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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

International and Intercolonial Arrangements for the Mutual Protection of Patents and Trade Marks.

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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.

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THE following countries now belong to the Convention:—

Australia.
Belgium.
Brazil.
Ceylon.
Cuba.
Denmark and Faroe Islands.
Dominican Republic.
France, with Algeria and Colonies.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Holland, with East Indian Colonies, Curaçoa, and Surinam.*

Italy.
Japan.
Mexico.
New Zealand.
Norway.
Portugal, with the Azores and Madeira.
Servia.
Spain.
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Tunis.
United States of America.

• Trade marks only.

Separate arrangements have been made between Australia and New Zealand.

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Particulars of the Convention and of such arrangements may be seen in the following Gazettes:—

Notification of adhesion of New Zealand to the Convention, with text thereof (in English), in the Gazette of 26th November, 1891; notification of adherence of New Zealand to the Additional Act of the Convention, with text (in English), of such Additional Act, in Patents Supplement to Gazette No. 101, of the 16th November, 1905; Order in Council applying section 103 of the Imperial Act to New Zealand, in Gazette No. 27, of the 15th May, 1890; Orders in Council containing arrangements between Australia and New Zealand, in Patent Supplements to the Gazette Nos. 22 of the 9th March, 1905, and 38 of the 20th April, 1905.

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Patent Publications in New Zealand.

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THE following publications relating to Patents for inventions, &c., are open to inspection in the Dominion:—

WELLINGTON.—PATENT OFFICE LIBRARY.

United Kingdom.

The full text of the specifications and complete drawings of inventions patented from the year 1617 up to the 26th November, 1908.

Classified illustrated abridgments of inventions from 1855 to 1905 and part of 1906.

Illustrated Official Journal, containing lists of recent applications, abridgments of inventions for which patents have been lately granted, patents void, &c., to January, 1909.

Index of Applicants.

Subject-matter Index.

Commissioner of Patents Journal, &c.(a).

Trade Marks Journal to December, 1908.

Canada.

Patent Office Record (containing illustrated abridgments of inventions, &c.) to August, 1908.

Australia.

The full text of the specifications and complete drawings in respect of applications accepted from the 11th January, 1906, to the 23rd June, 1908, inclusive.

The Official Journal of Patents of the Australian Commonwealth (containing lists of applications for letters patent, abridgments of complete specifications accepted, &c.).

The Australian Official Journal of Trade Marks (containing lists of applications for registration of trade marks, &c.).

Specifications, drawings, abridgments, and indexes of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia(b).

United States.

The full text of the specifications and drawings for the years 1905 and 1906.

The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (containing illustrated abridgments of specifications, &c.) to January, 1909.

Mexico.

The Official Gazette of the Patent and Trade Mark Office.

(a) Discontinued.

(b) In arrear. Not now being printed.

General.

La Propriété Industrielle (the official organ of the International Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property).

Patent laws of the world.

Patent and Trade Mark Review.

Text-books and handbooks on patents and trade marks.

AUCKLAND.—PUBLIC LIBRARY.

United Kingdom.

Classified abridgments of inventions from 1855 to 1904.

Illustrated Official Journal from 1897 to date.

Canada.

Patent Office Record (containing illustrated abridgments of inventions, &c.) from 1897 to date.

Australia.

The Official Journal of Patents from 1905 to date.

United States.

The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (containing illustrated abridgments of specifications, &c.) from 1885 to 1887 and 1890 to 1895.

CHRISTCHURCH.—PUBLIC LIBRARY.

United Kingdom.

Classified abridgments of inventions from 1855 to 1904.

Illustrated Official Journal from October, 1905, to date.

Canada.

Patent Office Record (containing illustrated abridgments of inventions, &c.) from 1897 to date.

Australia.

The Official Journal of Patents from 1905 to date.

DUNEDIN.—TOWN HALL.

United Kingdom.

Classified abridgments of inventions from 1855 to 1904.

Illustrated Official Journal from October, 1905, to date.

Australia.

The Official Journal of Patents from 1905 to date.

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Books and Documents open to Inspection at Patent Office, Wellington.

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THE following documents and books are open to public inspection at the Patent Office:—

PATENTS.

(Fee for each search or inspection, not exceeding one hour, 1s.)

1. The files relating to all applications for letters patent in respect of which complete specifications have been accepted.

2. Classified copies of specifications and drawings, with index and key(a).

3. Register of Applications for Letters Patent.

4. Register of Patents.

5. Register of Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent(b).

6. Index of Patentees(c).

7. Index of Proprietors of Letters Patent granted prior to 1890(d).

8. Index of Specifications(e).

DESIGNS.

(Search fee, 1s. each quarter of an hour.)

1. Register of Designs, with Index of Names of Proprietors.

2. Classified Representations of Designs in respect of which Copyright has expired.

3. Index of Designs.

(a) Key is in card index.

(b) This Register contains only names of subsequent proprietors of letters patent granted prior to 1st January, 1890; since that date they appear in Register of Patents.

(c) Includes all names of applicants, &c., and consists of four volumes to 4th November, 1903, and card index since that date. A separate card index is kept for current quarter.

(d) The names of proprietors of subsequent letters patent appear in the Index of Patentees.

(e) Contains classified abridgments of specifications from 1861, with extracts from drawings from July, 1904.