PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR.

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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. THIRTY-THIRD 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 the honour, in pursuance of section 113 of the Act, to submit my report on the operations thereunder during the past year. I pointed out in my last reports that the number of applications for recent years has been greatly increased by cases coming forward which were held up by circumstances arising from the war, and with the last of these accumulated cases a reduction in the number of applications might be expected. Though the number is still high compared with that for ordinary years, it is lower than it was for each of the last two years, and a further reduction will probably take place, though doubtless the number of applications will with the ordinary growth of the country (instead of from any extraneous source) show as marked an increase in the future as it has in the past. The number of applications in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks in each of the recent years as well as 1910 (the previous highest year) is indicated by the following figures : 1910, 2,695 ; 1919, 3,226 ; 1920, 3,693 ; 1921, 3,250. As will be seen under their respective headings, the number of applications for patents is fairly well maintained, and the falling-off is chiefly in respect of trade-marks. The revenue amounted to £9,857 Is. 10d., an increase of £160 4s. 6d. on the previous year; and the expenditure to £4,016 13s. 5d- £280 9s. 4d. in excess of that of 1920. The maintenance of the revenue, in spite of the falling-off in applications, was chiefly due to the large number of patent renewal fees paid in pursuance of the Finance Act, 1921 (Patents, &c., Amendment), and regulations thereunder, on cases held up by the war. The amount paid in salaries and for clerical assistance was about the same as in the previous year, the increase in expenditure being in printing and stationery, £1,447 18s. 10d., as compared with £1,161 65., owing to additional number of abridgments of complete specifications with drawings of inventions published during the year. The balance of receipts over expenditure was £5,840 Bs. 5d., as compared with £5,960 13s. 3d. for 1920, and brings the total of the amount received over that expended since the Ist January, 1890, to £97,228. It may be added, that to counteract any serious drop in revenue with the return to normal conditions the scale of fees has been slightly revised, chiefly in respect of initial payments, and the increases, though not great, will serve to maintain the revenue. While it is satisfactory that the working of the Office results each year in a considerable surplus, this is of course a secondary consideration, and the success or otherwise of the operation of the patent laws can be judged only by their effect on the promotion of invention and manufacture in this country. If as there are good grounds for believing -these objects can be advanced by increased expenditure, it may well be questioned whether more of the revenue should not be employed in the directions referred to. Until there is provision for a closer investigation of the novelty of inventions for which applications for patents are made than the Office is at present able to carry out, and of making more widely known the particulars of inventions sought to be patented, this country must be regarded as falling short in its adoption of recognized methods of encouraging invention and industry. The ordinary work of the Office was considerably augmented during the past year by the large number of cases dealt with for which provision had been made in the Finance Act of 1921 (Patents, &c, Amendment) and regulations thereunder, and in pursuance thereof most cases claimed to be delayed owing to conditions arising from the war have now been proceeded with. Legislation. By the Act of last session the law was brought into line with that of Great Britain, except in certain respects, in which longer operation in that country was thought to be desirable before consideration of adoption here. The more important provisions of the statute which comes into operation on the Ist July next are as follows :— One important alteration involves the question of who is entitled to a patent, and the law on this subject is brought into line with that of Great Britain by removing the obstruction placed on the first importer. The provisions with regard to examination, &c, are found to throw on the Office more work and responsibility than it can undertake without employing experts on different subjects and a special examining staff:. However desirable this may be, it is quite beyond the present resources of the

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country. A fairly effective check is at present provided, and this may be extended by additions to the staff from time to time; and the recent amendment, while retaining the provisions regaiding examination, investigating novelty, &c, renders them more elastic and better adapted to the resources of the Office. An important provision is that in petitions for extensions, the time for presentation of the petition may be enlarged, and that regard shall be taken to loss to the patentee during the war. It is also provided that where application is for an extension owing to the war it may be made by originating summons, thus facilitating the procedure. At present two months from the acceptance of an application is allowed for opposing the grant of a patent, and if that Opportunity is lost the only course is to take proceedings in the Supreme Court. The recent Act enables the Office to revoke a patent on the grounds on which it could have been opposed up to two years from the date of the application for patent. At present the Crown has the right to use inventions on such terms as may be decided between it and the patentee. Though this right is not often exercised, it was considered advisable to retain it, and to embody the more recent English provisions on the subject, which has accordingly been done. A specification, though for a single invention, contains, as a rule, a series of distinct claims for the composite parts, and the invalidity of one of these claims at present deprives a patentee of relief in an action for infringement. It is considered that on the whole the invalidity of one or more claims should not necessarily defeat the patent, and it is provided that in such cases relief shall be granted in respect of sound claims infringed in accordance with recent English provision. It has been the practice in many countries to restrict the patenting of such vital matters as food and medicines. This has been lately effected in Great Britain, and the recent Act provides that in future patents for the production of food and chemical compounds shall, not include claims to the substances themselves except as produced according to the patented process. In the case of designs, the definition is amended to draw distinction more clearly between them and patentable matter. Though the Registrar may refuse to register a design, the only way.of removing a design from the register at 2>resent is by application to the Supreme Court. Power is now given to the Registrar to cancel the registration where the design is shown to be not new. Only a certain number of trade-marks are eligible under the ordinary provisions of the Act at present in force. Others are registrable, on an order of the Supreme Court declaring them to be distinctive, but a large number of marks which are quite good for purposes of trade cannot be put on the register. The Act of last session authorizes the Eegistrar to decide the. distinctiveness of marks that at present have to go before, the Supreme Court. According to another important alteration the register is divided into two parts. Part A includes those marks at present eligible, and part B other marks which have been bona fide used in New Zealand for not less than two years. Another important provision is that enabling an association or person to be registered who only certifies the goods and has no direct interest in them. A. provision of considerable importance is that debarring registration of trade-marks of the only practicable name of any single chemical element as distinguished from a mixture. At present the only advantage registration as a Patent Agent secures is the right to use the words " Patent Agent," and the Act restricts the rights of practising as Patent Agents to those who are registered. A considerable number of minor alterations are included. Patents. (The figures in parentheses are for the year 1920.) The number of applications received during 1921 was 2,115 (2,193), on which 1,199 (984) were filed with provisional specifications, and 916 (1,210) were complete; 286 complete specifications were lodged during the year in respect of applications with which provisional specifications, have been filed. The total number of applications received to the 31st December, 1921, was 47,231, and the number of patents in force as on that date was 5,910. The amount received in patent fees during 1921 was £7,491 12s.' The number of assignments, licenses, &c, of patents entered on the register in 1921 was 133(106). The amount of fees received in respect of the restoration of lapsed patents was £33, being the same amount as was received in 1920. Sixty women inventors lodged applications during the year under review, being an increase ot twenty as compared with 1920. Four patents of addition were sealed during the year. Countries from which Applications received. While applications from New Zealand residents are well to the fore in the total received at the Office, a greater number are accompanied only by provisional specifications than is the case with applications from abroad ; and, while a considerable number of these applications are proceeded with, no further steps are taken with a fair proportion of them. Although for purposes of comparison this somewhat discounts the number from New Zealand residents, this country contributes a very considerable part of the cases received and proceeded with. Of the total number of 2,126, 1,291. were from residents of New Zealand, as compared with 1,155 out of the 2,196 received in the previous year. The number from other British possessions was 530 (639) : Great Britain, 220 (318) ; Australia, 285 (293) ; Canada, 25 (18) ; and from other places, 304 (412).

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Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

Designs. While the applications for registration of designs are far from being numerous, the tendency is for them to increase, and with the development of our manufactures this form of registration will no doubt be more extensively utilized. The number of applications received last year was 141, as compared with 109 for the year before ; and the number of registrations was 135, 36 more than in 1920. These applications were from New Zealand, with the exception of —Great Britain, 22 ; Australia, 23 ; Sweden, 1 ; United States, 5. The fees amounted to £47 2s. 6d., as compared, with £39 15s. received in 1920. Tkade-maeks. The fees received in respect of trade-marks were £2,087 17s. 6d., which is £404 3s. less than in the previous year. From the following particulars of the number of applications for registration received in each of the past ten years it will be seen that the numbers, which fell off considerably during the war, came forward afterwards, abnormally increasing the annual total, which has now fallen to the number ordinarily received with the usual rate of growth included : — Year. Number. Year. ' Number. 19.12 .. ..779 1917 .. .. 619 1913 .. ..787 1918 .. .. 695 1914 .. ..687 1919 .. .. 1,272 1915 .. ..565' f' 1920 ..,'■> .. 1,391 1916 .. ..666 1921 .. .. 995

Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

1919. 1920. 1921. 1919. 1920. 1921. New Zealand Argentina Belgium Canada Cape Province Cook Islands Cuba Denmark Egypt Fiji Finland France Germany Great Britain Hawaii Holland Hungary Italy Japan 1,104 1 2 11 i 9 1 1,155 11 18 1 5 5 1,291 4 7 25 1 1 3 J Mexico Natal New South Wales Norway Orange Free State Queensland Rhodesia South Australia Straits Settlements Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tasmania Transvaal .. United States of America Victoria Western Australia 91 5 17 5 12 19 1 1 111 5 1 9 1 9 1 2 2 1 5 5 329 1 119 1 22 22 4 3 4 276 1 15 11 318 1 3 12 30 220 1 9 1 7 1 5 3 200 5 8 210 10 2 6 1 106 12 143 16 108 9 I Note.—A few applical :ants giving two addresses ; lions wore the figure: received 5 will the) from joint refore total applicants resident in difforon more than the actual number t countrii of applies 39, also In .tions rec( am applilived.

1919. 1920. 1921. 1919. 1920. 1921. New Zealand Belgium Janada Jzecho-Slovakia Denmark Finland 296 I 16 323 7 32 380 4 12 1 2 1 6 11 216 8 Japan New South Wales Norway Queensland South Australia Sweden Switzerland Tasmania United States of America Victoria Western Australia 2 73 2 2 1 12 5 1 344 63 1 -••'4 92 3 I 1 8 2 430 51 I 1 8 1 France 3 8 Jermany Jreat Britain Holland .ndia .taly 445 3 2 I 412 4 230 45 13 2

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Patent Agents. The number of Patent Agents on the register — i.e., twenty-two —has remained unchanged, there having been no names added or removed during the year. Staff and Local Patent Officers. I have pleasure in again acknowledging the good work' of the staff of the Office and the way the duties of Local Patent Officers fiave been carried out. Originally restricted to the receipt of applications, these officers for very slight remunerations now afford considerable assistance to applicants, agents, and others. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. : — Page. A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1921 .. .. 4 B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Eight Years . . .. 5 C. Staff of Officers, and Salaries for Year ending 31st March, 1922 . . .. .. 5 D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 192.1. (inclusive) .. 5 E. Number of Provisional, and Complete Specifications received, &c... . . . . 5 F. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921 .. .. .. .. ..6 G. Applications pending at End of Year 1921 . . . . . . . . . . 7 H. Patents in Force at End of Year 1921 .. .. .. .. ..7 I. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. . . 7 J. Table showing Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the. . Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1921 .. .. .. .. ~ 7 K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921 .. .. .. .. .. 8 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. x of the Patent Office Journal. J. 0. Lewis, Registrar. Patent Office, Wellington, 12th April, 1922.

APPENDIX. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1921. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. ... .. .. 7,491 12 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 2,423 2 3 Design fees .. .. .. .. 47 2 6 Temporary assistance .. .. .. 5 X 4 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 2,087 17 6 Fees to Local Patent Officers .. .. 14 17 6 Miscellaneous: Stamps, receipts .. 135 12 3 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 20 0 3 Sale of Acts, Journals, &o. .. .. 53 7 1 Postage .. .. .. .. 69 9 3 Credits .. .. .. .. 41 10 6 Printing, stationery, &o. .. .. 1,447 18 10 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 12 1 0 Refunds .. .. .. .. 17 16 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 5,840 8 5 £9,857 1 10 £9,857 1 10 The fees being collected by stamps render it difficult to trace the revenue, but the statement agrees with the fee-books of the Office ; the payments have been verified by reference to the Justice and Treasury Departments. The funds are supported by a certificate of the Stamp Department. Copyright fees arc not included. G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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B.—Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Eight Years.

C.—Staff of Officers, and Salaries for Year ending 31st March, 1922. £ s. d. Registrar (also Registrar of Copyright, nil) .. .. .. 675 0 0 Deputy Registrar (also Deputy Registrar of Copyright, nil) .. .. 380 0 0 Clerk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 275 0 0 Clerk .. 215 0 0 Cadet . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 105 0 0 Cadette .. .. .. .. .. .-. . . 105 0 0 Librarian .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 280 0 0 Typist .. .. .. .. .. • .. . . 142 0 0 Typist .. .. .. .. 105 0 0

D. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1890, 1900, and 1910 to 1921 (inclusive).

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

Year. Recoipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1914 7,572 0 0 3,530 15 3 4,035 4 9 1915- 7,491 13 11 3,230 10 0 4,260 17 11 1916 7,107 11 3 2,835 5 1 4,272 6 2 1917 6,954 19 3 3,258 4 11 3,696 14 4 Year. 1918 1919 1920 1921 ReceiptB. Payments. Surplus. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,175 19 0 2,831 9 1 5,344 9 11 9,345 1 2 3,373 6 9 5,971 14 5 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3 9,857 1 10 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 I

Year. Patents. Designs. Trado-niarks. Total. I 1890 1900 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 616 1,009 1,831. 1,740 1,737 1,775 1,574 1,299 1,261 1,329 1,380 1,880 2,193 2,115 5 15 46 21 44 65 55 89 113 83 53 74 109 141 160 348 818 861 779 787 687 565 666 619 695 1,272 1,391 994 781 1,372 2,695 2,622 2,560 2,627 2,316 1,953 2,040 2,031 2,134 3,226 3,693 3,250

u cS in Number i cations w: Complete cations of Appliith which 3 Specifilodged. Number of Applications with which Provisional Specifications lodged. ' Number of Applications for which Completo Specifications subsequently lodged. Numho: cations i lapi re) c of Appliibandoned, sed, or lused. Num Patcnti tber of , s scaled. Total her of , :Numb <> r 5 sealed * jApp 0 lica- ; tions. 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 N.Z. 250 245 258 217 177 140 178 183 143 200 250 194 Foreign. 443 434 507 467 426 286 297 360 454 685 890 722 N.Z. 990 935 877 965 868 787 699 708 704 906 949 1,080 Foreign. 148 126 95 126 103 86 87 84 88 91 110 119 N.Z. 254 258 275 249 228 322 194 203 245 279 249 Foreign. 75 59 35 58 45 46 38 41 39 42 37 N.Z. 925 849 817 910 782 669 630 580 540 707 # Foreign. 125 86 ' 78 94 96 78 67 57 72 77 N.Z. 306 323 334 272 273 266 245 249 284 321 * Foreign. 475 1,831 482 1,740 508 1,737 499 1,775 423 1,574 288 1,299 319 1,261 385 1,329 442 1,389 689 1,880 * 2,199 2,115 * r 'hese figure i is are neoei isarily inooi mplete, as i the time for proceec iing furt nor with th' a applies itions has not yet ixpirei I. oint app) ,1 more tl licants resid nan the aeti ontin di] lal nunil foient coun ler of applic tries, ah :ations n Ni living >te. —A few two addresi ' applioatioi sea; the fig' is were reoe ires will the lived from ji Eirefore tota io from applicant aoeived.

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F.—Table showing Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

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Class. 1919. 1920. 1921. Class. 1919. 1920. 1921. Advertising and displaying signs, &e. Aeronautics Amusements, music, exercisers, games, &e. Attaching and securing (including bolts, ties, &c.) 5 11 52 20 23 80 27 8 85 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 20 50 57 ture) Indicating, calculating, and measur- 39 81 88 ing (including moisture-testers) 20 39 50 81 57 88 38 72 74 Kitchen utensils and cooking- 43 86 61 appliances (including ovens) 43 86 61 Boilers (steam) Boots and shoes Bottles, bottling, and glass-working Boxes, cans, and casks Brewing, distilling, &c. .. Brooms and brushes (including mops) Building construction „ (brick and cement compositions and moulding) „ (windows and doors) 5 88 19 37 7 9 21 46 85 81 33 19 16 32 17 87 85 31 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 37 60 45 Locks, latches, and hingeB .. 27 51 39 37 27 60 51 45 39 Marine and submarine (including 26 34 36 lake and river engineering) Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 10 6 17 Medicines and surgical appliances 19 48 39 (including ear-instruments, dental work, &o.) Metal-working (inoluding welding, 16 55 50 stamping, and plating) Milking-machines* .. ..59 57 126 Minerals (inoluding filtration, lixi- 16 24 35 viation, screens, &o.) (magnetic separators) .. .. 1 1 (stampers and pulverizers) 7 5 4 26 34 36 10 19 6 48 17 39 "47 56 73 -102 71 122 16 oo 50 17 22 21 | Chemicals Cleaning, polishing, &c. Closets and urinals Coin-freed mechanism .. Cooling and freezing Cultivating and tilling Cutting and sawing, and tools 32 13 16 2 13 46 65 23 28 22 6 20 63 98 62 25 ! 23 2 25 43 120 59 16 57 24 126 35 "l 1 5 1 4 Oils and lubrioators .. ..19 48 50 19 48 50 45 8 14 Paints and painting (inoluding 36 59 58 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. 10 30 28 Preserving .. .. .. 9 18 20 Presses .. .. .. 3 6 13 Printing and photography .. 27 30 34 Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 17 51 54 pumps) 36 59 58 Dairying* Drains and sewers Dredging and excavating (including rock-drills) Drying 30 3 8 50 10 33 10 9 3 27 17 30 18 6 30 51 28 20 13 34 54 12 30 20 Electricity and magnetism Engines (air, gas, and oil) „ (steam), including rotary pumps „ (miscellaneous and engine accessories), including current motors, solar motors, tide motors, wave motors, windmills, miscellaneous motors Explosives, firearms, and targets .. Exterminating (including trapping animals) 40 99 7 50 96 135 27 87 138 104 23 113 Railways and tramways .. 20 57 59 Roads and ways (inoluding road- 7 14 1 watering) Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and 4 8 16 threshing Seed-sowers .. .. .. 7 9 6 Sewing and knitting .. 18 18 32 Shoep and cattle (including veteri- 22 26 38 nary applianoes) Sheep shearing and clipping .. 5 10 6 Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 9 19 31 Stationery and paper .. 31 53 82 20 7 4 57 14 8 59 1 16 7 18 22 9 18 26 6 32 38 13' : 16 15 ; 29 17 33 5 9 31 10 19 53 6 31 82 Fencing „ (strainers) Fibre-dressing (including ropemaking) Filters Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and extinguishers Food .. Furnaces and kilns (including smokeconsumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, blinds, curtains, &c. 25 22 6 9 16 17 18 4 17 Telephony and telegraphy (inoluding 70 147 139 phonographs) Tobacco- .. .. .. 8 11 11 70 147 139 8 11 11 8 4 9 21 8 30 Valves and cooks .. 16 34 24 Vehicles .. .. 66 164 146 (velocipedes) .. ..32 89 67 Vontilating .. .. .... 3 10 16 66 32 34 164 89 3 24 146 67 10 17 34 17 29 38 17 59 I 77 77 Washing and cleansing .. 17 43 43 Water-supplying .. .. 1 10 13 Wearing-apparel .. 33 54 52 Wools and hides .. .. 6 23 16 17 1 33 6 43 10 54 23 43 13 52 16 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heating, or power purposes 20 ; 36 27 I 13 14 14 9 71 103 18 19 33 Miscellaneous inventions not in 10 27 33 other classes, as indiarubbermanufacture, fishing-appliances, &o. 10 27 33 Harness (inoluding horse, &o., covers) Harvesting and grading Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. * Prior to 1911 milking-macbines ws ire included in t ilass "D dryiDg," but are now a separate class. Note.—Owing to some inventions 1 number of applications received. jeing classified i mder rn ire than one beading, the figures will total more than the actual

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G. —Applications pending: at End of Year 1921. Total, 2,246.

H. —Patents in Force at End of Year 1921. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1918, to 31st December, 1921.. .. 3,047 Third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1918, to 31st December, 1921 . . 1,370 Foiirth-vcar fees paid from 31st December, 1917, to 31st December, 1921 .. 8 Sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1915, to 31st December, 1921 . . 890 Seventh-year fees paid from 31st December, 1914, to 31st December, 1921 . . 595 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,910

I.—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, 1921 (inclusive).

J. —Table showing Number of Applications for Eegistration of Designs in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist January to 31st December, 1921. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in wliicli metal predominates, not included in Class 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 Class 2.—Jewellery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 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.. 36 Class 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, bricks, tiles, or cement, or in which such materials predominate .. .. .. .. .. ..18 Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper (except paperhangings), cardboard, millboard, or strawboard, or in which such materials predominate .. .. .. .. .. 9 Class 6. —Articles composed wholly of leather or in which leather predominates, and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. . . .. .. .. ~ .. 5 Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel, including boots and shoes .. .. .. .. 6 Class 16. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 141

Total Number of Applications. Number on which Letters Patent have been sealed. Number of Patents on which Final Fee paid. Act of 1860 ... „ 1870 1883 ... Acts of 1889 and 1908 Act of 1911 ... 1861 to 1870 1871 to 1883 1884 to 1889 1890 to 30th June, 1912 1st Julv, 1912, to 31st December, 1921" 109 881 3,170 27,419 15,649 109 687 1,757 12,711 7,087* 109 465 368 2,591* 877* Grand totals 47,228 22,351* 4,410* * Incomplete.

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K. —Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

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Glasses. Classification of Ooods. 1919. 1920. 1921. I 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 Horological instruments Instruments, apparatxis, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals Cutlery and edge tools Metal goods not included in other classes Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britanniametal, &o.) and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery Glass 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 substances Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 19 and 20 Carriages .. (a) Cotton-yarn ; (6) sewing-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 piece-goods Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 20, 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 included in Classes 30 and 31 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair Cloths and stuffs of wool, 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 included in other classes Articles of clothing Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding Goods 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 aerated 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 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes Miscellaneous 49 54 42 2 43 48 25 3 4 102 12 62 20 78 15 5 (i 22 46 16 72 12 41 7 .8 16 20 25 31 12 31 9 10 11 12 5 7 12 4 7 15 3 2 12 13 14 20 66 5 33 66 15 22 40 7 15 16 17 0 8 9 5 3 15 12 3 8 18 1!) 20 21 9 2 6 1 22 7 6 3 10 4 3 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 04 1 19 4 2 3 15 3 9 5 2 3 89 3 2 3 1 2 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 ii i 47 4 5 12 2 7 2 5 19 3 6 18 3 Q 5 13 2 2 8 38 39 40 74 54 34 121 57 32 68 58 20 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 7 181 14 4 50 1 48 12 157 19 9 • 55 7 53 5 145 14 7 17 3 01 48 50 83 60 49 50 3 81 7 92 3 02