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Title: Patent Laws of the Republic of Hawaii
and Rules of Practice in the Patent Office
Author: Hawaii
Other: Kalakaua Rex
Release Date: September 20, 2007 [EBook #22684]
Language: English
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PATENT LAWS
OF
THE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII,
AND
RULES OF PRACTICE
IN
THE PATENT OFFICE.
_FIFTH EDITION, 1897._
HONOLULU:
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE COMPANY.
1897.
PATENT LAWS
OF THE
REPUBLIC OF HAWAII.
ACTS NOW IN FORCE.
AN ACT
TO REGULATE THE ISSUING OF PATENTS.
_Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of
the Hawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom
Assembled_:
SECTION 1. All patents shall be issued in the name of His Majesty the
King, under the Seal of the Interior Department, and shall be signed by
the Minister of Interior and countersigned by the Commissioner of
Patents, and they shall be recorded together with the specifications in
the office of the Interior Department in books kept for the purpose.
SECTION 2. Every patent shall contain a short title or description of
the invention or discovery, correctly indicating its nature and design,
and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns for the term of ten[A]
years, of the exclusive right to make, use and vend the invention or
discovery throughout the Hawaiian Islands, referring to the
specification for the particulars thereof. A copy of the specifications
and drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a part thereof.
SECTION 3. Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful
art, machine, manufacture, process or composition of matter, or any new
and useful improvement thereof not known or used by others in this
country, and not patented (or described in any printed publication) in
this or any foreign country before his invention or discovery thereof,
may,
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