term for which the patent is demanded, with an exact and detailed specification, under sealed cover, annexed with the necessary drawings, &c. These shall be published at the expiration of the patent, unless the Government shall, for important reasons, postpone such publi

cation.

The Commissioner General shall send patents of invention, importation, or improvement, granted and signed by the King, to the Governor of the Province where the applicant resides, the patent to be delivered to applicant on his proving that he has paid to the receiver of the Province the tax fixed by the tariff.

[NOTE.-The Dutch patent laws were repealed by the law of the 15th of July, 1869, enacting the abrogation of grants of exclusive rights for inventions and improvements of objects of art and industry. The law is as follows:

ART. 1. From and after the day of the promulgation of the present law, no more patents for inventions and improvements, or importation of objects of art and industry, will be granted, except such as may have been applied for previous to this date.]

(See Commissioners of Patents' Journal, vide supra 71, No. 1,643.)

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XXXI. Newfoundland.

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338. Law, date, and where recorded. 342. Specifications, copies of.

339. Documents required, and where

to be left.

340. Duration. 341. Kinds of patents.

343. Assignments.

344. Working.

345. Government fees.

346. Other legal provisions.

338. LAW, DATE, AND WHERE RECORDED.-An act to repeal the patent acts of this colony, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof, passed 12th May, 1856. (See Commissioners' of Patents' Journal, vide supra 71, No. 858, An., 1862.)

339. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED, AND where to be Left.— Petition to the Governor, with description. Declaration as to novelty (in foreign parts before a British consul.) Drawings, models, (if not too costly,) or specimens of ingredients. To be left at the office of the Colonial Secretary. Notice, with description, in the royal gazette and one local paper.

340. DURATION.-Term not exceeding fourteen years. Extension seven years. Foreign patents according to original term.

341. KINDS OF PATENTS.-Letters patent for invention and improvements under the great seal of the Island. Disclaimer, reissue patents granted in England and extending to the colonies, to be filed or lodged (in copies) in the office of the Colonial Secretary for obtaining certificate thereof.

342. SPECIFICATIONS, COPIES OF.-To be obtained at the office of the Colonial Secretary.

343. ASSIGNMENTS.-To be recorded in the office of the Colonial Secretary. Real assignees of foreign inventors patented abroad may obtain letters patent.

344. WORKING.-Within two years.

345. GOVERNMENT FEES.-£5, besides the usual fees charged on documents issued under the great seal of the Island.

346. OTHER LEGAL PROVISIONS.-Infringers liable to forfeit and pay to the patentee a sum equal to three

times the actual damage sustained by him, together with

347. LAW, DATE, AND WHERE RECORDED.-Act of the Legislative Council, assented to 6th December, 1852. (See Commissioners of Patents' Journal, vide supra 71, No. 386, An., 1857.)

348. KINDS OF PATENTS.-Letters of registration for invention and improvement granted to inventors, their agents or assignees. Letters of registration may be repealed by writ of scire facias.

349. GOVERNMENT FEES.-£20, payable to Colonial Treasurer.

350. DURATION.-Not less than seven, and not more than fourteen years.

351. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED.-Petition to the Government by the inventor, agent, or assignees, with description and receipt from Colonial Treasurer.

352. PROCEEDINGS TO OBTAIN A PATENT.-The applicant for patents is to present a petition to the Governor, setting forth that he is the author or designer of a certain invention, or his agent, or his assignee, stating the particulars of the invention, and that he has deposited the patent fee with the Colonial Treasurer. The petition is then to be referred to one or more competent persons, and, their report being favorable, the letters of registra

tion may be granted, the same to be registered within three days, at the supreme court, on pain of nullity.

353. LAW, DATE, AND WHERE RECORDED.-Patents act, 1860. (See Commissioners of Patents' Journal, vide supra 71, Nos. 861, 1639, An., 1862.)

354. KINDS OF PATENTS.-Letters patent; letters of registration (for foreign patents); disclaimer; memoranda of alteration; additional patent; royal prerogative saved.

355. DURATION.-Fourteen years. Patents of invention patented abroad according to the term of the foreign patent.

356. GOVERNMENT FEES.-£10 to be deposited with the Colonial Treasurer at the time of filing petition. Costs of examiners, if called in by the Government and in case of objections being raised, extra. Amended specification, 10s. Additions to former inventions, £10. Letters of registration for English or foreign patents, £10.

357. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED, AND WHERE TO BE LEFT.A petition to the Governor. Specification in duplicate and drawings, or specimens of the ingredients or of the composition of matter, (for experiment.) Notice to be inserted in the Government gazette and in one local

paper. Objections to be raised within four months of said notice.

358. ASSIGNMENTS.-Assignments and licenses to be recorded within six months from the execution thereof, in the office of the Colonial Secretary. Fees 10s. More than twelve persons may have a legal and beneficial interest in letters patent.

359. SPECIFICATIONS, INSPECTION AND COPIES OF.-At the office of the Colonial Secretary. Certified copies received in evidence in all courts.

360. OTHER LEGAL PROVISIONS.-Letters patent may be repealed by writ of scire facias. Penalty for counterfeiting, £50. If in any action or suit a verdict or decree shall pass for the patentee, the judge may grant a certificate, which shall entitle the patentee, upon a verdict in his favor, to receive treble costs. Plaintiff in any action shall file with declaration notice of objections on which he means to rely at trial. Judge at chambers on summons may allow other objections at his discretion.

361. Law, date, and where recorded. 367. Working and prolongation.

362. Kinds of patents.

363. Previous examination.

364. Duration.

365. Government fees.

366. Documents, where to be left.

368. Assignments.

369. Annulment.

370. Other provisions.

371. Specifications, inspection and

copies of, (models.)

361. LAW, DATE, AND WHERE RECORDED.-Royal decree of 31st December, 1852. (See Commissioners of Patents' Journal, vide supra 71, No. 1026. An., 1863.)