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not known or used by others before the applicant's invention or discovery, and is not at the time of the application in public or common use in the Pro- vince; and it must be verified by the oath of the applicant, to the best of his belief.
The petition must be accompanied by a written description of the invention or improvement, and of its principle and mode of application, so as to show its originality, and enable a skilled person to make or use it. It should also, when the case admits of it, be accompanied with drawings, references, and a model; or if it is a composition of matter, with specimens of ingredients sufficient for experiment. The description must be signed by the applicant, and attested by two witnesses.
If the applicant has obtained a Patent in Eng- land, a Patent subsequently granted in this Pro- vince for the same invention will expire with the first one; and in order to show the limitation of the English Patent, a copy of it should accompany the petition.
The assignee of a British patentee may obtain a Patent in this Province by petition to the Governor, stating that the assignment was made to him for a good consideration, and that the invention or im- provement has not been in public or common use in the Province prior to his application.
The allegations in the petition must be sworn to, and it must be accompanied with a copy of the Patent, and with the assignment of it.
The execution of the deed of assignment must be
proved before the mayor or chief magistrate of a
city, horough, or town corporate, in any part of the United Kingdom, and must be certified by such be may mayor, &c., under the corporate scal; or it proved before any Judge of the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, or Master in Chancery, in England or Ireland, or before any Judge or Lord of Session in Scotland; the handwrit- ing of such Judge, &c., being authenticated under the seal of a notary public.
The affidavit to verify the petition must be sworn before one of the persons before mentioned as hav- ing authority to take the proof of the assignment, and must be certified under the corporate or notarial scal.
If the applicant is a British subject and the
NEW BRUNSWICK,
Lieutenant-Governor, No. 3, January 23, 1857.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Lieutenant-Governor, No. 3, January 23, 1857.
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inventor, the expense of obtaining a Patent is 81. 17s. 6d. currency; but if he is a foreigner, 13. 108. currency.
If the application is by an assignee of the patentee, there will be about 10s. additional expense.
NOVA SCOTIA.
Lieutenant-Governor, No. 85, September 3, 1856.
NOVA SCOTIA.
The inquiries of the Secretary of State are an- swered by the subjoined extracts from the laws of this Province, relating to Patents,
CHAPTER 120.
Of Patents for Useful Inventions.
1. Whenever any person resident in the Pro- vince, and who shall have resided therein for the period of one year, shaй apply to the Governor, alleging that he has discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereon not theretofore known or used, and pray that a Patent may be granted him for the same, the Governor may direct Letters-Patent to be issued, reciting therein the allegations of such petition, and giving a short description of such invention, and shall thereupon grant to the person so applying for the same, and his representatives, for a term not exceed- ing fourteen years, the exclusive right of making, using, and vending the same to others, which Letters- Patent shall be good and available to the grantee, and shall be recorded in the Secretary's office in a book for that purpose, and shall then be delivered to the patentee.
4. Persons applying for Letters-Patent, on deliver- ing in their petition, shall pay into the Secretary's office 20s., to be applied as other fees payable therein.
6. Before any person shall obtain any Letters- Patent, he shall make oath in writing that he verily believes that he is the true inventor or discoverer of the art, machine, or composition of matter, or im-
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