PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER.

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1932. NEW ZEALAND.

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 128 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22.

REPORT.

I have the honour, in accordance with section 128, to submit my report on the administration of the Act during the past year. A total of 3,215 applications for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and of trade-marks was received during the year. It is satisfactory to record that this figure is only 322 less than the total for 1930, and in this connection it is to be noted that, while the total applications from oversea countries have fallen from 1,786 in 1930 to 1,273 in 1931, the number of applications from within New Zealand in 1930 and 1931 have risen from 1,751 to 1,943 respectively. This indicates a marked local activity in regard to industrial property at a time when the reverse might have been expected. The receipts for the year amounted to £13,390 11s. 6d., a sum which exceeds the average receipts (£13,326 10s. id..) of the Office over the previous five years. Expenditure to the extent of £5,466 7s. Bd. was incurred, being a decrease of £365 19s. 6d. on the corresponding figure for 1930. Patents. - The number of applications received during 1931 was 2,065, being 38 less than in the previous year. Applicants residing in New Zealand lodged 1,330 (1,104)* applications, while 736 (999) applications were lodged by residents of other countries. In 1,300 (1,078) cases the applications were lodged with provisional specifications, while applications to the number of 766 (1,025) were accompanied by a complete specification in the first instance. During the year 256 (256) complete specifications were left in respect of applications for which provisional specifications had already been filed. The total number of applications to the 31st December, 1931, was 68,295. The number of patents in force at the 31st December, 1931, was 8,671, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1928, to the 31st December, 1931, 3,795 and 2,078 respectively; sixth-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1921, to the 31st December, 193], 2,790 ; patents in respect of which an extension of their term has been granted by order of the Supreme Court, 8. Restoration of lapsed patents was effected in two cases, and in two cases letters patent were sealed after the prescribed time. In one case an application was made to the Supreme Court to extend the term of letters patent beyond sixteen years, and an extension of three years was granted. Under the provisions of the Amendment Act of 1924, 12 (3) patents were endorsed " Licenses of Right." The amount of £9,231 17s. was received during the year in respect of patent fees, being £792 4s. 2d. less than that received in 1930. There has been a fairly large increase in the number of inventions recorded in the classes relating to lifting, hauling, and loading, 155 (41) ; building-construction, 74 (28) ; and furniture and upholstery, 73 (53). Increases also took place in the classes relating to boxes, cans, and casks, 100 (84) ; illuminating, 68 (59) ; kitchen utensils, 65 (56) ; heating, 55 (36) ; milking-machines, 46 (38) ; and wearingapparel, 59 (43). The main decreases occurred in electricity and magnetism, 86 (121) ; indicating calculating, and measuring, 50 (80) ; telephony and telegraphy, 180 (233) ; vehicles, 102 (138) ; and harvesting, 36 (51).

* The figures in parentheses are for 1930.

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Designs. The number of applications for registration of designs lodged during 1931 was 151. This number is 18 less than in 1930. The total number of applications up to the 31st December, 1931, was 3,140, and the number of registrations in force at that date was 876, of which 128 were registered during the year. Renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected in 18 cases, while 12 registrations were renewed for the third term of five years. 172 design registrations became void during the year by reason of the non-payment of renewal fees. Applications from persons resident in New Zealand totalled 110 (112) ; 21 (22) were from Great Britain ; 17 (29) from Australia ; 1 (5) from the United States of America ; 1 (1) from Holland ; and 1 (0) from Germany. The majority of the applications were lodged in respect of articles included in Classes 1, 3, 4, 5, and 11, the figures for each class being 36, 38, 27, 15, and 14 respectively. The remaining 21 applications were spread over six classes. In four classes no applications were lodged. The fees received during the year amounted to £114 11s. Trade-marks. During the year fewer applications for registration of trade-marks were filed than in the previous year, the number totalling 999, which is 266 less than in 1930. Decreases were most marked in the number of applications from the United States of America, Great Britain, and Germany. The actual decrease in the number of applications for the year from persons residing in New Zealand was only 32, and the number of applications from the Commonwealth of Australia exceeded the number for the previous year by 21. Although there were fewer applications for registration of trade-marks than in the previous year, the total fees paid in respect of trade-marks showed an increase on 1930, the amounts received being £3,966 12s. Id. and £3,905 4s. lid. respectively. It is also satisfactory to note that the number of current applications before the Office gives definite indications that improvements in trade may be anticipated. As is generally the case, the greatest number of applications in any one class was in Class 42 (substances used as food or as ingredients in food), there being 193. Next in order comes Class 3 (chemical substances used in medicine and pharmacy), with 110. Then follows Class 2 (chemical substances used for agriculture, horticulture, veterinary, and sanitary purposes), in which there were 59. A substantial falling-off is noticed in the number of applications in Class 8 (philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching), there being 34 as against 65 in the previous year ; the average for this class for the five years prior to 1930 being 70-8. The average for the five years prior to 1930 for Class 22 (carriages) was 22-6, while during the year under review only 9 applications in this class were received as compared with 13 in 1930. Class 38 (articles of clothing) showed an increase, 83 (77). Patent Agents. The number of patent attorneys on the register as at 31st December, 1931, was 18, one name having been removed during the year. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c, viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1931. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1931, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1929 and 1930. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1931 (inclusive). Ē. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. F. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, &c, and in other Countries in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive). H. Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patents sealed, and Letters Patent in force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1931 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1929, 1930, and 1931. J. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, &c, and in other Countries in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. Patent Office, Wellington, sth August, 1932.

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APPENDIX.

A.—Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st December, 1931. Receipts. £ s. d. Payment?. £ s. d Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9,231 17 0 Salaries ' .. .. 3,724 13 4 Design fees .. .. .. .. 114 11 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 21 17 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,966 12 1 Fuel, light, &o. .. .. .. 67 16 6 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Postage and telegrams .. .. 138 6 8 At Government, Printing Printing and stationery .. .. 1,458 18 0 Office .. .. .. 64 10 8 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 018 9 At Patent Office .. .. 13 0 9 Contingencies .. .. .. 2 6 0 77 11 5 Refunds .. .. .. .. 51 10 11 Balance—Cash in Public Account .. 7,924 3 10 £13,390 11 6 £13,390 11 6 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included. — J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

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

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1931, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1929 and 1930.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1922 12,913 15 3 3,880 0 8 9,033 14 7 ! 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1923 11,667 18 5 4,809 8 11 6,858 9 6 j 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 1924 12,470 19 6 5,182 15 4 7,288 4 2 | 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 '■ 1930 l 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 1926 ! 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10

I I 1929.» 1930.* 1931. !_ I Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,007 0 0 1,085 0 0 1,298 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 2,522 0 0 2,046 0 0 1,556 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 491 0 0 508 0 0 512 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 185 0 0 138 19 6 144 19 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 3 10 0 2 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 400 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,487 0 0 1,256 10 0 918 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. .. 600 100 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 12 00 600 600 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 19 0 0 .. 5 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 2,031 0 6 2,284 10 0 2,257 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 2,025 0 0 2,247 0 0 2,196 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 20 00 1800 800 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. Ill 10 0 97 0 0 22 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c, on register .. 130 0 0 90 0 0 64 6 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 3 15 0 115 0 250 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 41 0 0 31 0 0 21 15 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 58 17 8 44 5 4 36 3 1 Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 39 18 0 42 0 0 54 12 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 660 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 6 8 36 15 0 35 19 6 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 18 0 0 14 0 0 16 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 450 2 10 0 0 15 0 Request to enter change of address . . .. .. .. 2 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right ".. 600 10 00 400 Application for revocation of letters patent .. .. .. .. 200 Advertising in Journal, &c, under Supreme Court Rules .. .. 570 160 180 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 0 10 0 050 050 Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 4 18 0 22 14 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 10 6 39 1 4 36 2 11 9,231 17 0 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1929 and 1930 aee R.eports for those years respectively.

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C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1931, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1929 and 1930— continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks for the Years 1910 to 1931 (inclusive).

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1929.* 1930.* 1931. Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs .. .. • • • ■ 54 5 0 77 15 0 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. .. 40 0 0 47 0 0 IS U u On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. ... 10 0 0 3b 0 0 21 0 U Searches (Regulation 42) j 0 10 0 0 12 6 .. Searches (Office) 090 0 15 0 ?. l0 - ° Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. •• •• •• • • • ■ V a a Assignment of designs 2 10 0 5 15 0 100 Copies of drawings ■• 0 17 0 0 6 0 0 10 Change of name... .. .. ■ • • • • • • • Change of address .. .. •■ ■• •• •• ? k a i"k Applications for extension of time .. .. •■ •• 350 ,:,„;; o'tka Miscellaneous 0 10 0 12 13 0 2 15 0 114 11 0 Trade-marks. ênS^ registration : :: :: KK 1 ! !k» II i.ISIS I asfocTation '.'. " 53 0 0 52 1 0 30 12 0 On renewal of registration .. •• •• ' 1 8 Applications for extension of time .. ... • • • • »1 5 0 37 Ō 0 40 10 U On giving notice of opposition •• •■ 7 0 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. •• •• •• •• ° " " . „ „ On assignment of trade-marks 138 19 0 172 10' 0 142 3 6 Amendment of trade-marks •• 10 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 On cancellation 4 0 0 110 0 4 5 0 On request under section 73 (6) •• „ •• Extra space in Journal 28 \ « o q n 18 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. ■• •• •■ 2 2 0 On request to enter change of address oīan slon i n On request to enter change of name .. . ■ ■ • ■ • 9 18 0 « 19 0 I id u On request under section 99 .. .. •• ■• •• •■ •• Certificates of Commissioner 15 0 0 18 10 0 Searches (Regulation 84) 26 0.6 312 6 35 19 6 Searches (Office) .. •• •• •• •• •• i ? A 9 n n 1 TS 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. • • • • • • inn 9100 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. ■• •• , „ a i'ln a r « n Request to strike out goods 10 0 1 10 0 b b U On restoration of trade-mark a 2a ?£n 80 ° On entry of memorandum of trade-mark .. .. .. •• „ „ onoo iK^in Miscellaneous 9 7 5 39 8 8 15 11 0 3,966 12 1 • For a complete analysis of fees received in 1929 and 1930 see Reports for those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1910 1 831 46 818 2,695 : 1921 2,115 HI 994 3,250 Ī911 i 740 21 861 2,622 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1912 1 737 44 779 2 560 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1913 1*776 65 787 2,627 ! 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1914 1 574 55 687 2;316 i 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1915 89 565 1,953 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1916 1261 113 666 2,040 1927 2,052 145 1,826 3,522 1917 1 329 83 619 2,031 I 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1918 1,8» 53 695 2,134 I 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1919 1 880 74 1 272 3,226 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1920 2*193 109 1,391 3,693 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 i •—!

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

Note. —Applications are sometimes received from joint applicants resident in different countries, and from applicants giving two addresses; the figures may therefore total more than the actual number of applications received.

F.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications j Applications for Applications with which with which ! which Complete abandoned, p , , 1 Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or a en s sea eel. rji 0 (. a j cations lodged. tions lodged. j sequently lodged. refused. Number ' £ 'I, ' '■ ' ' : . - ! .' , 0f . X New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- H .2 New Zea- 8 New Zea- 8 Applicaland or Other land or Other land or Jj +j> land or jj> 5 land or 5 10ns - Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- q g Depend- g § Depend- ; g § encies, &c. encies, &c.', encies, &c. g encies, &c. encies, &oJ 1910 250 443 990 148 254 75 925 125 306 475 1,831 1911 245 434 935 126 258 59 849 86 323 482 1,740 1912 258 507 877 95 275 35 817 78 334 508 1,737 1913 217 467 965 126 249 58 910 94 272 499 1,775 1914 177 426 868 103 228 45 782 96 273 423 1,574 1915 140 286 787 86 322 46 669 78 266 288 1,299 1916 178 297 699 87 194 38 630 67 245 319 1,261 1917 183 360 708 84 203 41 580 57 249 385 1,329 1918 143 454 704 88 245 39 540 72 284 442 1,389 1919 200 685 906 91 279 42 707 77 321 689 1,880 1920 250 890 949 110 249 37 725 123 330 1,030 2,199 1921 194 722 1,080 119 310 42 890 107 398 730 2,115 1922 203 686 1,190 104 328 38 992 92 406 693 2,183 1923 221 701 1,041 112 256 57 933 73 341 728 2,075 1924 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 882 89 356 758 2,085 1925 177 764 1,007 98 324 41 831 99 356 756 2,046 1926 180 804 1,058 95 283 41 917 78 347 795 2,137 1927 153 752 1,028 119 284 49 841 95 330 793 2,052 1928 127 912 905 128 240 44 753 98 291 932 2,072 1929 141 1,118 867 125 216 40 ... 2,251 1930 120 905 984 94 241 32 ... 2,103 1931 117 649 1,213 87 2,065

I 1925-29. 1930. 1931. 1925-29. 1930. 1931. New Zealand .. 1,211-0 (1,119 1,325 Kenya .. .. 0-2 1 Argentine Republic .. 1-2 2 1 Mauritius .. .. 0-2 Austria .. .. 1-0 7 7 Mexico .. .. 1-0 Belgium .. .. 8-2 4 5 Netherlands .. .. 134 31 10 Canada .. .. 16-8 7 9 j New South Wales .. 125-2 119 88 Cuba .. .. 0-2 I .. .. Northern Nigeria . . 0-2 1 Czeeho-Slovakia .. 1-6 . . .. Norway .. .. 2-6 4 5 Denmark .. .. 8-2 7 1 Peru ' .. .. 0-2 ... Dutch East Indies .. .. .. 1 Queensland .. .. 16-0 j 18 22 Egypt .. .. 0-2 .. .. South Australia .. 23-4 11 9 Federated Malay States 0-2 .. .. Southern Rhodesia . . .. 1 Finland .. .. 0-2 1 1 Spain .. .. 0-6 .. 3 Fiji .. .. 0-4 .. Sweden .. .. 8-8 7 9 France .. ., 28-0 | 17 12 Switzerland .. .. 7-2 5 6 Germany .. .. 42-6 50 45 Tasmania .. .. 5-8 2 5 Great Britain .. 375-4 324 273 || Union of South Africa 6-4 6 3 Hungary .. .. 1-2 ".'.' 1 I "." United States of America 184-0 197 122 India .. .... 1-8 .. .. Victoria. .. . .. ' 123-8 151 88 Irish Free State .. 0-2 2 .. Western Australia .. 6-6 4 3 Italy .. .. 7-2 10 10 ! Western Samoa .. 0-2 .. 1 Japan .. .. 1-0 .. 1

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G.-Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive).

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Class. 1925-29.! 1930. 1931. j Class. 1925-29. 1930. 1931. — I - J Advertising and displaying signs, 30-8 23 32 | Illuminating (except gas-manufao- 63-6 59 68 &c. tare) Aeronautics .. .. •• 8-6 12 18 I Indicating, calculating, and measur- 64-0 80 50 Amusements, music, exercisers, 71-6 72 62 ing (including moisture-testers) Attaching and securing (including 37-6 24 21 Kitchen utensils and cooking j 58-2 56 65 bolts, ties, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) 15-0 9 10 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 53-6 41 155 Boots and shoes .. • • 32-4 30 20 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 29-4 23 25 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 33-0 46 38 Boxes cans and casks .. .. 73-8 84 100 Marine and submarine 20-4 22 lb Brewing, distilling, &c 13-6 18 14 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 15-8 14 17 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 10-4 lb 14 mo p s \ Medicines and surgical appliances 29-2 40 27 Building-construction .. .. I 45-2 28 74 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 48-6 33 41 j work, &o.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 34-6 27 12, jjjct) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 28-0 34 29 Milking-machines* .. .. 48-0 38 46 d ours ) I Minerals (including filtration, hxi- 17-6 11 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. .. • • 29-6 24 13 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. j 1-4 — 1 Cleaning, polishing, too. .. ■■ 28-6 30 18 j Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 4-0 3 — Closets and urinals .. •• 24-2 32 30 | ok 11 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. ll-0 8 11 Oils and lubricators .. .. 31-4 25 11 Cooling and freezing .. .. 24-6 33 24 Cultivating and tilling .. .. 52-0 61 49 i Paints and painting (including 16-0 19 11 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 62-0 66 55 : kauri-gum) ! Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 27-0 18 lb Dairying* 45-6 52 44 Preserving 13-0 15 13 Drains and sewers .. •■ 6-2 7 2 Presses .. ,. •• 8-8 1/ / Dredging and excavating (including 12-8 6 6 i Printing and photography .. 34-8 37 6i rock-drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 22-0 23 29 Drying .. .. •• 20-2 22 19 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 135-2 121 86 J Railways and tramways .. 46-0 34 29 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 56-6 63 55 Roads and ways (including road 24-4 19 17 Engines (steam), including rotary 13-6 10 12 watering) Engines S (miscellaneous and engine 54-4 35 33 Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and 7-0 8 5 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. ■ • 21-b 2J 19 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 13-6 Iβ 11 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veten- 27-8 36 li Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 7-2 7 5 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 26-6 j 20 9 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 11-4 7 1 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 20-2 29 35 Stationery and paper .. .. 40-0 38 42 Fencing 24-2 25 17 Fencing (strainers') .. ..6-2 4 4 Telephony and telegraphy (including 197-8 233 180 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 30-8 22 28 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. . •• 12-2 17 18 Filters ...... 7-2 9 10 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 18-2 17 15 Valves and cocks .. .. I 16-2 18 18 pytincm inhere Vehicles .. .. • • i 181-b 112 sd Food 24-4 28 21 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 39-4 26 19 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 18-8 15 16 Ventilating .. .. .. 5-6 7 consumers) . „ An Qo Furniture and upholstery, desks, 60-2 53 73 Washing and cleansing .. .. 30-0 40 6i blinds, curtains, «so. Water-supplying .. .. 8-8 10 11 Wearing-apparel .. •• 41-2 43 5y Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 9-8 11 5 Wools and hides ... .. 11-6 16 ing, or power purposes | . . • „. .„ Miscellaneous inventions not in 26-2 31 18 Harness (including horse, &c, covers) 5-0 3 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 19-6 51 36 manufacture, fishmg-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 58-4 36 55 &c. * Prior to 1911, milking-machines were included in class "Dairying," but are now a separate class. NoTK.-Owing to some inventions being classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than the actual number of applications received.

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H.—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, 1931 (inclusive).

I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1929, 1930, and 1931.

J.—Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-29 (inclusive).

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Number ., , Total on which i , Number Number of \ Letters Patent of 6 "* 8 °? Applications. have been : which Final sealed. Fee P aid ' Act of 1860 ... ... 1861 to 1870 ... ... 109 109 109 „ 1870 1871 to 1883 881 687 465 „ 1883 1884 to 1889 3,170 1,757 368 Acts of 1889 and 1908 1890 to 30th June, 1912 ... 27,419 12,711 2,591 Act of 1911 ... ... 1st July, 1921, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1*660 « 1921-22 ... '... 19,966 11,165 1,231 Grand totals ... ... 68,295 34,202 6,424

1929. 1930. 1931. _ _____ . Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 70 62 36 and jewellery Glass 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. 2 4 2 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or 20 28 38 other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate Class 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, clay 8 14 27 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 7 15 15 board (except articles included in Class 2, and paperhangings), or in which such materials predominate Class 6. —Articles composed wholly of leather or in which leather predomi- .. 4 1 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials Class 9. —Lace .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 2 Class 10. —Boots and shoes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) . . 3 8 14 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. . . .. 4 4 5 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 1 20 5 or stripes) Class 14. —Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs 7 10 6 or shawls being checks or stripes 125 169 151

1925-29. 1930. 1931. 1925-29. 1930. : 1931. New Zealand .. . . 482-0 535 503 Netherlands .. 134 23 12 Austria .. .. 2-8 .. | 5 New South Wales .. I 78-2 66 87 Belgium .. . . 2-1 4 2 Northern Ireland .. I 2-8 Canada . . .. 18-8 18 14 Norway .. .. 1-0 3 Ceylon .. .. 0-4 .. .. Palestine .. .. 0-2 China .. ..0-2 1 .. Queensland.. ..2-8 7 1 Cuba .. ..0-8 .. 1 South Australia .. 1-0 1 11 Czeoho-Slovakia . . 1-0 3 . . South-west Africa .. .. .. 1 Denmark . . . . 0-6 .. 3 j Spain .. .. 0-2 Egypt . . .. .. .. 3 Sweden .. 6-8 .. 2 Finland . . .. 3-2 .. .. Switzerland .. 5-8 4 6 France . . .. 19-8 9 10 Tasmania .. .. 0-6 Germany . . . . 76-6 42 25 Union of South Africa 2-0 2 Great Britain .. 306-2 322 189 United States of Amer- 201-8 196 106 Hawaii .. .. .. 1 .. ica Hungary .. .. 0-2 .. .. Victoria ... .. 51-8 26 22 Italy .. 3-6 .. 2 Western Australia .. 0-2 Japan ._. 0-6 1 4 I 4 Western Samoa .. 0-2

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K.-Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1930 and 1931, together with the Average for the Years 1925-1929 (inclusive).

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Cla88 . Classification of Goods. | | WQ,- *■ 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or _ philosophical 57-6 6ft 34 research, and anti-corrosives , ■ .. a ■■ ■ ■ m 56 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 44-8 purposes 79.9 108 110 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. . *«° 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used m 19-6 29 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture ,■••,•,• **'° \% oq 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 47-8 43 cultural machines included in Class 7 ,„ 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 8-U V£ 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 70-8 bo 0* purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching . Tt«- • 1 ■ J. . • • 10 'O O 9 Musical instruments .. ■• •• ■• • • »2 31 2 10 Horological instruments ■• •• •• •• '• „'" nn ia in 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 11-0 14 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 2Q g 12 Cutlery and edge tools '••_'• "' " 47. n 36 31 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. • • :'•,.», i » o 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Bntanma-metal, &c.) o-8 *. and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 2 15 Glass •• •• •■ •• ■• " 3 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. •• ■',,,." j " ±- " on a 18 14 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 20-4 1» 1* 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. •• •• \'\ 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .'. ■• •• 2 20 Explosive substances .. .. • • • • •; • \ „. , „ 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included m Classes I £ 19 and 20 22 . 6 13 9 22 Carriages .. •• ■• •• • • ' • n.± j 1 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (6) sewing cotton .. ■• ••. 25 2Q 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. ■• R < e 4 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. •• •• ° | 1 26 I Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. •■ •• 2 g 2 '' j 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. • • •■ . " . " 9 n 2 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. • • u 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 0-8 ■ ■ • • 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. ■• •• •■ " g2 "3 3 31 Silk piece-goods .. ..... •• " . " i R 1 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 ■--- • ■■ ■• 33 I Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. •• . •• ". 34 i Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair ■■••„••.•■ ,' a ■, o 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included m Classes 33 and 34 .. 1-8 1 i 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. •• •■ • • , ■; ' . 14 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 9-6 Ō included in other classes 102-8 77 83 38 Articles of clothing .. •• • • • ■ • • " ..,.„ 44 31 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding . • •■ *^ 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 14-8 18 classes g, 2 j 2 g 41 Furniture and upholstery .. ■• •• •• '• .„„ , 2 oo 193 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. ■■ -• *™ * 2Q 24 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. •■,,."■. ',' ,, ,, !<> n 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. l/-b la w 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. • • • • \% 2 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. • • •• " 47 Candles, common soap, detergents; illuminating, heating or lubricating oils; 80-2 67 54 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 56-6 o4 00 perfumed soap , • , ,., 11 74 49 I Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 14-4 II 1* GO Miscellaneous ..