The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict.

Leave to bring in the Patents for Inventions Bill to the House of Commons was granted to Joseph Chamberlain MP, the Solicitor General, Sir Farrer Herschell MP, and John Clough Holmes MP on 17 February 1883.

[1] The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 17 February 1883, presented by Joseph Chamberlain MP.

[1] The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 17 April 1883 and was committed to the Standing Committee on Trade, Shipping, and Manufactures,[1] which reported on 9 July 1888, with amendments.

[3] Section 113 of the act provided that the repeals would not affect past operation of the repealed enactments or any patents, copyrights or trademarks granted or applied for under those enactments, as well as any legal proceedings made under them.