493
492
full term of 14 years. In most of the Colonies the British system of renewal fees prevails, but the intervals at which these fees are payable are longer than in the United Kingdom. Thus, in Canada £4 is payable on the application, a second £4 before the end of the sixth year, and a third £4 before the end of the twelfth year, making £12 in all. The following table gives the details of these fees in the several self-governing Colonies :-
Canada
Application
Renewal Fee-
20 dollars.
New Zealand
Application
Complete specification... Grant of patent
Before end of 6th year Before end of 12th
20 20
"
Tasmania
year
Before end of 4th year Before end of 7th year
Application
Total -
Complete specification...
£ s. d.
4OON50
0 10
200000
499000
0 10
2
10
£18
0
0
351
0 10 0
Total
60 dollars.
Grant of patent
0 10 0
2 0 0
Before end of 3rd year Before end of 7th
15 0 0
20 0 0
year
Newfoundland
Patent
25 dollars.
Total
£38 0 0
In addition to ordinary fee for documents under Great Seal of Colony,
New South Wales ... Application
Queensland
South Australia
Petition for patent
Total
:
Cape Colony
Application Grant of patent
2 10 0
£ s. d.
2 0
3 0 0
£5 0 0
OOR
Before end of 3rd
2 10 0 10 0 0
year
0
Before end of 7th year
20 0 0
Total
£35 0 0
Natal
On depositing provisional
specification...
1 1
0
Notice to proceed
0 5
0
2
Fee for Attorney General's
warrant
1 1 0
Complete specification...
1 1
0
Grant of patent
1 10
0
Before end of 3rd year
5 0 0
Before end of 7th year
10 0 0
Total
£19 18
0
Application
Complete specification... Before end of 4th year Before end of 8th year (Or annual renewal fees).
Total
1 0 0
0 0
5 0 0
10 0 0
£18 0 0
Provisional protection... Patent...
Before end of 3rd year Before end of 7th year
Total
Victoria
...
Provisional specification Complete specification... On obtaining patent Before end of 3rd year Before end of 7th year
Total
004
1
0 0
2 0 0
2 10 0
2 10. 0
£8 0 0
1 0
0
2 0 0
1 0
0
***
...
2 10
0
2 10 0
£9 0
0
Western Australia .........
fal
Application
...
Complete specification... Before end of 4th year j. Before end of 7th year,
Total
***
5
1240
0000
0
0
0
10 0 0
...
£18 0 0
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
FORFEITURE OF PATENTS FOR NON-WORKING.
Patents cannot be forfeited for non-working in the United Kingdom, or in any of the Colonies to which this inemorandum relates, with the exception of Canada, Newfoundland, and South Australia.
In Canada patents become null and void at the end of two years from the Canada. date thereof, unless the patentee or his legal representatives or his assignee within that time, or any authorised extension thereof, commence and after such commencement continuously carry on in Canada the construction or manufacture of the patented invention in such a manner that any person desiring to use it may obtain it, or cause it to be made for him at a reasonable price at some manufactory or establishment for making or constructing it in Canada. This period of two years may be extended at any time not more than three months before its expiration by the Commissioner of Patents on its being proved to his satisfaction that the patentee was, for reasons beyond his control, prevented from complying with the above condition. Any question as to whether a patent has become void under these provisions may be adjudicated upon by the Exchequer Court of Canada upon information in the name of the Attorney-General of Canada, or at the suit of any person interested.
Any patent in Newfoundland which has not been brought into operation New- within two years from the date thereof becomes void at the end of that period.
foundland.
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