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Extension of Term of Patents.
1839

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II. A Petition under Section 25 of the Act must be presented within one week from the publication of the last of the advertisements required to be published in the London Gazette.

The Petition must be accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of advertisements having been published according to the requirements of the 1st of these Rules. The statements contained in such affidavit or affidavits may be disputed upon the hearing.

The Petitioner shall apply to the Lords of the Committee to fix a time for hearing the Petition , and when such time is fixed the Petitioner shall forthwith give public notice of the same by advertising once at least in the London Gazette and in two London newspapers.

III. A party presenting a Petition under Section 25 of the Act must lodge at the Council Office eight printed copies of the Specification : but if the Specification has not been printed and if the expense of making eight copies of any Drawing therein contained or referred to would be considerable the lodging of two copies only shall be deemed sufficient. The Petitioner shall also lodge at the Council Office eight copies of the balance sheet of expenditure and receipts relating to the Patent in question which accounts are to be proved on oath before the Lords of the Committee at the hearing. He shall also furnish three copies of the said balance sheet for the use of the Solicitor to the Treasury and shall upon receiving two days notice give the Solicitor to the Treasury or any person deputed by him for the purpose reasonable facilities for inspecting and taking extracts from the books of account by reference to which he proposes to verify the said balance sheet at the hearing or from which the materials for making up the said balance sheet have been derived .

All copies mentioned in this Rule must be lodged and furnished not less than fourteen days before the day fixed for the hearing .

IV.

A party intending to oppose a Petition under Section 25 of the Act must enter a Caveat at the Council Office before the day on which the Petitioner applies for a time to be fixed for hearing the matter thereof and having entered such Caveat shall be entitled to have from the Petitioner for weeks' notice of the time appointed for the hearing .

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