under his or their hands and seals first had and obtained in that behalf, upon such pains and penalties as can or may be justly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royal command, and further to be answerable to the said
his executors, administrators, and assigns, according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned: and moreover we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, will and command all and sin- gular the justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors, for the time being, that they or any of them do not nor shall at any time during the said term hereby granted in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said his executors, ad- ministrators, or assigns, or any of them, or his or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawful use or exercise of the aforesaid in- vention, or anything relating thereto : Provided always, and these our letters patent are and shall be upon this condition, that if at any time during the said term hereby granted it shall be made appear to us, our heirs or successors, or any six or more of our or their privy council, that this our grant is con- trary to law, or prejudicial or inconvenient to our subjects in general, or that the said invention is not a new invention as to the public use and exercise thereof, or that the said is not
the true and first inventor thereof within this realm as aforesaid, these our letters patent shall forthwith cease, determine, and be utterly void to all intents and purposes, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our letters patent, or any- thing herein contained, shall not extend or be con- strued to extend to give privilege unto the said his executors, administrators,
or assigns, or any of them, to use or imitate any in- 15 & 16 vention or work whatsoever, which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other of our subjects whatsoever, and publicly used or exercised, unto whom our like letters patent or privileges have been already granted for the sole use, exercise, and benefit thereof: It being our will and pleasure that the said his executors, administrators, and assigns, and all and every other person and persons to whom like letters patent or privileges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly use and practise their several inventions by them invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective letters patent and of these presents: Provided likewise nevertheless, and these our letters patent are upon this express condition, [that if the said shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of his said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to be filed in within
calendar months next and immediately after the date of these our letters patent;] [and also if the said instrument in writing filed as aforesaid does not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed;] and also if the said
his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall not pay or cause to be paid at the office of our commis- sioners of patents for inventions the sums following, that is to say, the sum of pounds on or be-
and the stamp duty payable in respect of the certificate of such payment, and the sum of pounds on or before the
duty payable in respect of the certificate of such pay
ment; and also if the said , his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall not sup- ply or cause to be supplied for our service all such articles of the said invention as he or they shall be required to supply by the officers or commissioners administering the department of our service for the use of which the same shall be required, in such manner, at such times, and at and upon such reason- able prices and terms as shall be settled for that purpose by the said officers or commissioners re- quiring the same; that then and in any of the said cases these our letters patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything herein- before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding: Provided that nothing herein con- tained shall prevent the granting of licences in such manner and for such considerations as they may by law be granted: And lastly we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said his executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, that these our letters patent, or the filing thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law accord- ing to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged in the most fa- vourable and beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said his executors,
administrators, and assigns, as well in all our courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors, in our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man [Colonies to be mentioned, if any], and amongst all and every the subjects of us, our heirs and suc- cessors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstand- ing the not full and certain describing the nature or
quality of the said invention, or of the materials 15 & 16 thereunto conducing and belonging. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made
and to be sealed and bear date as of the said
Whereas her most excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by her letters patent bearing date the
year of her reign, did for herself, her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me the said her special licence that I
the said , my executors, ad- ministrators, and assigns, or such others as I the said , my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others from time to time, and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and law- fully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, [Colonies to be mentioned, if any,] an invention for
[insert title as in letters patent] upon the condition (amongst others) that I the said by any instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in
calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said letters patent: Now know ye, that I the said
hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement; (that is to say,)
[describe the invention.]
In witness whereof I the said A. B. have hereto set my hand and seal, this
An Act to substitute Stamp Duties for Fees on passing Letters Patent for Inventions, and to provide for the public use of certain Indexes of Specifications.
WHEREAS it is expedient that the fees payable in Vict. c. 83. respect of letters patent for inventions under the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852, and mentioned in the schedule to such Act, be converted into stamp duties: Be it enacted, therefore, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Sections 17, I. Sections seventeen, forty-four, forty-five, forty- 44, 45, 46, six, and fifty-three of the said Patent Law Amend- ment Act, 1852, and so much of the schedule to the said Act as relates to fees and stamp duties to be repealed. paid under the said Act, shall be repealed.
part of
schedule of
recited Act
Letters pa-
tent to be made sub-
ject to
II. All letters patent for inventions to be granted under the provisions of the said Patent Law Amend- ment Act, 1852, (except in the cases provided for in
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