1st. The applicant must file a Petition in the Patent Office, addressed to the Commissioner of Patents. This petition must be in regular form, and should be signed and dated.
A valuable and widely advertised trade-mark. Can you guess what the three letters mean?
A trade-mark of the Keystone Watch Case Co.
2nd. With the petition a Statement must be forwarded. This document must give the name, domicile, location and citizenship of the applicant; the class of merchandise and the particular description of goods comprised in such class to which the trade-mark is appropriated; a statement of the mode in which the trade-mark is to be affixed to the goods; and the length of time during which the trade-mark has been used. It is not necessary to give a written description of the trade-mark itself except when it contains colors not shown in the drawing. This statement must be signed by the applicant. Where a corporation is the applicant, the secretary should sign the statement. When a partnership is the applicant, any partner can sign, but the names of all the members of the firm must be given.
Trade-marks applied to fabrics and registered by Theo. Tiedemann & Co.
3rd. There should also be forwarded to the Patent Office, at the same time, a Declaration of the applicant, sworn to before a notary public, to the effect that he believes the statements made in his application are true; that he believes himself to be the owner of the trade-mark sought to be registered; and that said trade-mark is used by him in commerce among the several states of the United States, with the Indian tribes, or with foreign nations; and that the drawing sent with the application truly represents the trade-mark sought to be registered.
4. With this application there must be filed a Drawing of the trade-mark, made according to the following specifications: The size of the sheet on which the drawing is made must be exactly 10 x 15 inches, and the sheet must be of pure white paper, corresponding in thickness to two-sheet Bristol board. The surface of the paper must be calendered and smooth. India ink must be used. One inch from its edges a single marginal line must be drawn, as shown in the accompanying cut, leaving the dimensions inside the border exactly 8 x 13 inches.