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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 280. 1870. 209 notice, the commissioner shall refer the ease to the principal examiner C”° *° b° '°‘ having charge of the class of inventions to which it belongs, who Shall {,?{:,(i;,;?:_ make to Sald commissioner a full report of the case,nnd particularly aminerin that whether the invention or discovery was new and patentable when the °1“”' original patent was granted. Sec. 66. And be it furzher enacted, That the commissioner shall, at the Commiuioner time and place designated in the published notice, hear and decide upon the *° h°*“’ °“d *9* evidence produced, both for and against the extension; and if it. shall appear g}~d;,:;`;¤(££¤°° to his satisfaction that the patentee, without neglect or fault on his part, ` has failed to obtain from the use and sale of his invention or discovery a reasonable remuneration for the time, ingenuity, and expense bestowed upon it, and the introduction of it into use, and that it. is just and proper, having due regard to the public interest, that the term of tHe patent Patentfobe should be extended, the said commissioner shall make a certificate there- {QQ3g'};;";:;: on, renewing and extending the said patent; for the term of seven years years, 1;*, sw. from the expiration of the first term, which certificate shall be recorded in the patent office, and thereupon the said patent shall have the same E¤'¢¢¤ <>h‘¤· effect in law as though it had been originally granted for twenty-cnc "°"1‘ years. Sec. 67. And be itfurt/wr enacted, That the benefit of the extension Benefit of exof a patent shall extend to the assignees and grantees of the right to use :°“:;}‘ t::?;'? the thing patented to the extent of their interest therein. 0 gn° Sec. 68. And be it further enacted, That the following shall be the R°·*°° f°¤` P¤*· rates for patent. fees : —— °“° '·°“‘ On filing each original application for a patent, fifteen dollars. Application. On issuing each original patent, twenty dollars. Patent. On filing each caveat, ten dollars. CSV6M- On every application for the reissue of a patent, thirty dollars. Rfissu} On Bling each disclaimer, ten dollars. D's°I*‘m°"· On every application for the extension of a patent, fxfiy dollars. E¤*°¤°i°¤· On the granting of every extension of a patent, fifty dollars. On an appeal for the first time from the primary examiners to the cx- APP¤¤]¤· aminers-in-chief; ten dollars. On every appeal from the examiners-in-chief to the commissioner, twenty dollars. For certified copies of patents and other papers, ten cents per hundred C<>pi¤¤· words. For recording every assignment, agreement, power of attorney, or other R<>¤¢>¤‘di¤g· paper, of three hundred words or under, one dollar; of over three hundred and under one thousand words, two dollars; of over one thousand words,      three dollars. °P‘°“ ° F or copies of drawings, the reasonable cost of making them. dmwmgs` Sec. 69. And be it further enacted, That patents fees may be paid to MP*m*: £:*;;g> the commissioner, or to the treasurer or any of the assistant treasurers p ' of the United States, or to any of the designated depcsitaries, national banks, or receivers of public money, designated by the Secretary of me Receipt Treasury for that purpose, who shall give the depositor a recexpt or ceruf- Money l_B icate of deposit therefor. And all money received at the pntent office, waved P0 be paid for any purpose, or from any source whatever, shall be paid into the g;’;;i;';*h°¤* d¤· treasury as received, without any deduction whatever; and all nhsburge- D;Sb.{m_ ments {br said office shall be made by the disbursing clerk of the Intemor ments. Department. _ Sec. 70. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the United W]££3'kg¤;gb States is authorized to pay back any sum or sums of money to any per- ,cpam son who shall have paid the same into the treasury, or te any receiver or depositary, to the credit of the treasurer, as for fees accruing ar the patent office through mistake, certificate thereof being made to said treasurer by the commissioner of patents. Sec. 71. And be itfurtber enacted, That any person who, by hm own v01.. xv:. Pur.,-14