938

Application
for patent,

On delivery
of declara-
tion and
specification
Registrar
to issue
patent.

Drawings.

Provisional

specification.

Ch. 31. No. 18.] 0 Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.

registered means registered in the Register of
Patents, the Register of Designs, or the Register of
Trade Marks, as the case may be; and “ registration ’
has a corresponding meaning;

Registrar means the Registrar General, and
includes anv Deputy Registrar or person acting under
the authority of such Registrar; and “ registry ”
means the office of the Registrar General;

specification — includes all tracings, drawings,
diagrams, and other exhibits referred to in’ such
specification ;

United Kingdom patent — means letters patent for
an invention eri anted in the United Kingdom.

PART TI,
PATENTS.
Local patents.

3. (1) Any person may make an application for a patent.

(2) Two or more persons may make a joint application

for a patent, and a patent may be granted to them jointly.

4. (1) The Registrar, on an application by or on behalf
of any person claiming to be the inventor or proprietor of
any invention, and on the delivery to the Registrar of a
declaration in writing according to form A in the Schedule
hereto together with a specification in duplicate signed by
the applicant or his agent, particularly describing the nature
of the invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, and on payment of the prescribed fee, shall
deliver to such person or his agent a certificate according
to form B in the said Schedule, hereinafter called a patent,
and a copy of such patent shall be inserted by the Registrar
in the Royal Gasette.

(2) All drawings, tracings, diagrams, plans, and other

exhibits referred to in any specification shall be made on
tracing linen or some other durable material to the satis-
faction of the Registrar, and in no case on tracing paper.

(3) Provided that if, in lieu of such specifications as

aforesaid, the applicant shall deliver a provisional specifi-