PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR.

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. Session 11. 1918. NEW ZEALAND

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 113 of the Patents, Designs, and 'Trade-marks Act, 1911.

I have 11k- honour to submit my report of proceedings under the Patents, Designs, and Trademarks Act, 1911, during the past year. The total number of applications in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks for the year lias only slightly increased from the number in 1915, which was the lowest received as a result of the war— 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 2,627 2,316 1,953 2,040 2,038 but the number of specifications received in the year (which affords perhaps a better indication of the work of the Office) shows a marked increase over the total for each of the two previous years, although, of course, it is considerably behind the number received yearly prior to the war : — 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 2,051 1,860 1,553 1,483 1,682 The conditions arising from the war no doubt result in even fewer inventions than formerly being perfected and brought into use, and it is hoped that an opportunity will be afforded inventors of securing an adequate return from such of those that may prove of benefit to the public. Following the Imperial Act, the New Zealand statute requires that the Office shall examine all specifications to see that the inventions have been properly described, and also authorizes it to search and require amendment of or refuse cases where an invention is partly or wholly anticipated. This is no doubt an important part of the duties of a Patent Office; but while in Great Britain and Australia special staffs of examiners are appointed for the purpose, practically no provision has yet been made here for doing the work in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. At a time like the present no extension of the existing facilities can probably be effected, but as amendments of the law are under consideration in Great Britain, and may be so here, it is perhaps not out of place to lay stress on the necessity for the provision of an adequate staff to render legislation in those respects fully effective. The total revenue of the. Office was £6,954 19s. 3d., as compared with ,£7,107 lis. 3d. for the previous year, a decrease of .£152 12s. The expenditure amounted to £3,258 4s. lid., an increase of £422 19s. lOd. on that of the former year, in which it was £2,835 ss. Id. Receipts other than those of the ordinary nature included fees for the renewal of marks registered prior to 1890, and due before the expiry of every fourteen years from that date.

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Expenditure of an exceptional and non-recurring character accounted for £287 lis. 6d. Owing to unavoidable delay in compiling and printing the index for 1915, its cost is included in the expenditure for last year instead of the previous year. The cessation of the payment of the renewal fees under the previous Act (the last of which are now being received), while the reduced renewal fees under the present Act are also being paid, will tend to somewhat reduce the revenue, unless maintained from other sources. The production of revenue beyond the amount required to defray its own expenses strictly forms no function of a Patent Office, and while further reduction of the fees (which are now the lowest in the world with the exception of those in the United States of America) does not at present seem advisable, there are many directions in which improvement may be effected before that state is reached when the needs of the public, of inventors, and the Office can be regarded as having been adequately met and any surplus be absorbed into the general revenue without detriment to the progress of invention and industry. The present premises being required for other purposes, the Office is being shifted into the adjoining building. Though the accommodation there affords little if any more office-space than at present occupied, and is divided into a number of small rooms, it has the advantage of enabling the staff to be together in one building instead of in separate premises; of providing rather better facilities for those doing business with the Office; and, what is important, separate space for the library, where it can be more conveniently referred to during the day, and, it is hoped, be open to some extent at night also—the only time when the public for the most part are free to refer to it. Grave risk, however, is incurred of the loss or destruction of important titles and records, owing to there being no safe-accommodation for them, and if is important that this be provided as soon as possible. Besides the questions already referred to, the printing of specifications and abridgments are amongst other matters of importance which require attention before the full benefit of our patent laws can be reaped. War Provisions. The only application for avoidance or suspension of enemy registration during the past year was in the case of one trade-mark, but it was not considered to be in the interests of the public that it should be avoided, and the application was accordingly refused. Action still continues to be freely taken under the provision enabling further time to be granted where, owing to the war, the requisite steps cannot be taken or foe paid by the due date. Where on account of the war it is considered inadvisable that inventions should become known to the enemy the publication of specifications is withheld, and for the same reason permission is required to be obtained before applications for patents are made abroad. Patents. The number of applications received during 1917 was 1,329, being 68 more than in 1916. Provisional specifications were left with 789 (784) applications, and complete specifications with 540 (479), while 355 (220) complete specifications were lodged in respect of applications with provisional specifications which had been previously filed, making a total of 1,684 specifications for the year, or 200 more than in the previous year. [Note. —A mistake occurs in this part of the report for last year. In place of the last two lines of the paragraph headed " Patents," commencing "of 1,483 applications," there should have been inserted "of 1,483 specifications, as compared with 1,553 in 1915, and 2,osl—the greatest number received in any one year—in 1913."] The total number of applications received to the 31st December, 1917, is 39,648, and the number of patents then in force 4,258. The amount received in patent fees was £5,060 lis. 3d., £781 6s. 9d. less than in the previous year. The decrease is chiefly in respect of renewal fees, £2,469 being received in that respect in 1,917, as compared with £3,138 in the preceding year. Applications were made for the restoration of 3 lapsed patents, and were all granted, the fees therefrom realizing £44. In 1916, 7 patents were restored, the fees amounting to £171. From women inventors 26 applications were received, as compared with 44 in 1916. Four patents of addition were sealed during the year. The provision enabling the subject-matter of two or more provisional specifications to be included in the one complete specification was availed of in only one case in 1917. Value of Patents as shown by Extent to which they are. maintained. The extent to which the industries of the country are affected by its patent laws is a matter which probably only those connected with manufacture are in a position to ascertain, and the number of applications for patents, &C, affords little guide in the matter. The patents maintained over a term of years, &c., in proportion to those granted convey perhaps a slight indication of the number of inventions that are successful as compared with the number patented; and the following comparison is made for what it is worth, between the patents applied for by residents of New Zealand and granted and kept in force by the payment of Ihe fees required after the fourth and seventh years under (lie Act of 1908, and after (lie third year under (he Act of 1911. Similar figures with regard to patents applied for in the United Kingdom granted and maintained ]>v the payment of fees for the fourth mid seventh years are added,

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Patents sealed in the Years 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, and 1914, and kept in Force by Payment of Renewal Fees. New Zealand—Act of 1908.

New Zealand—Act of 1911.

It will be seen that in New Zealand for the period referred to 34 - 2 per cent, of the patents sealed were maintained by the payment of the fee due by the fifth year, and 151 per cent, by the payment of the fee due by the eighth year, the percentage of the patents granted to residents of this country maintained at the times mentioned being 315 and 108 respectively; and that 421 per cent, of the patents sealed under the Act of 1911 in 1913-14 were kept in force by the payment of the fee due by the fourth year, the proportion of such patents maintained to those granted to residents of New Zealand being 44 per cent. The proportion per cent, of the patents maintained in Great Britain by the payment of the fees due hy the fifth and eighth years was 343 and 160 for the years mentioned. Examination of Specifications. The result of the limited examination of specifications, Ac, investigation of the novelty of inventions in respect of which, as has already been pointed out, no special, provision has yet been made, was as follows :— Number of applications received from Ist June, 1916, to 31st May, 1917 (inclusive) ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,367 Applications in respect of which amendment under section 5, or compliance with other formalities, required before acceptance ... 341 Applications in respect of which amendment on account of want of novelty required before acceptance ... ... ... ... 49 Not accepted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 Classification. The checking and revision of the classification, to the necessity of which I have; referred in previous reports, is a work which should be undertaken as soon as an opportunity is afforded of putting it in hand. Countries from which Applications received. Last year 884 applications were received from residents in New Zealand, 2 more than in the previous year; and 447 from applicants outside New Zealand, 29 more than in 1916, of which number 215 were from the Commonwealth, 117 from Great Britain, and 82 from the United States of America. Trend or Subject-matter of Inventions. A considerably larger number of applications than usual were received on the subject of internal-combustion engines, 52 (22), and inventions in respect of cultivating appliances, 49 (32).

Year. 1908 1909 1910 j 1 Total. 762 660 790 Pat Total. Pi t I I 'ati tents sealed. Foreign. 512 428 542 Fee due by Fifth Year paid. N'.Z. Total. Foreign. N.Z. 250 250 172 78 232 246 169 77 248 262 187 75 ! , !_ Fee due by Total. 107 99 129 y Eighth Year paid. Foreign. N. Z. 78 29 78 21 J 00 29 I Great Britain. 1905 1906 1907 14,911 16,488 16,180 ! [ I ■ . 5,016 5,778 5,547 2,320 2,755 2,566 |

Fee due by .Fourth Year paid. Total. Foreign. N.Z. 1913 1914 660 799 I i 395 547 265 252 198 100 98 417 287 130

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Furnaces, 23 (5), were somewhat more numerous than usual, but there is no noticeable increase in any other classes of inventions. Fewer applications were made for arms and munitions, 25 (35); fencing, 13 (21); milking-machines, 37 (51); and for certain other subjects. Designs. Registration of Designs. There were 83 applications received, and registration was effected in 80 cases, as compared with 113 applications and 108 registrations in the previous year. The fees amounted to £25, being £2 less than in 1916. Traoe-marks. Last year 619 applications for registration of trade-marks were received, 47 short of the number in the previous year. The amount received in fees in respect of trade-marks was £1,825 165., as against £1,191 4s. for 1916, an increase of £634 12s. The revenue would have shown a falling-off, as the general business under this head was less than in the previous year, had it not been for the renewal fees in respect of marks registered before the year 1890, which, as has already been pointed out, fall due simultaneously at the expiry of every fourteen years from that date. Owing to delay in the mails and other causes due to the war, fees in many of those cases did not come to hand until the present year. The number of trade-marks on the Register at the end of the year was 10,276. Countries from which Applications received. Residents of New Zealand lodged 250 applications, 30 more than in 1916, and persons in other countries 374, 77 less than the number for 1916. Goods for which Trade-marks registered. The largest number of applications i-eceived in any one class is 103 (in Class 42, substances used as food or as ingredients in food), as compared with 132 in 1916; and an inoreas© occurs in 18 classes, while a decrease is shown in 24 classes. General . Notices of opposition wore lodged in only 9 cases during the year. One appeal was heard and upheld. Patent Agents. The number of Patent Agents on the Register is 23. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. :— p age A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1917.. 5 B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the last Eight Years .. 5 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1917 .. (i I). Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. . . . . .. . . 6 E. Total Number of Applications' for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1917 (inclusive) .. .. 7 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. 7 Q. Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1.917 . . .. .. 7 H. Table showing Number of. Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917 .. .. .. . . .. 8 I. Applications pending at the End of Year 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 8 J. Patents in Force at End of Year 1917 .. .. .. .. 9 K. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. 9 L. Designs : Tabic showing Number of Applications in each of the Principal Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December. 1917 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 M. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917 .. 9 N. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 10 Note. —The lists of Inventions and Applicants for Letters Patent, Designs, and Trade-marks for the past year have been printed in the Index to Vol. vi of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, Wellington, 18th October, 1918. J. C. Lewis, Registrar.

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APPENDIX, A.—Balance-shf.et of Income and Expenditure for the Yeak ended 31st December, 1917. Income. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. . .. 5,060 11 3 Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,817 18 4 Design fees .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 (Jloricai assistance .. .. .. 65 9 2 Trade-mark fees .. .. 1,825 16 0 Pees to local Patent Officers .. .. 3 7 6 Sale of Acts, Gazettes, Journals, Name Binding printed specifications presented to Index, etc. .. .. .. .. 43 12 0 Office by other countries .. .. 10 7 0 Printing Patent Office Journal .. .. 622 11 6 Printing Letters Patent in Force, Ac. .. 150 16 0 Printing Index to Patent Office Journal .. 176 3 0 Other printing and binding .. .. 181 6 3 Railway notice-boards .. .. .. 50 12 6 Rental for railway notice-boards .. 21 17 6 Stationery .. .. .. .. 38 4 8 Stamps .. .. .. .. 89 10 0 Payments refunded .. .. .. 17 1 6 Stores, ite. .. .. .. .. 6 5 6 Typewriter-repairs .. .. .. 4 13 6 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 2 10 Balance .. .. .. .. 3,696 14 4 £6,954 19 3 £6,954 19 3

B.—Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years.

Year. .910 .911 912 .913 I Receipts. £ s. d. .. 6,314 9 11 .. 6,535 6 0 .. 6,756 7 11 .. 7,113 7 0 Expenditure. I Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d, 2,66!) 9 5 3,645 0 6 ! 2,440 18 7 4,094 7 5 2,989 3 0 3,767 4 11 j 2,972 0 3 | 4,141 6 9 _J Year. 1914 1915 1916 1917 Receipts. | Expenditure. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. .. 7,572 0 0 3,530 15 3 4,035 4 9 .. 7,49113 11 3,230 16 0 4,260 17 11 .. 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 6 2 .. 6,954 19 3 3,258 4 11 3,696 14 4

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C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1917.

D.—Staff of Officers, and Salaries. £ s. d. Registrar 1 '- ... ... -•• •■• ... ... ... 550 0 0 Deputy Registrar! ... ... ... ... ... ... 870 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 220 0 0 Clerk ... ... ■-- ... ... ... ... 190 0 0 Clerk (for two months) ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Cadet ... ... .-.. ... ... ... ... 80 0 0 Cadet (lor ten months) ... .. ... ... ... ... 41 13 4 Cadet (for nine months and a half) ... ... ... ... ... 39 11 8 Cadet (for four months) ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 13 4 Librarian ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 170 0 0 Typist ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 120 0 0 £1,817 18 4 * Also Registrar of Copyright, nil. \ Also Deputy Registrar of Copyright, nil. -

Number. Fees, each. Amount receiTed. Patents. £ s. d. 0 10 0 1 f) 0 I (I 0 0 10 0 10s.. £1. or £1 10s. 10s., £1, or £1 10s. 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 £ s. d. 394 10 0 540 0 0 355 0 0 22 10 0 18 0 0 Applications for patents with provisional specifications Applications for patents with complete specifications I lo'nplete specifications left after provisional specifications Applications for extension of time for filing complete specilications Applications for extension of time for acceptance of complete specifications . . 789 540 355 45 Applications for extension of time for payment of foes 57 10 0 On giving notice of opposition .. On hearing objections On request for sealing letters patent Renewal foes paid bet'oro end of third year Renewal fees paid before end of fourth year Renewal fees paid before cud of sixth year . . .. Renewal fees paid before end of seventh year Applications to seal letters [latent after the prescribed time On sealing letters patent after the, prescribed time Applications for restoration of lapsed patents On restoration of lapsed patents On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on register Request to correct clerical errors Certificates of Registrar Certifying copios of specifications and drawings .. Patent Agents' renewal fees Altering address Searches Copies of specifications and drawings 4 4 498 340 1 24 130 3 8 0 0 8 0 0 996 0 0 1,020 0 0 5 0 0 144 (I 0 I,300 0 0 9 0 0 7 (I 0 6 0 0 38 0 0 29 10 0 0 5 0 13 10 0 3 2 0 0 59 1 54 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 24 3 l'i o 0 5 0 25 4 0 0 15 0 14 4 6 48 12 9 .Designs. On application for registration of designs Extension of period of copyright under section 52 (2) Searches Assignment of design .. 5,060 11 3 5s. &2s.6d. 19 10 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 25 0 0 Trade-marks. Applications for registration On giving notice of opposition .. On extension of time for filing opposition On registration On association On renewal of registration On extension of time for payment of renewal fee On assignment .. . . ... On certificates re assignments Amendment On cancellation Request to alter address Extra space in Jov/rWal Copies of trade-mark certificates On application for leave to add to or alter a trade-mark Request to enter change of name Certificate re change of name On application for avoidance or suspension of trade-mark application Certificates of Registrar On request to strike out goods from a registered trade mark On extension of time to leave declaration in support of opposition Searches On appeal to Court from decision of Registrar 619 5 476 189 949 1 5 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 309 10 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 476 0 0 9 9 0 949 0 0 0 15 0 36 18 0 I 10 0 1 5 0 0 5 0 6 8 0 8 9 0 1 5 0 0 II 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 1 0 0 I 0 0 3 16 0 1 0 0 5 2 I 25 4 4 0 5 0 5s. and Is. 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 1,825 16 0

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E.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1917 (inclusive).

F.—Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, etc.

G. —Number of Applications for Patents in New Zealand from Persons residing there and in other Countries in each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917.

Year. 1890 1900 1910 1911 1912 1918 1914 1915 1916 1917 Patents. 616 1,009 1,831 1,740 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,2G1 1,329 Designs. 5 15 4G 21 44 65 55 89 113 83 Trade-marks. 160 348 818 861 779 787 687 565 666 619 Total. 781 1,372 2,695 2,622 2,560 2,627 2,31G 1,953 2,040 2,031 —1_ _2 I

I Number £j cations wi J Complete cations of Appliith which 3 Specifilodged. xt u i \ i• Number of Number of Apph- »_h„*i c ■i-x. _t* u Applications for cations with which fT . —._ , . r, i o •<• which Complete Provisional Specinca- s ificatiol 4 sub . tions lodged. quently lodged . | Numbe cations i lap: rei ._ . .... Number of Applications abandoned, Num lapsed, or Patent! refused. 1 Total , T , , Number Number of , Patents sealed. . ° 1; „„ Applicai tions. iber of s sealed. N.Z. 1910 250 1911 245 1912 258 1913 217 1914 177 L915 140 1916 178 1917 183 " I Foreign. 443 434 507 ' 467 426 286 297 360 I ' N.Z. i Foreign. N.Z. Foreign. 990 148 254 75 935 126 258 59 877 95 275 35 965 126 249 58 868 103 228 45 787 86 322 46 699 87 194 38 708 84 * * N.Z. 925 849 817 910 782 669 * N.Z. Foreign. N.Z. 925 125 306 849 86 323 817 78 334 910 94 272 J 782 96 273 669 78 266 N.Z. Foreign. 306 475 I 1,831 323 482 1,740 334 508 1,737 272 J 499 1,775 273 423 I 1,574 266 288 ; 1,299 * * 1,261 "* '■■ 1,329 Foreign. 475 482 508 499 423 288 * * ■ * * These figure expired. Note.—A few giving two address 3S are nece: issarily incomplete, as the time for proceec 3ing further with the applici le applications has not yet i applicatioi sea; the figi ns were received from joint applicants resid tires will therefore total more than the act' lent in diffe-ont, countrie-, ah ua) number of applications ri ntrie■■■, also from applicants cations received,

! 1915. 1916. 882 1 1917. 884 I 1915. 1916. 1917. New Zealand .. 927 Argentina Belgium Brazil Canada .. .. 9 China .. .. 1 Denmark .. .. 3 France .. .. 1 Germany .. .. 1 Great Britain .. j 98 Holland Italy .. New South Wales .. j 60 1 1 6 6 9 'i i 4 Norway .. .. 2 Queensland .. .. 9 South Australia .. 11 Spain Sweden Switzerland Tasmania .. .. 8 Transvaal .. .. 2 United States of 60 America Victoria .. .. 100 Western Australia .. 8 2 8 8 13 13 4 1 2 7 2 7 110 2 2 63 117 2 I 68 96 82 90 111 8 12 \\ Note.—A few applications were cants giving two addresses ; the figun received i is will the from joint e irefore total .pplicants resident in different oountri more than the actual number of applici is, also fmm appli ktlous revived.

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H.—Table showing Number of Application for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917.

I.—Applications pending at End of Year 1917. Total, 1,318.

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Class. 191S. 1916. 1910. 1917. Cla,ss. 1915. 1910. 1917. Advertising and displaying signs, &c. 5 5 4 Illuminating (except gas-manufac-ture) Indicating, calculating, and measuring (including moisture-testers) 12 20 12 Aeronautics ... .. .. 8 Amusements, music, exercisers, 32 games, &c. Attaching and seouring (including 21 bolts, ties, &c.) 8 7 32 35 13 23 37 20 26 21 j 11 20 Kitchen utensils and cookingappliances (including ovens) 35 33 27 Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 11 Boots and shoes .. .. .. 26 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 9 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 33 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 2 Brooms and brushes (including 8 mops) Building construction .. .. 28 I (brick and cement oom- 22 positions and moulding) „ (windows and doors) .. 31 | 11 4 26 34 9 16 33 29 2 8 8 5 39 9 84 2 21 Lifting, hauling, and loading Locks, latches, and hinges Marine and submarine (including lake and river engineering) Marking (tickets, labels, &o.) Medicines and surgical appliances (including oar-instruments, dental work, &c.) Metal-working (including welding, stamping, and plating) Milking-machines * Minerals (inoluding filtration, lixiviation, screens, &o.) Ditto (magnetic separators) „ (stampers and pulverizers) .. 25 13 43 16 15 19 29 14 46 12 16 14 23 7 29 28 | 17 22 ! 28 24 25 15 8 8 31 | 9 20 Chemicals .. .. .. 8 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 10 Closets and urinals .. .. 21 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 2 Cooling and freezing .. .. 8 Cultivating and tilling .. .. 25 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 32 3 6 10 15 21 14 2 11 8 4 25 32 32 36 15 4 9 4 13 49 45 55 11 51 14 37 8 1 2 'o 4 Oils and lubricators 20 5 4 Dairying* .. .. .. j 22 Drains and sewers .. .. 3 Dredging and excavating (including 9 rook-drills) Drying .. .. .. .. 6 22 21 3 2 9 4 29 3 3 Paints and painting (inoluding kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose Preserving Presses Printing and photography Pumps and sprayers (except rotary i pumps) 11 8 3 4 11 7 11 7 6 1 10 16 24 4 8 2 9 17 6 23 13 Electricity and magnetism .. 21 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. I 26 (steam), including rotary 9 pumps (miscellaneous and engine 26 accessories) including current motors, solar motors, tide motors, wave motors, windmills, miscellaneous motors Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 25 Exterminating (including trapping 12 animals) 21 22 26 22 9 9 20 26 11 52 12 41 Railways and tramways .. Roads and ways (including roadwatering) Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and threshing Seed-sowers .. .. Sewing and knitting .. Sheep and cattle (including veterinary appliances) Sheep shearing and clipping Shop and hotel fittings Stationery and paper 32 1 6 34 7 5 16 2 3 12 9 23 6 8 18 4 9 16 85 15 25 15 2 9 23 3 11 32 4 14 28 Fencing .. .. .. 14 (strainers) .. .. 5 F'ibre-dressing (including rope- * 25 making) Filters .. .. .. .. j 2 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and j 14 extinguishers Food .. .. .. ..8 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- ; 7 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, [ 34 blinds, curtains, &c. 19 4 IS 8 5 24 Telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs) Tobaooo 26 24 26 8 2 4 2 9 1 8 Valves and cooks Vehicles (velocipedes) Ventilating .. .. .. S 10 32 86 6 9 32 34 5 3 31 26 5 6 5 7 23 55 51 Washing and cleansing .. Water-supplying .. .. j Wearing-apparel .. .. Wools and hides 17 6 22 7 17 7 27 6 15 6 21 10 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 17 ing, or power purposes 14 10 Harness (including horse, &o., covers) 18 Harvesting and grading .. ,. 9 Heating and fuel-manufacture .. 27 17 6 25 4 18 34 Miscellaneous inventions not in other classes, as indiarubbermannfacture, fishing-appliances, 4 4 10 * Prior to 1911, milking-machines were inclu Notr. —Owing to some inventions being elai actual number of applications received. idea in ssitied "1 tndev in latrying," but are now a separate class, ire than one heading, the figures will total rathe] more t] ban the »

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J.—Patents in Force at End of Year 1917. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1914, to 31st December, 1.917 .. 1,756 Third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1914, to 31st December, 1917 .. 978 Fourth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1913, to 31st December, 1917 .. 704 Sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1911, to 31st December, 1917 .. 24 Seventh-year fees paid from 31st December, 1910, to Slst December, 191.7 .. 796 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,258

K. —Table showing Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1917 (inclusive).

L.—Table showing Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Principal Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1917. Class I—-Articles composed wholly of metal or in which, metal predominates, not included in Class 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 Class 2.~ Jewellery .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . 15 Class 3 — -Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate .. 17

M. —Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1915, 1916, and 1917.

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Total Number of Applications. Crater t ?* n W^'° t 4 of Patents on Letters Patent wMch Pitml have , b f ' Fee paid, sealed. [__J .ct of 1860 ... 1870 ... 1883 ... .cts of 1889 and 1908 .ct of 1911 ... 1861 to 1870 1871 to 1883 ... ' 1884 to 1889 1890 to 30th June, 1912 1st July, 1912, to 31st December, 1917 109 881 3,170 27,419 8,069 109 109 687 465 1,757 368 12,711 1,645* 2,888* 24* Grand totals ... 39,648 18,152- 2,611* i , I * Incomplete.

1915. 1916. 1917. 1915. 1916. 1917. New Zealand Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Denmark 203 4 220 250 15 29 2 1 1 2 4 1 India Japan Natal New South Wales Norway Straits Settlements .. Sweden Switzerland United States of America Victoria 2 1 1 1 1 41 1 50 69 1 France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Holland 11 2' 158 1 4 3 1 123 24 I 204 147 1 2 2 1 102 34 105 42 3 Note. —A few applioatii therefore total more than tl >ns were re ie actual r. aoeivedfrom persons lumber of applioatioi giving addresses in two or mon is received. oountri is ; the fif ;ures will

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Classes. Classification of Goods. 1915. 1916. I 1917. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | 28 [ 29 ! Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical research, and anti-corrosives Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary purposes Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in manufactures not included in other classes Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horticultural machines included in Class 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery.. Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching Musical instruments .. .. ' .. .. .. Horologioal instruments Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgicai or curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals Cutlery and edge tools .. .. Metal goods not includqd in other classes Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery Class .. Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. .. Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 Explosive su bstances Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in ('lasses 19 and 20 Carriages . . .. . . .. . . .. (a) Cotton-yarn ; (b) sowing-cotton Cotton piece-goods of all kinds Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. Linen and hemp yarn and thread . . ., Linen and hemp pieco-goods .. ... Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 . . Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing Silk piece-goods Other silk goods not inoluded in Classes 30 and 31 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair Cloths and stuffs of woof, worsted, or hair .. .... Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34. . Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not inoluded in other classes Articles of clothing Paper (except paper-hangings), stationery, and bookbinding floods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other classes Furniture and upholstery. . Substances used as food or as ingredients in food Fermented liquors and spirits Mineral and aorated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap dames of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. Miscellaneous . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 31 62 6 4 20 0 7 , 3 5 4 3 21. 2 1 5 4 2 7 3 1 25 43 53 11 2 13 7 IS 10 10 5 3 13 6 3 2 13 10 1 2 I 6 io 2 22 25 43 6 14 27 7 10 13 2 3 5 23 8 2 5 12 11 1 1 19 3 3 1 3 2 30 31 32 33 i 34 35 ( 36 37 : 3 2 2 4 2 4 4 1 2 I 1 o o 5 2 3 38 ; 39 40 40 11 11 34 19 17 44 16 18 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 4 118 13 16 17 1 44 2 132 22 6 20 2 38 4 103 18 <; 14 1 39 48 ! 27 40 27 49 i 50 | 1 50 2 43 11 38