iN THE MATTER OF LETTERS PATENT NO. 140414 GRANTED TO HARPER J. RANSBURG AND OTHERS 1/1961 5/1960 15/1960

IN_THE MATTER OF LETTERS PATENT NO. 414 GRANTED TO HARPER BANSBI AND OTHERS

(No. 1 of 1961)

QRDER

Application dismissed. Applicants to pay the costs of the Commissioner of the application including

any reserved costs.

TER OF ERS PATENT NO }2_ GRANTED TO

E, Ni A 0! (No. 5 of 1960) OF S_PA' NQ ED TO ER Js NS. AND _0! No. 15 of 1960) IN_THE TER OF RS PATENT NO GRANTED TO RP] 2 (SBU) OTHE!

(No. 1 of 1961)

JUDGMENT TAYLOR J.

IN THE MATTER OF LETTERS PATENT NO. 138882 GRANTED TO HARPER J. RANSBURG AND OTHERS

(No. 5 of 1960)

(No. 15 of 1960)

TITER OF TERS PATENT NO 4 D TO RPER J. RANSBURG AND OTHERS (No. 1 of 1961)

In these matters application is made for the extension of the terms of several letters patent relating to inventions concerned with methods and apparatus for electrostatically coating articles. Letters Patent No. 140414 relate to what has been called the Ransburg No. 1 process and Letters Patent Nos. 130677 and 138236 relate to improvements on the original invention. Letters Patent No. 138882 relate to what has been conveniently described as the Ransburg No. 2 process, Applications for these Letters Patent were convention applications and it is of some importance to notice when they were made and the terms for which they were granted. The application which resulted in Letters Patent No. 140414 was made in this country on the 9th July 1947 and the grant was made for a term of sixteen years from the date of the basic application in the United States, namely 29th June 1939. This patent, therefore, expired on the 29th June 1955 but an extension for a further period of six years was granted by the Commissioner pursuant to s. 95 of the Patents Act 1952-1955. The application which is now made is for a further extension pursuant to the provisions of s. 90.

Letters Patent Nos. 130677 and 138236 were granted upon applications made in this country in February 1946 and July 1947 respectively and they were granted for terms commencing on the 3rd February 1945 and the 26th January 1945. They also have now expired and application