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against disclaimer, 285

against sealing patent not to be lodged without leave of Lord Chan-
cellor, 299

provision as to sealing patents when delayed by caveat or opposition,
170, 301

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CLAIMS. See DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATION

usual but not absolutely necessary, 144

cases as to, 144-148

must not be wide and speculative, 117

suggestions as to preparing, 119, 144

may be all struck out by disclaimer, 146

CLERICAL ERRORS, 176. See LETTERS PATENT, SPECIFICATION

COLOMBIA,

patent law of, 362

COLONIES,

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of known things, &c., is patentable, 19, 127

how to frame specification under patent for, 127-132

patent for, does not protect the parts unless claimed, 146, 255
and they must be new, useful, and patentable per se, 255
See INFRINGEMENT, LETTERS PATENT

COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS, 273

to report annually to Parliament, 273
their library, 273

COMMUNICATION FROM ABROAD, 88

patent for invention which is, may be granted to alien friend, 88
or to British subject, 88

if granted to British subject in respect of invention already
patented abroad, will expire with the foreign patent, so far
as the inventions are the same, 175

extension not granted of, when foreign patent has expired, 201
nor when foreign patent will shortly expire, 201

15 & 16 Vict. c. 83, s. 25, does not apply when patent first
granted in this country, 201

applicant for, must so state in his petition, or patent will be
void, 88

and give name and address of person from whom he re-
ceives it, 344

in invention partly original and partly communicated parts should
be distinguished in specification, 88, 113

COMPANY. See COSTS, DIRECTORS

CONFIRMATION

of patents, 188

proceedings to obtain, 188

application for, to be made to Judicial Committee, 188

the ground of the application is the invalidity of patent, 189
by reason of previous user, 189

but statute does not apply when previous user that of patentee
himself, 189

not granted when previous user continues up to date of patent, 190
nor when previous patents had been obtained for the invention,

192

opposition to application, 189

COSTS. See CERTIFICATE

directors of limited company infringing may be ordered to pay, per-
sonally, 236

COSTS-continued

patentee having once obtained certificate of judge that validity of
patent was contested, entitled to full costs in subsequent suits,
237, 312

CROWN,

and this though patent not contested in subsequent suit, 237

power of the, to grant patents, 1

to withhold grant, 165

no implied compact between Crown and patentee, 104

may use invention without assent of patentee, 269

but manufacturers contracting with the Crown have not this privi-
lege, 269

does not guarantee the validity of letters patent, 5

DATE

of letters patent, 174

DAMAGES

for infringement, 232

cannot be granted in addition to an account, 232
how assessed, 232

form of inquiry in patent case, 232

different from that in trade-mark case, 232

may be awarded though patent expires before suit can be heard, 234
DECLARATION

on petition for patent, form of, 317

DENMARK,

patent law of, 363

DESTROYED

or lost patent, replacement of, 177

DESTRUCTION

of articles made in infringement of patent may be ordered, 235
practice when patent is for combination, 235

DIRECTORS

of limited company infringing may be made to pay costs personally,

236

DISCLAIMER. See CLAIMS, MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION

leave of law officer first to be obtained, 179, 186

actions not to be brought in respect of prior infringements without
leave of law officer, 180

conditions required by law officer as to prior infringers, 182

must not extend the privilege granted by patent, 183

nor attempt to turn a specification for an impracticable gene-
rality into a grant for a specific process, 184

may be entered by assignee, 186

proceedings with regard to, 186

advertisements on applying for, 285

filing copy of, is sufficient compliance with 5 & 6 Will. IV. c. 83,
s. 1, 285

DISCOVERY

what must be made by defendant in suit for injunction, 235

plaintiff, 235

when several suits, suits not consolidated till all defendants have
given, 231

DRAWINGS. See CLAIMS

rules as to official, 336, 339

to accompany specification when necessary, 105
reference to, effect of, 106, 146

DUPLICATE

of letters patent issued in case of destruction or loss of original, 177
duty on, 178

DURATION

of letters patent, 175

for invention already patented abroad, 175

may be extended by petition to Queen in Council, 194. See EXTEN-
SION OF PATENT

DUTIES. See STAMP

EVIDENCE,

office copies of specifications, &c., receivable in, 274

EXCLUSIVE LICENCES,

holder of, may obtain injunction, 218

EXECUTORS OR ADMINISTRATORS

may receive grant of patent where inventor dies, after obtaining
provisional protection, 89, 91, 173

EXPERIMENTS, 59. See PRIOR USER

made to procure evidence on trial of issues distrusted by Court, 232
invention founded on abandoned, 59-62

case where an inventor derived pecuniary benefit from his experi-
ments, and yet his patent held good, 62

EXTENSION OF PATENT, chap. xii., 194

may be obtained by petition to Queen in Council, 194

proceedings to obtain, 195

once granted, jurisdiction exhausted, 202

petition must set forth all material facts, 196

evidence at the hearing, 196

accounts must be clear and unreserved, and properly proved, 197
absence of accounts must be explained, 197

profit year by year must be shown, 197

patentee may charge for loss of time and personal expenses, 197
and law expenses, unless suit compromised, 198

will not be allowed to sever his profit as a manufacturer from
his profit as patentee, 208

assignee may obtain, 195, 293

but is not favoured unless he has assisted patentee, 195

and if extension granted, may be ordered to share profit with
patentee, 211

if invention not brought into use, fact must be explained, 198
delay on part of inventor in bringing invention into use a ground
for refusing, 198

may be granted as to one head only of invention, 199

special conditions in the new letters patent, 211

article to be sold at certain price, 211

licences to be granted on certain terms, 211

costs may be awarded to petitioners if opposition frivolous, or against
petitioner if opposition successful, 199

EXTENSION OF PATENT-continued

patent assumed to be valid on application for, 200
unless invalidity is clear, 200

evidence as to want of novelty, &c., may be given, 198
does not decide anything as to validity, 200

of patent for invention communicated from abroad, 201

15 & 16 Vict. c. 83, s. 25, does not apply to patent first granted in
this country, 201

Crown may at any time before sealing the new letters patent
countermand warrant for sealing, 202

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foreign invention may be patented in this country, 88

English patent for invention patented abroad, expires with, 175. See
EXTENSION OF PATENT

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Russia, 378, and Finland, 381

San Salvador, 383

Spain, 384

Sweden, 387

Switzerland, 388

Venezuela, 388

FOREIGN SHIP,

use of patented invention on board of, resorting to a British port,

not an infringement, 269

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