THE PETITION.
16—The petition is a communication duly signed by the applicant, and addressed to the Minister of the Interior, stating the name and residence of the petitioner, and requesting the grant of a patent for the invention therein designated by name, with a reference to the specification for a full disclosure thereof.
THE SPECIFICATION.
17—The specification is a written description of the invention or discovery, and of the manner and process of making, constructing, compounding and using the same, and is required to be in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compound and use the same. It must conclude with a specific and distinct claim or claims of the part,[p. 21] improvement or combination which the applicant regards as his invention or discovery.
18—The following order of arrangement should be observed in framing the specifications:
First—Preamble, giving the name and residence of the applicant and the title of the invention;
Second—General statement of the object and nature of the invention;
Third—Brief description of the drawings, showing what each view represents;
Fourth—Detailed description explaining fully the alleged invention, and the manner of constructing, practicing, operating and using it;
Fifth—Claim or claims;