RICHARDS & CO.,

PATENT AGENTS AND SOLICITORS.

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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 (PATENTS), TO THIRD EDITION-AUG., 1894.

NOTICE.

Special attention is directed to the fact that we devote ourselves exclusively to the transaction of patent and trade mark business for Patent Solicitors and members of the Legal Profession. We neither solicit nor receive such orders from inventors direct.

LEGAL BUSINESS, PATENT CAUSES,

INTERFERENCES.

We also desire to call special attention to a fact that may not be generally appreciated-that both members of this firm are members of the Bar, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, and that we receive and transact all kinds of legal business, including court work, interferences, patent causes, collections, etc., etc., etc. We transact such business for Solicitors and other Attorneys, on the usual associate We are also prepared to attend to legal business in other parts of the United States, and in all foreign countries, through carefully selected Solicitors and Attorneys, who are associated with us as our correspondents for the transaction of such business.

terms.

(PATENTS.)

NOTICE TO PATENT SOLICITORS:

This publication is intended as a supplement to the Third Edition (published August, 1894) of our book relating to foreign patents and trade marks, entitled "General Information Relating to Patents and Trade Marks," etc. and brings the information contained therein, so far as it relates to patents, up to date. We hope soon to issue a similar supplement regarding trade marks.

The changes in the laws and practice relating to patents and trade marks are so numerous and frequent that it has proven a difficult problem for us to devise ways and means to keep our correspondents fully advised of them. Much as we would like to, it is impossible for us to find the time to revise and issue frequent editions of our little book. During the past two years we have published numerous Addenda," intended for insertion in our book, and for use therewith, but these "Addenda " have now become so numerous-and we have not published as many as we should have done-that they cannot be readily referred to, and we have been forced to devise another means to inform our correspondents regarding the present law and practice in the various foreign countries.

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For the present, then, we shall publish such supplements as this from time to time, calling attention in them to all new laws and changes in practice, occurring since the date of our last book, or the last supplement issued.

To make our publications available for ready reference, we shall page our book and supplements (as issued) continuously, the book containing pages 1 to 118, this supplement commencing with page 119, while future supplements each in turn will commence their paging where the last one published left off.

At the end of each supplement will be found a complete index, referring, first, to the information contained in the third edition of our book, and, distinguishing by different type, indicating the subject-matter of the additional information contained in the supplements.

By having our book and all our supplements at hand, therefore, solicitors can always be certain that they have all the information we have published upon these subjects, and can find any given subject-matter at once, by referring to the index in the last supplement issued. For example, let us suppose that a solicitor wishes information as to the patent law and practice in Guatemala. By turning to the index in this supplement he will find, first, a reference to page 38 of our book, where he will find a digest of the law and practice as it existed in 1894. The index also shows him at a glance that a new law has been passed, and refers him to page 144 of this supplement, where he will find a digest of the new law and practice. If the law has not been changed, but we have given additional information as to practice, the index will refer first to our digest of the law and practice in our book, and then give the subject-matter or headings of the additional information published in the supplements. Supplements 1, 2 or 3, will be identified in the index by the abbreviations 18, 28 or 38. Before our supplements become so numerous as to be burdensome, we expect to issue the fourth edition of our book.

We hope to make our publications of greater and greater assistance and value to solicitors, and to this end intend hereafter to make our digests of the law and practice more full and complete than heretofore. We will be glad to receive any suggestions from solicitors that they may be willing to offer us with regard to these publications, their subject-matter, etc., so that we may be able to supply just the information most needed by solicitors in their daily prac

tice.

Yours very truly,

NEW YORK, December 22, 1898.

RICHARDS & CO.

ABYSSINIA.

No special law exists in this country providing for the protection of inventions. It is, however, thought that some measure of protection can be secured by inventors in special cases by the favor of the Negus, who, if he believed an invention would be useful in and beneficial to the country, would be likely to grant a special concession having the force of a patent, securing to the inventor the exclusive right to the invention for a limited time. To apply for such a concession it is necessary to supply the following:

sary.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED.

1. Power of Attorney.-Signed by the applicant.

2. Specification in Duplicate.-In any suitable form. No signatures neces

3. Drawings in Duplicate.-On tracing cloth of any suitable size. No signatures necessary.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

Provisional Patents. Although the issue of provisional patents is authorized by the law, and apparently without restriction as to the domicile or citizenship of the applicant therefor, the Patent Office has of late rejected all applications filed by foreigners, asserting that only natives have a right to such protection.

Taxes.-Article 6 of the law fixes the taxes upon patents at 80 $ f. for a fiveyear patent; 200 $ f. for a ten-year patent, and 350 $ f. for a fifteen-year patent, and provides that one-half of the tax may be paid upon application, the payment of the other one-half being secured by suitable bonds, to be effected by way of annual payments, in accordance with Articles 24 and 25 of the Regulations (Office Rules of Practice). This system of payment was, however, never enforced, and has in practice been abandoned, the payment of the second onehalf of the taxes being required to be made, at the latest, upon the issuance and delivery of the patent deed.

Working. The law requires that the invention shall be worked within the Argentine Republic within two years after the date of the issue of the patent, and the working must not be interrupted thereafter for two years at a time, except by circumstances beyond the inventor's control, or by accident, duly certified by the Patent Office. When it is impossible to perform a working within a prescribed time, an extension of the time can usually be secured upon presenting a proper petition therefor to the Commissioner of Patents, who has discretionary power in such matters. The actual manufacture of the patented invention in the Argentine Republic is not necessary. It is sufficient to import a number of the patented articles into the Republic, and there expose or offer them for sale, or make use of them there. In case of a patented process, the process must be put into practice in a manufactory or establishment within the Republic. Workings must be proven to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Patents, and should be duly entered of record in the Patent Office.

When we are instructed to work an invention in this country, correspondents should inform us whether any of the patented articles have been imported into the country or not, or, in case of a process, whether it has been in use there or not. If the patented articles have been imported, and are in the Republic, or a process has been in use there, we should be furnished with the names and addresses of the persons that received, and that have such articles in their possession, or that have used the process, with letters of introduction to them,

requesting their co-operation in proving the working, in order that we may obtain their depositions as to facts within their knowledge. If none of the patented articles have been imported into the country, or the process has not been used there, we should be supplied with one or more of the articles for forwarding to the Argentine Republic, or in case of a process, with full directions for using it.

Documents. In applying for a patent after the issue of a prior foreign patent for the same invention, it is necessary to furnish a certified copy of such foreign patent, legalized by an Argentine Consul, and in this connection the following points should be noted: FIRST.-If more than one foreign patent exists, a copy of any one of them will be sufficient, as the Patent Office does not insist upon the copy produced being a copy of the patent issued in the country where the applicant resides. The specifications and drawings of the patent produced must, however, agree exactly with the specifications and drawings of the Argentine application. SECOND.-In furnishing this copy of the foreign patent care should be exercised to send a certified copy of the title deed, (not merely a certified copy of the specification and drawings), such as an English blue book or a printed copy of a German or United States Patent. THIRD.-All documents in a foreign language presented to any judicial or administrative official or authority must be accompanied by a translation of the same by a sworn Argentine official public translator. The fees of a public translator are very high, and are not included in our usual charges, but subject to extra charge after their amount is known. Patent solicitors and agents may save this expense by supplying a copy of the Spanish or a Spanish-American patent, where this is possible, as in this case no translation will be necessary.

AUSTRIA.

A new patent law, dated January 11, 1897, comes into legal effect on the 1st day of January, 1899.

LAW AND PRACTICE.

Who may be Patentee.-Only the originator of an invention or his successors have a claim to the grant of a patent. Until the contrary is proven, the first applicant is considered as the originator. Persons not residing in Austria are only entitled to the grant of patents when they have appointed a representative (attorney) residing in the country. Joint inventors may obtain a joint patent, the relative rights of the parties being subject to the provisions of the Civil Code, the right to permit other parties to use the invention in doubtful cases is reserved to all the patentees jointly, although any one of the joint patentees may prosecute infringers in the courts.

Patents, Kind and Term.-Patents of invention granted for fifteen years, counting from the day of the publication of the invention in the Patent Journal, or, in other words, from the date of provisional protection. Patents of addition granted for the unexpired term of the original patent and expiring therewith, unless the original patent is withdrawn, annulled or renounced, in which case the patent of addition may be expressly maintained as an independent patent, taking the place of the original patent so far as the payment of taxes, etc., is concerned.

Unpatentable.-Patents are not granted for: 1. Inventions, the purposes of which are contrary to the laws or morals or injurious to health or which are obviously designed to deceive the public; 2. Scientific principles or theorems as such; 3. Inventions, the subject-matter of which is reserved as a State monopoly; 4. Inventions of: (a) Articles serving for human nourishment, (b) Medicines and