after the delivery of the patent. Copies on payment of

costs.

49. LIST OF PATENTS DELIVERED.-Published every fortnight in the Moniteur Belge and in the Commissioners of Patents' Journal. Lists of patents that have become void published quarterly in the Moniteur Belge.

50. SPECIFICATIONS PUBLISHED.-Three months after the grant of the patent in full, or in the form of extracts. At all events, patentees may have their specifications published in full, at their own expense, by giving previous notice thereof to the administration one month at least before the expiration of said term. Said publications are kept at the library of the United States Patent Office.

51. ORIGINALS OF SPECIFICATIONS, (MODELS.)-Deposited at the expiration of the patent in the Museum of Industry, Brussels.

52. JURISDICTION AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—The Tribunal de 1 Instance. Legal proceedings to be ruled by article 587 of the Code Civil.

53. CAUSES OF NULLITY.-Want of novelty; non-payment of the annual fees; fraudulent or defective description; previous publication, except official foreign publications of inventions patented abroad, and for which patents of importation are sought in Belgium.

54. PROCEEDINGS TO OBTAIN A PATENT.-The applicant for a patent, or his agent, must make application to one of the provincial governments of the kingdom, or at the office of one of the district commissioners, if situated at a distance from the chief town of the province. To this application must be added in a sealed envelope1. A specification of the objects invented.

2. The drawings, patterns, or specimens necessary to understand the specification.

3. A duplicate, certified as being in conformity with the specification and drawings.

4. A list of the objects deposited.

All these documents must be signed by the applicant or his agents.

A receipt, showing that the first year's fee of ten francs has been paid, must be deposited with the above.

The application must be on stamped paper, and contain the Christian and surname of the inventor, his profession, and his address, real or elected, in the kingdom, and it must express the object of the invention distinctly and concisely. It must be confined to one principal invention, with its details and applications. If a patent of importation, it must state the duration of the original patent and the country where granted. An agent must produce a power to act. (The decree says this must be in due legal form, but the practice. is not to require that the power be legalized by notaries, magistrates, or consuls.)

The specifications must be in French, Flemish, or German, and, if not in French, with a French translation. When the inventor is not resident in Belgium, the specification should be without interlineation or erasure, and any words interlined or erased should be counted, certified, and the pages and references indicated. The specification must be clear and distinct, and conclude with a summary of the matter of which it consists.

The drawings should be in ink, to a metrical scale, properly indicating the invention in plan, sections, and elevations, and the parts which contain the invention patented should be of a different color to the rest.

A statement must be drawn up and signed by the applicant and the registrar of the provincial government, or by the commissioner of the district, containing the day and hour of the deposit and the title of the invention, the inventor's Christian and surname, calling, and address, or those of his agent. If a patent of importation, that fact must be mentioned, with the date and duration of the patent in the country where it originated, and the name of the patentee. This document must also contain an acknowledgment of the payment of the first annual fee, and be attached to the packet containing the specification and drawings. A copy gratis will be given to the applicant.

The offices for registration of patents are open daily from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.

A register of all documents secured at the offices will be open to public inspection at the office of the Minister of the Interior.

In case of omissions or irregularity of form, rectifications may be made, and a note of such alterations mentioned in the register.

A certificate of the Minister of the Interior will be given to the applicant without delay, stating that the prescribed formalities have been complied with. This certificate will constitute his patent right. The first copy will be given gratis, but all others must be paid for.

55. DECLARATION.

This day, [day of the month, 18] at

PROVINCE OF

o'clock, Mr.

has

deposited in our hands the present package, sealed with his seal, which he has informed us contains all the descriptive documents of [title of patent], for which he solicits a patent of invention [or importation] for five, ten, or fifteen years, as is indicated in the petition annexed. Mr.

has declared to us that he is the inventor [or importer of the said ob ject.]

Done at the secretarial of the provincial government the

day of

56. FORM OF A PATENT OF INVENTION, IMPORTATION, OR IMPROVEMENT.

We, Leopold, King of the Belgians, to all present and to come, greeting: Seeing the demand of Mr.

domiciled

tending to

obtain, according to the law of 25th January, 1817, a patent of
for years, for [the title], of which he declares himself to be the invent-
or, [or importer,] as appears by the procès-verbal made on the deposit of
the documents at the secretarial of the province of

Seeing the drawings and descriptions, as follows:
We have decreed and decree:

the

This patent guaranties the following rights to its possessor:

1. To make and sell exclusively in the whole kingdom, during the whole term of the patent, the patented objects, or to cause them to be made or sold by others whom he may authorize.

2. To pursue in the courts of law those who in any way infringe on the exclusive rights which have been accorded him, and to proceed against them at law for the purpose of obtaining confiscation for his profit of the objects made according to his pattern model, but not yet sold, and of the amount for which any such objects may have been sold, as likewise to institute actions for damages and interest, if there be any. The Government guaranties in nowise the novelty or the merits of the invention, and it may declare the present patent null, and publish the invention for one of the causes named in article 8 of the law of 25th January, 1817.

The objects patented shall be made in the country, and the patentee or his assigns shall (at the expiration of the delay fixed by letter C of article 8 of the law, and earlier if the patent so stipulates) be required to produce to the Minister of Interior, at any time he may require it, a sufficient proof of the patented object having been put into activity in an established and regular way, so that it may be considered as being usefully in activity in the country.

The Government reserves to itself the faculty of quashing the patent and giving the object to the public if these obligations be not strictly complied with. Given

the

57. FORM OF ACT OF TRANSFER OF PATENT.

184, Mr.

This day, presented himself at our secretarial of the provincial government, to require a procès-verbal to be made

up of the transfer which he has made to Mr.

by notarial

act, of the whole or part of the patent which was granted to him the for which procès-verbal the parties interested have signed with us, after having paid the dues indicated in the arrangement for the delivery of the patent.

Done at the secretarial of the province of

the

58. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RECEPTION OF A PATENT BY TRANSFER.

This day,

184, Mr.

presented himself at our secretarial, to obtain a procès-verbal of the acquisition which he has made, as proved by act of the notary by right of succession, of the whole or part of a patent of invention which we delivered the for

to

Which procès-verbal the interested party has signed with us, after having paid the dues indicated in the tariff of the arrangement for the delivery of patents.

Done at the secretarial of the province of
Enacted by his Majesty the 26th March, 1817.

SEC.

the

The Secretary of the Department of Instruction
of the Arts and Sciences.

VI. Great Britain and Ireland.

59. Law, date, and where recorded. 60. Kinds of patents.

61. Previous examination.

62. Duration.

63. Stamp duties to be paid.

64. Documents required at the Pat

ent Office.

65. Assignments and licenses.
66. List of patents at different
stages.

67. Specifications, disclaimers, alter

SEC.

ations, provisional specifications, assignments, licenses. 68. Specifications, disclaimers, alterations, and indexes.

69. Originals of specifications, etc. 70. Free Public Library of the Commissioners of Patents. 71. Commissioners of Patents' Journal.

72. Infringements.

73. Other legal provisions.