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ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1862 . 539


Patents.


had been granted with an extension thereof to this Colony by Her
Majesty under the provisions of the Statutes now in force in England or
as near thereto as the circumstances of this Colony will admit of.
5. In case Her Majesty shall, by the advice of the Judicial Commit When and
how Letters
tee of Her Majesty's Privy Council , extend the privileges of any Letters Patent may
be granted for
Patent in England for any invention for any period , it shall be lawful for an extended
period.
His Excellency the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council
to extend in like manner such Letters Patent if already granted for this
Colony or otherwise to grant original Letters Patent for a like extended

period for the same invention .

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SCHEDULE A.
FORM OF PETITION .
The humble petition of A.B. , (or as the case may be of C. D. as agent for A.B.) &c.
That your petitioner ( or as the case may be, that A.B. of whom your petitioner is
the agent, assignee, executor or administrator) has obtained Her Majesty's Letters Patent
dated the day of 18 for (state the title of the invention as
granted) and that such Letters Patent are to continue in force for years from the
day of 186 .
That your petitioner believes that the said invention is not now and has not hitherto
been publicly used in this Colony .
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That the following is the description of the said invention ( here state the particulars
shortly in accordance with the specification on which the Letters Patent in England were
grunted).
Your petitioner therefore prays for leave to file a specification of the said
invention pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862 .
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And your petitioner will ever pray, &c.


SCHEDULE B.
[See Ordinance 4
I (here insert name, condition, and place of residence) do solemnly and sincerely No. 6 of 1820.]
declare that I am (or if made by an agent, then that A.B. of is) in possession
absolutely (or if made in respect of a locally confined interest then within the Colony of
Hongkong or according to fact) of an invention for (state the nature of the invention in "L
terms of the English Patent) and which invention, I believe, will in all probability be of
great public utility within Hongkong ; and that the same is not publicly used within the said
Colony ; and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the instrument in writing under
my hand hereunto annexed particularly describes and ascertains the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed . Dated the day of
18 .

(Signed)