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Series
Law Officers' Department: Patents Appeal Files and Registers
Catalogue reference: LO 4
What's it about?
LO 4
This series contains a random sample of case papers in appeals from decisions of the Comptroller General of Patents or his Chief Examiner to the Law Officers under the Patents and Design Acts in force up to 1932.The papers contain printed copies...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LO 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Law Officers' Department: Patents Appeal Files and Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1906-1933
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a random sample of case papers in appeals from decisions of the Comptroller General of Patents or his Chief Examiner to the Law Officers under the Patents and Design Acts in force up to 1932.
The papers contain printed copies of specifications, copies of decisions opposed and of judgements of the Law Officers, and shorthand transcripts of proceedings.
The series also includes two registers of appeals, covering the period 1921 to 1933. Among other things, these give the names of the parties and the outcome of the appeals.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged chronologically, and the list gives the name of the inventor or firm seeking the patent, a brief description of the process or invention in dispute, the patent application number and the reference assigned to the file by the law officers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Patent Office see
For Patent Appeal Tribunal Files after 1932 see J 105
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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40 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Litigation
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There are indexes to the files for the period 1921 to 1933.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10299/
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Law Officers' Department: Patents Appeal Files and Registers
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