1434 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 41

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

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.

THE following countries now belong to the Convention :—

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

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

• Trade-mark only.

Separate arrangements have been made between Australia
and New Zealand.

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

Declaration of Adhesion of New Zealand to the Convention,
with text thereof (in English), in the Gazette of 30th Novem
ber, 1891; Application of Patents, &c., Act of 1883 to the
Additional Act of the Convention, with text (in English), of
22nd September, 1891, in Gazette of 17th December, 1891;
section 103 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act,
1908 (repealing section 103 of the Industrial Property Act,
1905), as to the Convention, in Gazette of 11th February, 1909;
section 103 of the Imperial Act to New Zealand, in Gazette
of 21st February, 1907; the reciprocal provisions of the
Industrial Property Acts of 1908 and 1905, in respect of
arrangements between Australia and New Zealand, in Patent
Arrangements in Gazettes of 23rd March, 1905, 1906,
and 38 of the 20th April, 1905.

Patent Publications in New Zealand.

THE following publications relating to Patents for Inven
tions, &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 from 1855 to 1903. Also 1904, 1905, and 1906
from July, 1907.

Classified Illustrated Abridgments of Inventions from 1855
to 1888 and 1889 to 1905.

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

Index of applicants.

Subject-matter index.

Commissioner of Patents Journal, &c., to
Trade Marks Journal to February, 1909.

Canada.

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

Australia.

The full text of the specifications and complete drawings
in respect of applications accepted from the 11th January,
1906, to the 4th January, 1907, inclusive.

The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1907, and Com
monwealth (containing lists of applications for letters patent,
patent applications void, &c.) to May, 1909, inclusive.

(containing lists of applications for letters patent,
applications accepted, granted, void, &c.) up to the end of
1908. Provisional and final specifications, and drawings of
inventions for Queensland and South Aus
tralia (with specifications relating thereto) up to 1907.

United States.

The full text of the specifications and drawings for the
years 1902 and 1903.

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

New Zealand.

The Official Gazette of the Patent and Trade Mark
Office :—

(1) Discontinuance.
(2) In arrear. Not now being printed.

General.

La Propriété Industrielle (the official organ of the Inter
national Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Indus
trial Property).

Patents 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 1897 and 1899 to 1905.

CHRISTCHURCH.—PUBLIC LIBRARY.

United Kingdom.

Classified abridgments of inventions from 1855 to 1904.
Illustrated Official Journal from October, 1895, 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.—PUBLIC LIBRARY.

United Kingdom.

Classified abridgments of inventions from 1855 to 1904.
Illustrated Official Journal from October, 1895, to date.

Australia.

The Official Journal of Patents from 1905 to date.

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

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, 2s.)

1. The files relating to all applications for letters patent in
   respect of which provisional protection has been granted, or

2. Classified copies of specifications and drawings, with
   indicators, &c.*.

3. Subject-matter Index of Letters Patent.

4. Register of Patents.

5. Register of Proprietors of Letters Patent Granted (c).

6. Index of Patentees (b).

7. Index of applications for Letters Patent granted prior to
   1900 (a).

8. Index of specifications (a).

Designs.

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

1. Register of Designs, with Index of Names of Pro
   prietors.

2. Classified Representations of Designs in respect of
   which no design has lapsed (b).

3. Index of Designs.

(a) Is in each case—

(1) The earliest complete, only mature of subsequent abridgments
of letters patent granted prior to 1st January, 1900; since that date
the system of numbers is the same.
(2) The complete list of abridgments prior to 1st January, 1900, in
volumes to 4th November, 1891, and card index since that date. A
complete card index is not yet entirely compiled.
(3) The complete abridgments of specifications from 1890 to 1900,
in the Index of Patentees.
(4) A general subject-matter abridgment of specifications from 1901,
with extracts from drawings from July, 1908.