PATENTS, COPYRIGHT, AND TRADEMARKS

PATENTS

APPLICATION FOR LETTERS PATENT-UNITED STATES

To the Honorable Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C., U. S. A.:

number is . . ., attorney, with full power of substitution and revocation, to prosecute this application, to make alterations and amendments therein, to sign the drawings, to receive the patent, and to transact all business in the Patent Office connected therewith.

new and useful improvement in . . . . ., of which the following is a specification. [Insert the specification in full, and explanations of accompanying drawings.]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

'If a subject, erase "or citizen"; if a citizen, erase "subject or."

, the above named petitioner, a subject

residing at...

or citizen' of.. being duly sworn, deposes and says that he verily believes himself to be the original, first, and.. inventor of the improvements in. described and claimed in the annexed specification; that he does not know and does not believe that the same was ever known or used before his invention or discovery thereof; or patented or described in any printed publication in any country before his invention or discovery thereof or more than two years prior to this application, and that no application for patent on said improvement has been filed by him or his representatives or assigns in any country, except as follows: .

Sworn to and subscribed before me this. . . day of A. D. 19

[When the oath is taken before an officer in a country foreign to the United States, all the application papers must be attached together and a ribbon passed one or more times through all the sheets of the application, and the ends of said ribbon brought together under the seal before the latter is affixed and impressed, or each sheet must be impressed with the official seal of the officer before whom the oath was taken, or if he is not provided with a seal, then each sheet must be initialed by him.]

PETITION FOR CAVEAT-UNITED STATES

To the Honorable Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C., U. S. A.:

a citizen of the United

in the county of.

represents

Your petitioner, . States, residing at. state of . . . . that he has made certain improvements in. and that he is now engaged in making experiments for the purpose of perfecting the same, preparatory to applying for letters patent therefor.

'If a subject, erase “or citizen”; if a citizen, erase "subject or." 'Here insert, if previously patented, the country or countries in which it has been so patented, giving the date and number of each patent; also of each foreign application for patent, with date of filing.

He therefore prays that the subjoined description of the invention may be filed as a caveat in the confidential archives of the Patent Office.

of . . .

And he hereby appoints. . attorney, with full power of substitution and revocation, to prosecute this application, to make alterations and amendments therein, to receive the patent, to sign the drawings, and to transact all business in the Patent Office connected therewith.

SPECIFICATION

Be it known, that I, . . United States, residing at.

.., and state of.

a citizen of the in the county of

have invented certain

and desiring

. . caveat there

new and useful improvements in. further to mature the same, file this. for, and pray protection of my right until I shall have matured the invention. The following is as full, clear, and exact a description of the invention as I am able at this time to give.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

the above petitioner, being duly

sworn, deposes and says that he is a citizen of the United

States, residing at.

.; that he verily believes

himself to be the original, first, and . . . inventor of the improvement in described in the foregoing specification; and that he does not know and does not believe that same was ever before known or used prior to his invention thereof; that the same has not to his knowledge been in public use or on sale in the United States for more than two years prior to this application; that the same has not been patented to him nor to others, with his knowledge or consent, in any country.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this... day of A. D. 19

[L. S.]

PETITION FOR PATENT-CANADA

To the Commissioner of Patents, Ottawa:

The petition of A. B., of the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, carpenter, showeth:

That he hath invented new and useful improvements in machines for breaking stones, not known or used by others before his invention thereof, and not being in public use, or on sale, with his consent or allowance as such inventor, for more than one year previous to his application for a patent therefor, in Canada.

Your petitioner, therefore, prays that a patent may be granted to him for the said invention, as set forth in the specification in duplicate relating thereto, and, for the purposes of the Patent Act, your petitioner elects his domicil in the city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario. A. B.

Toronto, October 1, 1902.

PETITION FOR PATENT BY ASSIGNEE OR

LEGATEE-CANADA

To the Commissioner of Patents, Ottawa:

The petition of C. D., of the city of Boston, state of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America, laborer, showeth:

That E. F., of the city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario, saloon keeper, hath invented new and useful improvements in planting machines, not known or used by others before his invention thereof, and not being in public use or on sale, with the consent or allowance of the said E. F. as such inventor, for more than one year previous to this application for a patent therefor, in Canada. That your petitioner, by assignment bearing date the . . . day of. . . . ., A. D. 19 acquired the right of obtaining a patent from E. F., aforesaid, for the said invention.

Your petitioner, therefore, prays that a patent may be granted to him, as the assignee of the said E. F., for the said invention as set forth in the specification in duplicate relating thereto, and, for the purposes of the Patent Act, your petitioner elects his domicil in the city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario.

New York, October 1, 1902.

C. D.

PETITION FOR THE REISSUE OF A PATENT-CANADA

To the Commissioner of Patents, Ottawa:

The petition of G. H., in the city of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, lumber manufacturer, showeth:

That your petitioner obtained a patent bearing date the ... day of.. A. D. 19 for a new and useful improvement in churns. That the petitioner is advised that the said patent is deemed ineffective, or inoperative, by reason of insufficient description or specification, and that the errors arose from inadvertence, accident, or mistake, without any fraudulent or deceptive intention.

Your petitioner, being desirous of obtaining a new patent in accordance with the amended description and specification in duplicate, therefore prays that he may be allowed to surrender the aforesaid patent, and a new patent be granted to him, in accordance with the amended description and specification of the said invention, for the unexpired period for which the original patent was granted. G. H.

Ottawa, October 1, 1902.

OATH OF NOVELTY BY INVENTOR-CANADA

Canada,

Province of Ontario, ss.

County of York.

I, A. B., of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, carpenter, make oath and say, that I verily believe that I am the inventor of the new and useful improvements in machines for breaking stones, described and claimed in the specification relating thereto, and for which I solicit a patent by my petition, dated the . . . day of ., A. D. 19 . And I further say that the same has not been patented to me, or to others with my knowledge or consent, except in the following countries.* And I further say that the several allegations contained in the said petition are respectively true and correct. A. B. Sworn before me, at the city of Toronto, the . . . day of ., A. D. 19

*

E. F.,
J. P. for the County of York.

*Here insert, if previously patented, the country or countries in which it has been so patented, giving the date and number of each patent. If not previously patented, erase the words "except in the following countries," and insert the words "in any country."