, application val- words, 278, 624. Oath and application to be by in- Recording of, 277, 626. Effect and construction of, 631. ASSIGNMENT (continued.) Whether a particular instrument In case of reissue, 556-558. Copy of evidence, 520. ATTORNEYS. (See Power of Attor- Correspondence only with, 261, Who may appear as, 281. Commissioner may refuse to recog- Law, date, and where recorded, 62. Previous examination, 62. Government fees, 62. Documents required, and where Working and prolongation, 63. Other legal provisions, 63. List of patents delivered, 64. BADEF, (Grand Duchy of,) 67, 68. |