Parma, Piacenza, and Gu Cape of Good Hope, 727. Ceylon, 648. Cuba, 498. Dutch West Indies, 322. France, 228, 229, 947, 948, 949, 1386. India, 240, 348, 552, 578. Jamaica, 660. Lucca, 321. Mauritius, 1282. Netherlands, 289, 1643. astalla, 321. Poland, 335. Portugal, 325, 1026. Prussia, 313, 329. Queensland, 859. Roman States, 319. Sardinia, 233, 235, 636, 637, 639, 640. Saxony, 236. Sicilies, (the Two,) 316. Sweden, 327, 354. Trinidad, 883, 1698. Victoria, 186, 359, 1622. 72. INFRINGEMENTS.-In actions for infringement of letters patent particulars are to be delivered, and no evidence allowed not mentioned therein. Courts of common law may grant injunction in case of infringement. Particulars to be regarded in taxation of costs. 73. OTHER LEGAL PROVISIONS.-Letters patent granted to the first inventor not to be invalidated by protection obtained in fraud of the first inventor. Specification and objections to be referred to law officer. Power of law officer to order by or to whom costs shall be paid. Nothing to affect the prerogative of the Crown in granting or withholding grant of letters patent. Nothing to give effect to any letters patent granted in any colony. Letters patent may be granted to personal representatives of the applicant during the term of protection, or within three months after applicant's decease. If letters patent be destroyed or lost other letters patent may be issued. Letters patent not to prevent the use of inventions in foreign ships resorting to British ports, except ships of foreign States in whose ports British ships are prevented from using foreign inventions. Certified copies of specifications, &c., as printed by Queen's printers, to be evidence. Copies or extracts of letters patent, &c., certified and sealed, filed at Commissioners' office, to be received in evidence. Power for more than twelve persons to have a legal interest in letters patent. Falsification or forgery of entries a misdemeanor. SEC. VII. Analysis of the British Patent Laws. 74. Acts of Parliament; rules. 77. Petition and declarations. 78. Only one invention to be included in a patent. 79. Copy of specification with application. 80. Petitions, &c., to be left at office; size. 81. Size of drawings. 82. Applications referred. 83. Law officer may amend title. 85. Nature of invention. SEC. 87. Provisional protections. 90. Complete specification adver- 91. Complete specification stamp £5. 92. Notice to proceed. 93. Notice to proceed advertised. 94. Opposition. 95. Applications for or against sealing. 96. Notice to proceed fee £3. 97. Objections to be referred. 98. Law officer to decree cost. 99. Warrant for sealing patent. 100. Complete specification filed. SEC. 101. Patent fee £5; stamp £5. 102. Future payments. 103. Issue of letters patent. 104. Issued three months from warrant. 105. Accidental delay. 107. If lost, new patent may issue. 111. Copy of drawings. SEC. 116. Period of notice. 117. Public inspection of documents. 121. Number of persons interested. 125. Confirmation of prolongation. 129. Schedules of fees and stamps 74. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT; RULES.-The following is an analysis of the patent law amendment act, 1852, (15 and 16 Vict., ch. 83,) with which are embodied the rules which have been made from time to time by the Lord Chancellor and the Commissioners, also such parts of the 5 and 6 William IV., ch. 83, and 7 and 8 Vict., ch. 89, and 12 and 13 Vict., ch. 109, as are retained as forming part of the present law by the act of 1852, and the act of the 16 and 17 Vict., ch. 115, to amend the act of 1852: 75. COMMISSIONERS. The Lord Chancellor. The Master of the Rolls. The Attorney General and Solicitor General for England. The Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland. The Attorney General and Solicitor General for Ireland. The Crown has power to appoint other persons as Commissioners. The powers of the act may be exercised by any three Commissioners, the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls being one. (§ 1.) 76. SEAL.-They are authorized to have a seal made for sealing patents, and to vary such seal from time to time. (§ 2.) They may make rules (not inconsistent with this act) for conducting the business of the office, and for the purpose of the act may provide officers and employ clerks. (§§ 3, 4, 5.) 77. PETITION AND DECLARATIONS.-The petition for the grant of letters patent and the declarations required to accompany such petition shall be left at the office of the Commissioners, and also a statement in writing, called the provisional specification, signed by or on behalf of the applicant, and describing the notion of his invention. The day of the delivery of these documents at the office is to be indorsed upon them, and a certificate to that effect given to the depositor. (§6.) 78. ONLY ONE INVENTION TO BE INCLUDED IN A PATENT. Every application for letters patent, and every title of invention and provisional specification, must be limited to one invention only, and no provisional protection will be allowed or warrant granted where the title or the provisional specification embraces more than one invention. (3d Set of Rules, December 12, 1853.) The title of the invention must point out distinctly and specifically the nature and object of the invention. (Ib.) The expression "invention" shall mean any manner of new manufacture in the meaning of the act 21 James I., ch. 3. (§§ 6, 7.) 79. COPY OF SPECIFICATION, &c., TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION. A true copy, under the hand of the patentee, or applicant, or his agent, of every specification and com plete specification, with the drawings accompanying the same, if any, shall be left at the office on filing such specification or complete specification. (16 and 17 Vict., ch. 115.) 80. PETITIONS, &C., TO BE LEFT AT OFFICE; SIZE.-All petitions for letters patent, and all declarations and provisional specifications, are to be left at the office. They are to be written on sheets of paper twelve inches in length and eight and a half inches in breadth, leaving a margin of one and a half inch on each side of each page. (1st Set of Rules, October 1, 1852.) 81. SIZE OF DRAWINGS.-Drawings to accompany provisional specifications to be on sheets of paper, parchment, or cloth, twelve inches long, eight and a half inches broad, or twelve inches broad and seventeen inches long, leaving a margin of one inch on every side of each sheet. (1st Set of Rules, October 1, 1853.) 82. APPLICATIONS REFERRED TO A LAW OFFICER, WHOSE CERTIFICATE FOR FILING GIVES PROVISIONAL PROTECTION FOR SIX MONTHS.-The application for letters patent shall be referred by the Commissioners to one of the law officers, (who are the attorneys and solicitors general for England and Ireland, and lord advocate and solicitor general for Scotland.) (§ 55.) The law officer may call to his aid a scientific or other person and fix his remuneration, which is to be paid by the applicant. If satisfied with the provisional specification, the law officer shall give a certificate to that effect, to be filed at the Patent Office, and thereupon the invention may be used and published during a term of six months, the protection thus afforded being termed provisional protection. 83. LAW OFFICER MAY AMEND TITLE.-The law officer |