PATENT LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII, AND RULES OF PRACTICE IN THE PATENT OFFICE. FIFTH EDITION, 1897. HONOLULU: Hawaiian Gazette Company. |
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 theHawaiian Islands, in the Legislature of the Kingdom Assembled:
Section 1. All patents shall be issued in the name ofHis Majesty the King, under the Seal of the Interior Department,and shall be signed by the Minister of Interior andcountersigned by the Commissioner of Patents, and theyshall be recorded together with the specifications in theoffice of the Interior Department in books kept for the purpose.
Section 2. Every patent shall contain a short title ordescription of the invention or discovery, correctly indicatingits nature and design, and a grant to the patentee, hisheirs or assigns for the term of ten[A] years, of the exclusivep. 2right to make, use and vend the invention or discoverythroughout the Hawaiian Islands, referring to the specificationfor the particulars thereof. A copy of the specificationsand drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a partthereof.
Section 3. Any person who has invented or discoveredany new and useful art, machine, manufacture, process orcomposition of matter, or any new and useful improvementthereof not known or used by others in this country, and notpatented (or described in any printed publication) in this orany foreign country before his invention or discovery thereof,may, upon payment of the fees required by law, and otherdue proceedings had, obtain a patent therefor. Provided,however, that any person who has invented or discoveredany new and useful art, machine, manufacture, process orcomposition of matter, or any new and useful improvementthereof, and has received a patent or patents therefor fromany foreign government may al