9—Any person of intelligence and good moral character,[p. 19] may appear as the agent or the attorney-in-fact of an applicant upon filing a proper power of attorney.
10—Powers of attorney may be revoked at any stage of the proceedings in a case; and when so revoked, the office will communicate directly with the applicant or such other attorney as he may appoint. The assignee of the entire interest may be represented by an attorney of his own selection.
APPLICANTS.
11—Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, process or composition of matter, or any new or useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in this country, or described in any printed publication before his invention or discovery thereof, may upon payment of the fees required by law and other due proceedings had, obtain a patent therefor. Provided, also, that if such person has received a patent or patents for his invention or discovery from any foreign government, he may also obtain a patent therefor in this country, unless the article patented has been introduced into public use in the Hawaiian Islands for more than one year prior to his application for a patent.
12—In case of the invention or discovery having been previously patented in a foreign country, the patent issued in this country shall be so limited that it shall not continue longer than the time of the expiration of such foreign patent, or if there is more than one foreign patent it shall not continue longer than the time of the expiration of the one with the shortest unexpired term, and in no case shall it be in force more than ten years.
THE APPLICATION.
13—Applications for Letters Patent must be made to the Minister of the Interior in writing.
14—A complete application comprises the petition, specification, oath and drawings, and the model or specimen when required, and the first fee of twenty-five dollars. The petition, specification and oath must be written in the English or the Hawaiian language.
15—No application for a patent will be placed upon the files for examination until all of its parts except the model or specimen are received.