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A TREATISE

ON

THE LAW AND PRACTICE

RELATING TO

LETTERS PATENT FOR INVENTIONS.

BY

JOHN PAXTON NORMAN, ESQ., M. A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

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"The end of our foundation is the enlarging of the bounds of human empire to
the effecting of all things possible."-LORD BACON, New Atlantis.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET,
Law Booksellers and Publishers in ordinary to Her Majesty.

1853.

PRINTED BY

COX (BROTHERS) AND WYMAN, GREAT QUEEN STREET,

LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS.

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THE RIGHT

HONOURABLE

ROBERT MONSEY BARON CRANWORTH,

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN, ETC. ETC.

ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS,