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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

C.O.

Reference :-

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

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the same force, effect, and operation, as if it had

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been originally deposited in its amended or new Governor, No: 28, March 12, 1857.

state.

VI. Every such specification, as aforesaid, shall Form and size of specification and be in the form contained in the first Schedule to

this Act, or to the like effect, and shall be written upon both sides of one or more skin or skins of parchment, and every page thereof shall be of the exact size of twenty inches in length by fifteen inches in breadth, leaving a margin of at least one inch and a-half on each side of every such page, in order and to the intent that the same may be bound into books for safe custody, but the drawings accom- panying such specification, if any, may be made upon larger sheets of parchment, leaving a margin of the size and for the purpose aforesaid; and every copy of any such specification, as aforesaid, and of the drawings accompanying the same,

any, shall, in like manner, be written upon one or more sheet or sheets of paper, of the size and with the margins aforesaid.

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VII. In case of the deposit of any such specifica- tion as aforesaid, in fraud of the true and first inventor, any Letters-Patent granted to the true and first inventor of such invention shall not be invalidated by reason of such deposit, or of any use or publication of the invention subsequent to such deposit, and before the expiration of the said term of protection.

VIII. The applicant, so soon as he shall think fit after the deposit of such specification as aforesaid, and of the drawings and models accompanying the samie, if any, may give notice in writing at the chambers of the Law Officer of his intention to proceed with his application for Letters-Patent for the said invention, stating in such notice the title of the said invention, and the day on which the speci- fication thereof was deposited at the office of the Chief Secretary, and at the time of giving such notice shall produce the said certificate of deposit ; and thereupon the said Law Officer shall deliver to the applicant or his agent an appointment in the form contained in the second Schedule to this Act, or to the like effect; und such applicant or agent

copy.

Patent of true inventor not to be

affected by specification of pre- tended inventor.

Mode of proceeding after deposit

of specification.

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shall cause the said appointment to be published Governor, No. 28, March 12, 1857. once in the "Government Gazette," once in some newspaper published in the city of Melbourne, and twice in some newspaper published in the town or. place at or near to which the applicant uses or exercises the said invention, or (in case he does not use or exercise the same), in or near to which he resides, or if there shall be no newspaper published in such town or place, then twice in some newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood where he uses or exercises the said invention, or (in case he does not use or exercise the same), where he resides; and any persons having an interest in opposing the grant of Letters-Patent for the said invention, shall be at liberty to leave particulars in writing of their objec- tions to the said application, at the chambers of the Law Officer within such time, not being less than one month, as the said Law Officer by such appoint- ment may direct,

Law Officer to hear applications and objections, and award costs.

IX. At the time and place named in the said appointment, the applicant shall produce the news- papers containing the same, and the Law Officer, shall thereupon hear and consider the said applica- tion, and all objections to the same-mentioned in the said particulars (if any), and for that purpose shall obtain from the office of the Chief Secretary

the said copy of the said specification, and of the drawings and models accompanying same (if any), call to his aid such scientific or other aud may person as he may think fit, and may by writing under his hand order to be paid to such person some remuneration for his attendance, and may

also in like manner order that the costs of any hearing upon any objection or otherwise, in relation to the grant of such Letters-Patent, or the protection acquired by the applicant under this Act, shall be paid, and in and by such writing shall fix the amount of such remuneration or costs, and by or to whom the same respectively shall be paid, and every such order shall be in the form contained in the third Schedule to this Art, or to the like effect, and may be made a rule of the Supreme Court: Provided always, that the applicant, the objectors, and their respective witnesses and evidence, shall be respec- tively heard, examined, and considered separately,