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248 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. II. Ch. 88. 1861. Present fees Sec. 10. And be it further enacted That all laws now in force fixing ‘b°H“h°‘i‘ the rams of the Patent Office fees to be paid, and discriminating between the inhabitants of the United States and those of other countries, which shall not discriminate against the inhabitants of the United States, are R“°?“ °f f°°“ hereby repealed, and in their stead the following rates are established ; embiizlixgc. On Hling each caveat, ten dollars. Filgg appHc,_ te Ondigug each original application for a patent, except for a design, nf. tic e. en dollars. Islsiuiug patent. On issuing each original patent, twenty dollars. · _ Appeal, On every appeal from the €X9.m1D€1‘S-1D·Ol'l1€f to the Commissioner, twenty dollars. _ Reissue. On every application for the reissue of a patent, thirty dollars. Application for On every application for the extension of a patent,_fifty dollars; and °‘“’“?i°“» wd fifty dollars in addition, on the granting of every extension. gmBi:§§;me,_ On tiling each disclaimer, ten dollars. 00pm_ For certified copies of patents and other papers, ten cents per hundred words. B¢<=¤¢di¤g· For recording every assignment, agreement, power of attorney, and other papers of three hundred words or under, one dollar. For recording every assignment, and other papers, over three hundred and under one thousand words, two dollars. For recording every assignment or other writing, if over one thousand _ words, three dollars. iS;?" °f mw` For copies of drawings, the reasonable cost of malsing the sazne. who may apply Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That any citizen or citizens, or for and have pac- alien or aliens, having resided one year in the United States, and taken °°*·°· the oath of his or their intention to become a citizen or citizens, who by his, her, or their own industry, genius, eH`orts, and expense, may have invented or produced any new and original design, or a manufacture, whether of metal or other material or materials, and original design for a bust, statue, or bas relief; or composition in alto or basso relievo, or any new and original impression or ornament, or to be placed on any article of manufacture, the same being formed in marble or other material, or any new and useful pattern, or print, or picture, to be either worked into or worked on, or printed, or painted, or cast, or otherwise fixed on, any article of manufacture, or any new and original shape or configuration of any article of manufacture, not known or used by others before his, her, or their invention, or production thereon and prior to the time of his, her, or their application for a patent therefor, and who shall desire to obtain an exclusive property or right therein to make, use, and sell, and vend the same, or copies of the same, to others, by them to be made, used, and sold, may make application, in writing, to the Commissioner of Patents, expressing such desire; and the Commissioner, on due proceedings had, may grant a patent therefor as in the case now of application for a. pat- Term of t>¤*¤¤*· ent, for the term of three and one half years, or for the term of seven years, or for the term of fourteen years, as the said applicant may elect Fm. in his application: Provided, That the fee to be paid in such application shall be, for the term of three years and six months, ten dollars, for seven years, fifteen dollars, and for fourteen years, thirty dollars: And provided, Extension of That the patentees of designs under this act, shall be entitled to the exgggu f°' d°' tension of their respective patents for the term of seven years, from the day on which said patents shall expire, upon the same terms and restrictions as are now provided for the extension of letters-patent. Applkggiigng rm- Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That all applications for patents ggfsgmx mu shall he completed and prepared for examination within two years after hm yew_ the filing of the petition, and in default thereotl they shall be regarded as abandoned by the parties thereto ; unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Patents that such delay was unavoidable; and all applications now pending shall be treated as if tiled after the passage of this