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SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUSTRIAN PATENT LAWS.

I.

Law of the 23rd March 1865 respecting the alteration of § § 1 and 6 of the Law of 7th December 1858 for the Protection of Patterns and Models for Industrial Products.

(Imperial Law Repertory, XI. No. 35.)

With the assent of both Houses of the Reichsrath, I decree as follows : —

Art. I.

§§ 4 and 6 of the Law of the 7th December 1858 (Imperial Law Repertory, No. 137) for the protection of patterns and models for industrial products are hereby abrogated.

Art. II.

The following §§ are substituted in their place:—

§4.

“ The exclusive right for using a patent is to last only three years at most from the date of registration of the pattern. It is optional to the applicant to choose within specified time the number of years for which he requires protection.

“ The time once applied for and granted will not be extended.

§ 6 ' .

“ A fee has to be paid for each registration of a pattern, which fee is to be paid to the Treasury of the Chamber of Commerce.

“ This tax amounts to fifty kreuzers, Austrian currency (one shilling) for each year for which the protection of the pattern has been granted.”

' . Art. III.

The Ministries of Commerce and Agriculture are charged with the execution of the law.

Signed) Francis Joseph.

Archduke Rainer.

Schönbrunn,

23rd May 1865.

For the Imperial and Royal Ministry for Commerce and Agriculture,

Baron von Kalchberg. By Imperial order,

Baron von Ransonnet.