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. (Cl. 44, 45, 46.)

SCHEDULE TO WHICH THE ACT REFERS, CON

SOLIDATED.

£ s. d.

On leaving the petition for grant of letters patent.

On notice of intention to proceed with the application

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

clerks shall be

By a person opposing a grant of letters patent.

By the petitioner on the hearing of the case of op

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.

To the law officer
To his clerk

£ s. d.

2 12 6

0 12 6

£ 3 5 0

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

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

To the law officer

To his clerk

£ S. d.

3 3 0

0 12 6

£3 15 6

56. Form of petition for letters patent.-Form of petition to be used in soliciting letters patent.

No.

TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

"The humble petition of

in the county of

of

,

showeth,

"That your petitioner is in possession of an invention for [here insert the title of the invention], which in

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vention he believes will be of great public utility, that he is the first and true inventor thereof [if the invention be a communication from abroad, here insert the words, 'within the realm'], and that the same is not in use [if from abroad, insert the word therein,'] by any other person or persons to the best of his knowledge and belief. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Majesty will be pleased to grant unto him, his executors, administrators, and assigns, your Royal Letters Patent, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, for the term of fourteen years, pursuant to the statutes in that case made and provided.

"And your petitioner will ever pray."

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57. How to be written, and stamp. This petition must be written distinctly, or printed, on a 51. stamp specially provided for the purpose by the Stamp Office, and care must be taken to conform exactly to the instructions given in the Act, respecting the dimensions, payments, and other details.

58. Declaration to accompany Petition:

I

No.

of

,

, in the county of do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I am in possession of an invention for, &c. [The title as in the petition], which invention I believe will be of great public utility; that I am the true and first inventor thereof; and that the same is not in use by any other person or persons, to the best of my knowledge and belief [where a complete specification is to be filed with the petition and declaration, insert these words: -" And that the instrument in writing under my hand and seal, hereunto annexed, particularly describes and ascertains

the nature of the said invention, and the manner in which the same is performed "]; and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act, made and passed in the session of parliament, held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act of the present session of parliament, intituled, An Act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in various departments of the state, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extrajudicial oaths and affidavits,' and to make other provisions for the abolition of unnecessary oaths."

A Commissioner to administer oaths in Chancery in England, or justice of the peace.

59. Petition and declaration must be accompanied by specification. The petition and declaration must be accompanied by either a provisional specification or a complete specification, at the option of the inventor. A provisional specification need only give the general principle of the invention, but it must be stated with sufficient distinctness to enable the law officer to whom it is referred to judge of the nature of the improvements discovered, and of the manner in which they are to be carried into effect. The inventor will then have an interval of six months for maturing his invention, and may introduce into his complete specification any im

provements or development not inconsistent with the title, or with the principle enounced in the provisional specification.

60. Reference to be endorsed on the petition. The following is to be endorsed on the petition: —

"Her Majesty is pleased to refer this petition to [name of law officer,] to consider what may be properly done therein.”

61. Form of provisional specification:

No.

I

do hereby declare the nature of the

said invention for [insert title as in petition] to be as follows [here insert description]:

Dated this

day of

A.D.

[To be signed by applicant or his agent.]

It will be for the inventor to judge whether it will be most to his interest to content himself with a provisional specification or proceed at once to a complete specification; by following the former course he will have abundant leisure to perfect his discovery, by adopting the latter he will be able the sooner to bring it into commercial operation, a point worthy of consideration, since the six months of provisional protection form part of the term for which the patent is granted.

62. Form of complete specification.—To all to whom these presents shall come :

I

of

send greeting:

Whereas I am in possession of an invention for (here insert title) and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns,