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(1) THIS book is intended to give inventors an explanation of the law and rules relating to the grant of patents in the United Kingdom, and information as to the proper manner of protecting inventions. The book is to a great extent an abstract from the larger book of Mr. Roberts, and, as a guide to the student of patent law, should be extremely useful. In addition to the parts of the book dealing directly with the Patent law, information is given specially for the use of an inventor who is in possession of an invention which he considers it desirable to protect; but the ordinary inventor, even with this book in his hand, would meet with considerable difficulty in drafting his specification in the best manner. It is frequently noticed that inventors themselves are quite unable to appreciate and describe what is the real point of their invention; and this difficulty cannot be met by any guide-book. The various matters dealt with in the book comprise practically the whole of the Patent Law, and the questions of the application for a patent, and procedure at the Patent Office, as well as proceedings for infringement, and other proceedings, on a patent already granted, are all referred to, and references given to other works in which fuller information is contained.
(1) The Inventors' Guide to Patent Law and the New Practice.
By J. Roberts. Pp. viii + 109. (London: John Murray, 1906.) Price 1s. net.
(2) Notes on the New Practice at the Patent Office.
By J. Roberts. Pp. 32. (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd., n.d.) Price 1s.
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(1) The Inventors' Guide to Patent Law and the New Practice (2) Notes on the New Practice at the Patent Office. Nature 76, 314 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076314a0
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