INDEX. ABANDONED, application for patent, 131, 349, 351. ABRIDGMENTS of specifications, 362, 387. right of an assignee of a share of profits to, 185. plaintiff not entitled to both damages and, 261. amounts to condonation of infringement, 264. not so advantageous as damages, 264. not allowed, where patentee was guilty of delay, 264. not allowed when no profit was made, 264. when defendant offered before action to submit to, 265. ACCOUNTS, to be filed with petition for extension, 203. See Extension ACTION, for infringement. See Infringement, etc. to restrain threats. See Threats. of reduction, petition for revocation in Scotland to be in ADDITION to known machine producing new result may be ADDRESS, of letters patent, 144. form of notice for alteration of, in register, 450. statement of, must accompany application, 424. statement of, must accompany notice of opposition, 432 ADVERTISEMENT, of acceptance of specification, 132. of a proposed amendment, 158. reasons for required amendment to be advertised, 158. of intention to petition for extension, 211, 499. See Ex- AFFIDAVIT, on motion for injunction, 259. what it must state, 259. in support of application for inspection, 314. after trial, 260, 263. AGENT. See Patent Agent. of applicant cannot sign the application, 126. may be employed in other communications with the Comp- need not be a patent agent, 126. must be duly authorised, 126. of prior patentee cannot oppose in his own name, 141. is not entitled to benefit of international arrangements, 25. resident abroad may not apply in Form A1, 24. to sell, cannot maintain action for infringement, 217. discovery after judgment of name of agents infringing, 308. AGREEMENT, to preserve a secret, unenforceable, 147. to assign, enforceable as an equitable assignment, 177. by licensee, not to manufacture without using invention, 179. ALIEN, may obtain patent, 8, 346. enemy, quære, 8. communication from, 23. communication from, to another also resident abroad, 24. liable for infringement, 218. AMBIGUITY, in specification, effect of, 104, 109. interpretation of, 98. latent, in licence, how explained, 183. AMENDMENT, of application, 129. where two inventions contained in the application, 128. of documents generally, 426. of particulars of breaches, 287. of particulars of objections, 303. of accounts in petition for extension, 205. AMENDMENT OF THE SPECIFICATION, rules relating to, 434. compulsory, 152. limited to matters of form, 153. of clerical errors, 154. by Master of the Rolls, 154. disclaimer filed without consent of patentee, 155. by C. G., 155. at instance of patentee, 154. prior to the Act of 1883...155. provisions of Act of 1883 relating to, 156 et seq., 353. application for, between filing and acceptance of com- no provision for amending title or provisional, 157. "correction or explanation," meaning of, 157. effect of, 157. application dismissed if no ground is shown, 157, form no part of amendment itself, 157. may be of letterpress or drawings, 158. application and reasons must be advertised, 158. application may be opposed, 158. See Opposition. where no opposition, discretion of C. G., 162. power of C. G. to impose conditions, 162. prohibition does not lie to L. O., 158. must not enlarge the scope of the patent, 163. questions to be considered, 163, 164. instances where application was refused, 165. imputing disadvantages to former patents, 165. conversion of claim of parts into claim for a combina- repeated applications for same amendment, 166. second amendments discouraged, 161. leave granted, conclusive of right to make the amend- except in the case of fraud, 166. if amendment enlarges scope of patent is the amend- AMENDMENT OF THE SPECIFICATION-continued. necessity for, does not necessarily imply that original if action for infringement or petition for revocation is leave of Court or Judge necessary, 170. if more than one action is pending leave of each House of Lords has no jurisdiction, 169, 170. effect of judgment of Court of Appeal in petition Palatine Court has jurisdiction, 170. See Lancaster, Court has absolute discretion, 170. usual terms imposed, 171. where no terms are imposed, effect, 173. amendment may be by disclaimer only, 170. procedure after leave of the Court has been ob- when allowed, shall be advertised, 174. action brought while proceedings before C. G. were after judgment, leave of Court not necessary, 172. effect of provisions of Act for, summed up, 174. ANALOGOUS PURPOSE, application of old contrivance to, 35 et seq. ANTICIPATION, by prior secret user by inventor, 54 et seq. by prior secret user by others, 54 et seq. See Prior User by offer for sale, 52. by incomplete and practically useless machine, 53 by scientific curiosity, 53, 67. by experiments, 57. effect of profit resulting, 57. by manufacture and delivery of samples, 58. by publication of invention, 58. amount of information necessary, 59. in specification, 61. in a book or newspaper, 61. in foreign book or newspaper, 63. by a drawing, 64. See Prior Publication. APPARENT POSSESSION, doctrine of, does not affect patent right, APPEALS, from C. G. provisions as to, 141, 159, 455. See Law Officer's evidence used on, 141, 456. |