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, Y.—By whom the Petition is to be presented.*
Lodging of petition, and The petition is to be presented by the applicant for protection in person, or
by whom. else ^ representative.
Sending in the petition by post, or its presentation by a simple messenger without legal authority is not allowed.
It is desirable that such representative be chosen who is permanently, or at any rate temporarily, resident at Vienna.
YI.—With whom the Petition is to be deposited.
Deposit of petition. The petition must be deposited with the Director-General of the Universal
Exhibition.
As regards the immediate reception of petitions, the Law Office of the General- . Director is empowered to act; the bearers of petitions are therefore to apply to
the chief of the Law Office, or his deputy.
VII. —Poem op the Petition.
Form of petition. The petition is to be handed in unstamped.
It can be drawn up in any language, but the use of the German language is above all things desirable.
The petition is to be written in black ink on durable paper, and is to be signed with his own hand, either by the applicant for protection or his authorised representative.
What has been said here as regards the petition, equally applies to its enclosures.
VIII. CONTENTS OE THE PETITION.
Concerning tlie Contents of the Petition the following has to he remarked, that:—
Requisites attendant upon petition for protection of Patent.
I. IN PETITIONS EOR PROTECTION OE A PATENT:—
1. It is requisite to state accurately the article to which the
protection shall apply.
2. It is desirable to refer to the data of the receipt of notice.
3. It is requisite to state the appellation (the title) of the discovery,
invention, or improvement, in its essential points.
4. It is requisite to state that the Protection of the Patent is
desired.
* It is to be observed that the Austrian Minister of Commerce has authorised the Director-General to take also into consideration those applications which he may receive, through the Exhibition Commissioners from abroad, so that the English Exhibitors can address their applications to the Office of the Koyal Commission in London, either personally or through an agent, or send them by post to the Secretary of the Commission at Vienna, Mr. Cunliffe Owen, 66, Praterstrasse. (Sec Official Correspondence, page 90.)