THE LAW OF PATENTS.

THE

LAW OF PATENTS

FOR

USEFUL INVENTIONS.

BY

WILLIAM C. ROBINSON, LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF LAW IN YALE UNIVERSITY.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere cansas. —VIRG. Georg. . 490.-

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

{37220

APR 26 1951

Copyright, 1890,

BY WILLIAM C. ROBINSON.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

VOLUME II.

BOOK III.

OF LETTERS-PATENT.

PAGE

§ 415.

The Patent Privilege Created and Defined by the Grant of Letters-

Patent

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417.

416. Patent Office Established to Secure the Issue of Legal and Correct

Letters-Patent

Authority of Patent Office to Amend Defective Letters-Patent

418. Illegal Letters-Patent Repealed not by Patent Office but by Courts

419. Letters Patent Interpreted by the Courts

420. Rights Created by Letters-Patent Transferable

421.

Extension of Letters-Patent: General Divisions of the Law Relat-

ing to Letters-Patent . .

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5

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7

CHAPTER I.

OF THE GRANT OF LETTERS-PATENT.

§ 422. Grant of Letters-Patent Governed by Statute and by Rules of

Patent Office: Authority of such Rules

423. Grant of Letters-Patent Illegal unless Statutory Prerequisites

Fulfilled

424. Authority of the Commissioner, Acting Commissioner, and Ex-

aminers

425. Patent Solicitors and Attorneys.

426. Applications: Caveats: Interferences.

427. Patent Office Practice and Procedure.

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428. Patent Privilege Created at the Date of the Issue of the Letters-

Patent: Mode and Conditions of Issue

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429. Letters-Patent Grantable by Special Act of Congress

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430. Grant of Letters-Patent: Subordinate Topics: Order of Discussion 15