REGISTRATION OF INVENTIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21985, 21 June 1933, Page 4

REGISTRATION OF INVENTIONS

10 THE EDITOR

Sib, —In your issue of to-day’s date a correspondent deplores the existing conditions with reference to patent applications. Possibly the following may serve to guide him; — ... , First, he should search back records contained in the patent journals to be seen in the Reference Room of the I üblic Library to see that his invention has not been anticipated by some one else. He should search back as far as possible. ' Once satisfied on this point he should— „ _ Secondly, apply% to the Patent Office in the Supreme Court buildings for provisional application forms. Once he has filled these in he should —

Thirdly, deposit £1 to the public account at the Bank of New Zealand. Fourthly, take the receipt so obtained along with his patent application forms now completed back to the Patent Oflice and lodge, them. He will then be given a receipt showing the date, hour, and minute of deposit. If everything is in order, in about one month’s time he will receive a certificate of acceptance from the registrar of patents in Wellington. This protection so granted will last for nine months in order to give him an opportunity to develop his invention, or to negotiate for the sale of it. At the end of nine months he would be well advised to apply to a reputable patent agent and have him complete the patent and apply for and seal a deed oi letter’s patent. Patent business is oftentimes exceedingly costly, as the writer well knows from experience. But the results oftentime will repay the expenditure and trouble incurred. In one instance of my own experience, five years were spent over an invention, and well over a dozen patents were/taken out. Altogether about £IOOO was spent, but in the end the invention was sold for over £IO,OOO. For a smaller patent the completion of which occupied but a few months, and cost about £ls, the writer received several hundred pounds from royalties. Once an invention has proved itself in New Zealand its value is enhanced one hundred fold and application should immediately be made abroad in the different countries :t is likely to interest. By this time there wo'uld be no difficulty in selling the rights granted either on royalty or for a cash consideration.

I trust this information will prove helpful and perhaps hold out a little hope to your correspondent.—l am, etc., Dunedin, June 17. Patentee,