A sheep-shearing device.
The patent expires in 2017. You don't have all that long to wait.
The life of a patent is 17 years in the United States.
A utility patent provides long-term protection for a new invention, while a provisional patent offers temporary protection and allows for the filing of a regular utility patent application within a year.
It was selling in Australia in 1964/1965.
At the time of the light bulb's invention, the term of protection on a patent was 17 years.
There were State patent laws in Australia prior to Federation in 1901. After Federation the Federal rather than the State governments assumed responsibility for passing laws on patents
US patents are for 20 years, so a 1992 patent expired on its issue date in 2012.
how long from Australia to Fiji
A "pending patent" does not exist. A patent application which is pending at the patent office is typically referred to as "patent pending", but has not yet matured into an enforceable right. A patent application can, in theory, be pending indefinitely as long as you are willing to pay to keep it alive (via Requests for Continued Examination or via continuation applications, and so forth).
The approval process for a provisional patent typically takes around 1-3 years.
The patent date should be just in from of the bolt under the rear sight. But only if it is a bolt action!!!!