Patents Act 1881 (SA)

ANNO QUAL)TtL4GESIM0 QUARTO ET QUADRAGESIMO

QUINTO

No. 201.

An Act to amend "The Patent Act, 1877~"

[Assct&d to, S@tett~der 28th, 1881.1

IIEREAS it is desirable to amend '' The Paterlt Act, 1877," Pre.mblc.

W by affording grcetcr facilities for the obtaining of patents-

Be it therefore Exinctcd by the Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the adrice and conscnt of the Legislative Council ancl House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parlia-

ment assembled, as follo~vs :

1, This Act may be for all purposes cited as "'She Patent Act shorttitle.

Amendment Act, 1881."

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2, This Act and '- The Patent Act, 1877," except so far as the Incarpomtion.

same is altered by this ,4ct, shall be incorporated and read and

construed together.

3, Ewry petitiou for a patent s h l l be addressed ta the Corn- Petition for Patent.

missioner, and shdl be nccompanied by a declaration bv the applicant, or his duly autliorised attorney or agent, that the sev'eral allegations contained in the petition are true, and stating that the person making the c1eclnr;ttion verily believes that the invcntor mentioned in the petitiou is thc truc and first inventor of the invention for which the patent is sought.

4, For thc purposcs uf srction 16 of the said Act, it shall be Requkitaof sufficient, whether the invcntor be alive or not, if the specification 'pec'fficBtjoDB. therein rncntioned be signcd by the applicant, or his duly autho-

rised

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r i d attorney or agent, and if such signature be nttost,cd m pro-

vided in the said section.

B."jbi~~pptt to be a-sd not 6, The mere fact of any inventor having exhibited or tcs td his

tat re-	patent.	invention, either publicly or privately, shall not in itself be deemcd m y ground for refusing him n, patent, or justify any othcr person in using such invention, provided that such exhibiting must have
been within six months of the date of the inventor filing his pctition for a patent.

Scheduls of fees. 6, The fees mentioned in the Schedule of this Act shall be paid in

respect to the several matters and things therein respectively referred to, in lieuof the fees mentioned in Schedule B of the Patent Act, 1877.

Such fees shall form part of the General Revenue of the said pro-

vince, and be paid, applied, and disposed of accordingly.

Repeal.	7, Section 14 of the said Act is hereby repealed.
In the Eame and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hcrcby assent to

this Bill.

WM F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

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Feee to be paid in reqpect of se\ era1 matters hereunder sprcified :-

On filing every petition ..................................

On grant of patent ......................................

On every patent before the expiration of three years from its date

And before the exl~iration of seven years ............

For taking m y declaration ................................

For every certificate of filing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

On filing every amended or substituted specification ............

On lodging objections against grant of patent ................

On every summon8 to witnesqes ............................

On hearing of every ol~posed application .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

On filing duplicate patent ................................

O n extenrion of patent ....................................

On granting n e n patent under I'art V .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

On filing every disclaimer or memorandum of alteration .. .. .. ..

On confirmation of incalid patent .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

On filing caveat under Part T1 .............................

On amending any caveat .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

For elery office copy (including the seal) per folio of 72 words. .

On filing very certificate I oiding a patent ....................

On deposit of any assignment of patent .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

On every search. including inspection ........................

Annual fetx for licence to patent agent .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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