Sixth—Signature of the inventor;
Seventh—Signature of two witnesses.
19—Where there are drawings the description will refer by figures to the different views, and by letters or figures to the different parts.
20—The specification must be signed by the inventor or his attorney, and the signature must be attested by two witnesses. Full names must be given, and all names, whether of applicants or witnesses, must be legibly written.
21—All of the papers must be written in a fair, legible hand, on but one side of the paper, otherwise the office may require them to be printed. All interlineations and erasures must be clearly marked in marginal or foot notes, written on the same page. Legal cap paper, with the lines numbered, is[p. 22] preferable, and a wide margin must be reserved upon the left hand side of each page of the specification.
THE OATH.
22—The inventor must make oath that he does verily believe himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of the art, machine, manufacture, composition or improvement for which he solicits a patent. That the same has not been patented to himself or others with his knowledge or consent in any foreign country, or if the same has been so patented, the details of, name, country, date, number and term must be given; and that the same has not to his knowledge been introduced into public use in the Hawaiian Islands for more than one year; that he does not know or believe that the same was ever before known or used, and shall state of what country he is a citizen, and his place of residence.
23—The oath may be made before any person within this Republic authorized by law to administer oaths, or when the applicant resides in any foreign country, before any Minister, Charge d'Affaires, Consul or Commercial Agent, holding commission under the Hawaiian Government, or before any Notary Public in such foreign country, the oath being attested in all cases by the proper official seal of the officer before whom oath is made.
When the oath is sworn before any official abroad, other than a Hawaiian Consul or Agent, a certificate as to the authority of such official must be obtained from such Consul or Agent under his official seal and annexed thereto.
DRAWINGS.