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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1939 Session I, H-10

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1939. NEW ZEALAND.

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FIFTIETH 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 year 1938. The proceedings instituted during the year for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks reached a total of 2,980. This figure is higher than any total since 1932, excepting that for the year 1936, when there were special circumstances which contributed towards activity above the average in certain branches of Patent Office work. During the year the total fees received by the Patent Office in respect of proceedings relating to patents, designs, and trade-marks reached the sum of £14,754 2s. Bd., which, it is satisfactory to note, exceeds the receipts in any year since the inception of the Office. The previous record year was in 1930, when the total fees received amounted to £14,195 15s. 7d. The expenditure during the year totalled £6,790 Bs. 3d., the excess of receipts over expenditure being £7,963 14s. sd. The total surplus of the Office since Ist January, 1890, is £228,939 ss. 9d. Patents. The year 1938 showed an increase of 128 in the number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent as compared with the number for 1937, there being 1,960 as against 1,832 for the previous year. There was again last year a noticeable increase in the number of cases in which a complete specification was lodged at the commencement of the proceedings, 1,285 of such cases having been filed, as against 1,121 in 1937. . . The number of complete specifications lodged in 1938 m respect of proceedings for which a provisional specification onjy had been previously lodged was 24 less than that for 1937, the numbers being 205 for 1938 and 229 for 1937. The total number of proceedings instituted up to 31st December, 1938, was 81,033, and the number of patents in force at that date was 7,830, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1935, to 31st December, 1938, 1,910 and 2,156 respectively , sixth-yea., fees paid from 31st December, 1928, to 31st December, 1938, 3,764, and 1 patent in respect of which an extension of term has been granted by order of the Supreme Court. Trend oe Invention. A still further increase is to be noted in the number of proceedings instituted for the grant of letters patent in connection with telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs, &c.), the number being 578, as against 520 for 1937. Increases have also occurred in a large number of the classes in

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the patent classification, such as —aeronautics, 11 (6)* ; boots and shoes, 17 (10); bottles, bottling and glass working, 37 (29) ; boxes, cans, and casks, 52 (36); cooling and freezing, 20 (12); fibre-dressing (including ropemaking), 20 (9) ; Furniture, 40 (23) ; illuminating (except gas-manufacture), 138 (95) ; metal-working (including welding, stamping, and plating), 43 (29) ; milking, 71 (38) ; roads and ways (including road watering), 24 (14) ; and shop and hotel fittings, 25 (17). Decreases in the number of proceedings instituted occur in some classes, such as cultivating and tilling, 31 (40); dairying, 22 (30) ; electricity and magnetism, 59 (72) ; engines (air, gas, and oil), 19 (41) ; heating and fuel manufacture, 30 (43) locks, 15 (29). The road-safety campaign, both in this country and overseas, continues to be reflected in a still further increase in the number of inventions relating to safety devices for rail and road vehicles. One class of invention in which activity during the five years up to 1937 inclusive has been somewhat less in evidence is milking machinery. However, during 1938 a revival occurred, and the number of proceedings instituted was almost double that in 1937. The encouragement offered to secondary industries appears reflected in the added interest given to improvements in such manufactured goods as boots and shoes, bottles, boxes, cans and casks, fibre-dressing, furniture, metal-working, and the like. Increased activity in inventions relating to air transport is also noticeable in the Patent Office records, while considerable attention is still being devoted to illuminating. Designs. A decrease is shown in the number of design registration proceedings as compared with the number of proceedings instituted in 1937, there being 193 in 1937 and 160 in 1938, which brings the total number of proceedings instituted at this Office as at 31st December, 1938, to 4,255. Design registrations in force at that date numbered 1,010, of which 130 cases were registered during the year. Eighty-six registrations becarce void owing to the non-payment of renewal fees. Renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected in 44 cases, while 14 were renewed for the third term of five years. The number of proceedings instituted by persons resident in New Zealand was 97 (109)* ; the next greatest number of proceedings instituted was by persons in Great Britain and Australia respectively. There wore 70 (90) proceedings instituted in Class 1, while 37 (48) were commenced in Class 3, 37 (29) in Class 4, and 6 (14) in Class 12 ; the remaining proceedings were spread over five classes, and in respect of the remaining six classes no proceedings were instituted. Trade-marks. It is satisfactory to note that during the year there was an increase in the amount received in respect of trade-mark fees, which totalled £3,772 6s. 10d., as compared with £3,490 15s. 6d. in the previous year. This constitutes the highest revenue in regard to trade-mark proceedings since 1931. The number of proceedings instituted for the registration of trade-marks during the year under review showed a slight reduction, as was also the case in Great Britain, the total being 860, as against 889 in 1937. The number of proceedings for registration commenced by persons resident in New Zealand was 326, as compared with 373 in the previous year ; Australia, 114 (123) ; United States of America, 76 (87); and Canada, 24 (43). There was an increase in the number of cases from Great Britain, 230 (219), and Germany, 52 (18). There were no applications from Japan, as against 3 in 1937. During the year under review the number of proceedings in Class 42 (substances used as food, or as ingredients in food), 128, was the same as in 1937. Class 42 is the class in which the greatest number of applications in any one class generally comes. In Class 3 (chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy) there was a difference of one with the previous year, the figures being 100 and 101 respectively. The classes in which the next greatest number of proceedings came are Class 38 (articles of clothing), 87 (85), and Class 4-8 (perfumery, including toilet articles, preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap), 64 (71). There were increases in the number of applications in the following classes: Class 1 (chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical research, and anti-corrosives), 38 (35) ; Class 6 (machinery of all kinds and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horticultural machines included in Class 7), 38 (31) ; Class 39 (paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding), 37 (22) ; and Class 2 (chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary purposes), 31 (25). Patent Agents. The number of registered Patent Agents as at 31st December, 1938, was 16, one Patent Attorney who had been on the Register of Patent Attorneys for many years, having retired from practice.

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Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. : A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1938. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1938, together with the Corresponding Figures for the years 1936 and 1937. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the years 1914 to 1938 (inclusive). E. 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 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932—36 (inclusive). 6. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932-36 (inclusive). 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, 1938 (inclusive). I Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1936, 1937, and 1938. J. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing m JNew Zealand or Dependencies, &c., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932-36 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932 -36 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. The Patent Office, Wellington, sth August, 1939.

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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1938. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. .. 10,770 16 7 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 5,218 14 1 Design fees . . . . . . .. . . 139 14 6 Fuel, light, power, and water . . . . . . 67 12 10 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. .. 3,772 610 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 57 410 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c. — £ s. d. Rent of offices .. .. .. .. 242 19 9 At the Government Printing Office .. 60 0 0 Patent Office Journal .. .. .. .. 696 10 1 At the Patent Office .. .. 11 4 9 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 161 1 1 71 4 9 Printing and stationery . . .. .. 288 15 7 Typewriters .. . . . . .. .. 38 0 11 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 4 0 5 Refunds .. . . . . .. .. 15 8 8 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. .. 7,963 14 5 £14,754 2 8 £14,754 2 8 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents. 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, 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, 1938, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1936 and 1937.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. | Receipts. j Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 ! 1934 12,376 5 11 4,709 6 9 7,666 19 2 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 1935 12,868 19 4 4,476 13 3 8,392 6 1 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10 1936 13,276 1 4 5,221 19 1 8,054 2 3 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4 1937 13,407 3 7 5,623 9 1 7,783 14 6 1933 11,694 11 10 4,378 18 10 ; 7,315 13 0 1938 14,754 2 8 6,790 8 3 7,963 14 5 I i

1936.* 1987.* 1938. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications . . .. 759 10 0 712 12 0 677 0 6 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 2,176 19 6 2,245 0 0 2,546 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 485 11 0 428 0 0 436 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. . . .. 155 9 6 207 15 0 164 15 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 700 3 10 0 3 15 0 On hearing opposition .. On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,072 0 0 1,039 19 8 1,111 11 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 500 300 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 5 0 0 27 10 0 15 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. 2,031 0 0 2,176 12 4 2,597 2 3 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. 2,588 10 0 2,500 0 0 2,848 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 8 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 On restoration of .letters patent .. .. .. .. 65 00 1100 127 10 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., on register .. 45 16 0 66 15 0 61 7 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 300 2 15 0 1 10 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. . . 35 6 10 49 17 0 31 7 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. . . 70 0 2 52 4 11 44 19 1 Application for registration as patent agent .. .. .. .. 220 Patent agents' fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 17 0 35 14 0 31 10 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. .. 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 31 14 0 30 19 6 27 16 6 Amendment of letters patent . . . . .. . . .. 18 0 0 26 0 0 11 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. ,. .. .. 1 0 0 0 15 0 1 5 0 Request to enter change of address .. .. . . .. 0 10 0 0 15 0 6 12 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " .. Advertising in Journal, &o., under Supreme Court Rules Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register Weekly lists .. . . .. .. .. . . .. 6 16 0 9 8 0 4 16 0 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 10 4 13 19 3 13 0 3 10,770 16 7 *For a complete analysis of fees received in 1936 and 1937, see reports for those years respectively.

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1938, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1936 and 1937 —continued.

D. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1912 to 1938 (inclusive).

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1986.* 1937.* 1938. Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. dApplication for registration of designs .. .. .. .. 55 5 0 90 0 0 68 1 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. 24 10 0 40 0 0 35 19 6 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. 14 0 0 31 0 0 30 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. .. 076 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 300 1 16 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 050 0 5 0 Assignment of designs .. .. .. .. .. •• 2 10 0 100 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. .. .. 080 150 030 Change of name .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 Change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 150 150 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 010 050 1 15 0 139 14 6 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. .. ... .. 814 9 3 664 15 11 631 5 0 On registration .. .. .. .. .. •• 1,037 15 6 1,020 0 0 1,184 15 6 On association .. .. .. .. .. • ■ 8 16 0 9 5 0 14 7 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. •• 1,287 6 0 1,391 9 6 1,638 18 4 Application for extension of time .. .. .. .. 37 5 0 29 10 0 33 12 4 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 700 300 850 On hearing opposition On assignment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 145 18 6 160 19 6 133 1 6 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. . • 4 10 0 8 0 0 5 5 0 On cancellation .. .. .. .. . • ■ ■ 6 15 0 32 10 0 3 10 0 On request under section 73 (6) .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 12 9 0 0 10 0 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. •• 11 12 0 19 0 0 12 5 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. 1 3 0 0 10 0 0 18 6 On request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 8190 10 80 6711 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. •• 5 12 0 23 11 0 10 7 0 On request under section 99 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0 0 2 0 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 20 4 0 11 13 0 11 0 0 Searches (Regulation 84) . . .. .. •. .. 31 3 0 20 17 6 18 5 0 Searches (Office) .. .. .. •. .. . • 37 2 0 33 0 0 31 7 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 050 250 1 15 0 Additional fee under Rule 62.. .. .. .. .. .. 800 400 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 150 400 3 15 0 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 4 0 0 8 10 0 12 3 0 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. •• 10 15 8 16 2 1 4 18 9 3,772 6 10 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1936 and 1937 see reports for those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. j Total. Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks, j Total. . 1 | I L 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1917 1,329 , 83 619 2,031 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 _ _

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

F. —Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932-36 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, Patents sealed Complete Specifica- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or ' Total tions lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number § of New Zea- ! New Zea- New Zea- © New Zea- g New Zea- 8 - land or Other land or Other land or £ land or 'Jj land or S Ca lons ' Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- g § Depend- g g Depend- g § enoies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. g encies, &c. jg 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 44-2 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 34-1 728 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 40 753 114 266 1,118 2,251 1930 .. 120 905 984 94 241 32 828 90 275 910 2,103 1931 .. 117 649 1,213 87 255 32 1,056 78 276 655 2,065 1932 .. 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 951 61 263 570 1,845 1933 .. 96 688 909 69 217 24 751 87 250 674 1,762 1934 .. 86 752 857 71 210 23 720 75 217 754 1,766 1935 .. 91 755 805 83 225 36 660 59 230 781 1,730 1936 .. 92 988 678 79 189 40 1,837 1937 .. 81 1,040 632 80 170 35 1,833 1938 .. 70 1,215 598 77 1,960 Note. — Applications arc 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.

1932-36. 1937. 1938. New Zealand .. .. 962-0 719 688 Argentine Republic .. 0-8 Austria .. .. 2 • 0 5 3 Australia .. .. 198-4 264 278 Bahama Islands .. 0-2 Belgium .. .. 2-0 4 6 British Solomon Islands 0-2 Canada .. .. 6-6 7 18 Canberra F.C.T. .. 0.4 2 1 Czecho-slovakia .. 0-2 3 1 Denmark .. .. 5-2 4 7 Dutch East Indies Esthonia .. .. 0-2 Federated Malay States 0-4 Finland . . .. . . . ■ 1 France .. .. 15-0 23 8 Germany .. .. 106-6 173 141 Greece .. .. 0-2 Guatemala .. .. 0-2 Great Britain .. 349 • 0 43B 533 Hungary .. .. 1-0 India .. .. 0-6 1 2 Irish Free State .. 1*8 Italy .• 2-8 3 3 Japan .. .. 0-4 Kenya .. .. .. 3

1932-36. 1937. 1938. Latvia .. .. .. .. 1 Lichtenstein .. .. 0-4 1 Luxembourg .. .. 0-2 I 2 Mexico .. .. 0-2 Netherlands .. .. 20'2 19 113 New South Wales .. 86-4 158 178 North Nigeria Norway .. .. 1*0 2 1 Philippine Islands .. 0-2 Queensland .. .. 13-6 13 10 Roumania .. .. 0 ■ 2 .. 1 Siam .. .. 0-2 .. 1 South Australia .. 9-8 9 7 South West Africa .. 0-2 Southern Rhodesia Spain .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Straits Settlements .. 0-2 Sweden .. .. 7-0 6 10 Switzerland .. .. 3-6 6 4 Tasmania .. .. 1*8 1 1 Union of South Africa .. 2-6 4 3 United States of America 98-8 158 148 Victoria .. .. 82-4 77 75 Western Australia .. 4*0 4 6 Western Samoa 0-2

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G.—Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932-36 (inclusive).

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Class. 1932-36 1937. | 1938. Class. 1932-30 1937. 1938. | i Advertising and displaying signs, 21-2 16 17 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 60-0 95 138 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. .. 13'2 6 11 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 50-2 48 54 Amusements, music, exercisers, 50-4 29 31 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 21-0 18 12 Kitchen utensils and cooking appli- 47-8 39 40 bolts, ties, &c.) ances (including ovens) Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 23-0 21 18 Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 3-4 3 3 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 21 -6 29 15 Boots and shoes .. ..22-0 10 17 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 29-2 29 37 Marine and submarine (including 17-2 17 11 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 72-4 36 52 lake and river engineering) Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 12-0 10 9 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 8-0 5 4 Brooms and brushes (including 15-2 12 9 Medicines and surgical appliances 31-6 35 38 mops) (including ear-instruments, dental Building-construction .. ..28-4 29 27 work, &c.) Building-construction (brick and 20'4 28 48 Metal-working (including welding, 19-6 29 43 cement compositions and mould- stamping, and plating) ing) Milking-machines* .. ..40-4 38 71 Building-construction (windows and 19-8 14 11 Minerals (including filtration, lixivia- 19-4 13 15 doors) tion, screens, &e.) Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-4 .. 1 Chemicals .. .. .. 11-6 9 16 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-8 2 2 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. ..17-0 18 25 Closets and urinals .. .. 18-0 25 16 Oils and lubricators .. 18'4 39 29 Coin-freed mechanism .. ..12-4 6 7 Cooling and freezing .. .. 24-4 12 20 Paints and painting (including 8-2 6 15 Cultivating and tilling .. .. 38-0 40 31 kauri-gum) Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 49-2 37 33 Pipes, tubes, and hose .. ..20-6 23 29 Preserving .. .. ..15-0 11 12 Dairying* .. .. .. 48-0 30 22 Presses .. .. .. 5-2 8 7 Drains and sewers .. .. 2-2 8 7 Printing and photography .. 20'4 12 24 Dredging and excavating (including 7-4 4 8 Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 23-0 21 13 rock drills) pumps) Drying .. .. ..13-8 15 11 Railways and tramways .. ..12-4 21 18 Electricity and magnetism .. 81-2 72 59 Koads and ways (including road 13'2 14 24 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 49-6 41 19 watering) Engines (steam), including rotary 15-2 12 7 pumps Seed-dressing, chaff - cutting, and 6-2 2 '2 Engines (miscellaneous and engine 32-6 20 28 threshing accessories), including current Seed-sowers .. .. 12 • 8 15 20 motors, solar motors, tide motors, Sewing and knitting .. ..24-0 20 26 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 29-6 26 22 laneous motors nary appliances) Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 5-4 4 5 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 2-2 6 5 Exterminating (including trapping 23-8 13 20 Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 22-8 17 25 animals) Stationery and paper .. .. 36-4 37 31 Fencing .. .. .. 11-2 17 18 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 2-0 3 2 Telephony and telegraphy (including 327-2 520 578 Fibre - dressing (including rope- 18-2 9 20 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. .. 15-R 8 11 Filters .. .. ..3-4 7 6 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 10-8 11 10 Valves and cocks .. ..16-4 14 20 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. .. 60-0 63 60 Food .. .. .. .. 17-4 12 10 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 18-6 26 5 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 16-2 23 19 Ventilating .. .. .. 9-Q 10 7 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 34-6 23 40 Washing and cleansing . , .. 29-8 18 23 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 6■ 6 4 5 Wearing-apparel .. .. 52-0 34 49 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 6-8 10 5 Wools and hides .. ..12-6 7 5 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 16-4 17 20 Harness (includinghorse, &c., covers) 4-8 3 1 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. 23 • 0 26 20 manufacture, fishing - appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 48-2 43 36 &c. * Prior to 1911 milking-machines were included in class " Dairying," but are now a separate class. Note.—Owingjto'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, 1938 (inclusive).

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t ♦ , Number dumber NT K f T .T W P° ♦ of Patents on — Number of Letters Patent which Final Applications. have been Fee - d sealed. r _ _ - 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, 1912, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1,660 „ 1921-22 .. .. 1st July, 1922, to 31st Dec., 1938 30,869 17,489 3,985 Grand totals .. .. 81,033 40,526 9,178

1936. 1937. 1938. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 50 ; 90 70 and jewellery Class 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. 1 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mache, or 29 1 48 37 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 16 29 37 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5.—Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 11 9 5 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- 2 1 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings . . . . . • • • • • Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials . . . . . . Class 9. —Lace .. .. .. • • ■ • • • ■ • • ■ Class 10.—Boots and shoes .. .. .. • • ■ • • • 1 j ' Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. 2 1 2 Class 12.—Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. . . j 10 ! 14 6 Class 13 - -Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 1 111 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 handker- .. .. j 1 chiefs or shawls being checks or stripes 123 193 ! 160 ' 1 I

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I I Average for 1937. 1938. 1932-36.! ] I New Zealand .. .. 463-0 373 326 Australia .. .. 122-4 123 114 Austria .. .. .. 1 Bahama Islands .. 0-4 Belgium .. .. 0-2 1 8 Canada .. 10•8 43 24 Canberra .. .. .. 1 Columbia .. .. 0-2 Cuba .. .. .. 1 1 Czechoslovakia .. 1-0 .. 2 Denmark .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Egypt .. .. 0-6 Finland .. .. 1-0 1 France .. .. 8-0 9 14 Germany .. 14 • 6 18 52 Great Britain .. 248-4 219 230 Hawaii Holland .. ..2-4 1 2 Hungary .. .. 0-4 India .. .. 1-6 1 5 Iraq .. . . . . 1 Italy .. ..1-8 .. 1

Average for | 1937. 1938. 1932-36. I I I Jamaica Japan .. .. 2-2 3 Netherlands .. .. .. 1 New South Wales ..64-8 87 94 Northern Ireland .. 2-4 2 Norway Poland .. .. 0-2 Portugal .. .. 0-2 Queensland.. .. 2-0 .. • Singapore .. .. • ■ .. 3 South Australia .. 0-8 .. 2 South-west Africa Spain .. .. 0-2 Sweden .. .. 2-4 4 Switzerland .. 0-8 1 4 Tasmania .. .. 0-6 Union of South Africa 0-2 United States of Ameri- 65-4 87 76 ca Victoria .. ..52-6 34 18 Western Australia .. .. 1 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 1937 and 1938, together with the Average for the Years 1932-36 (inclusive).

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Average ni a88 Classification of Goods. for 1937. 1938. 1932-86. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 40-2 35 38 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 39-6 25 31 purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 102-2 101 100 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 8'2 9 6 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 5-6 5 5 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 20-0 31 38 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 5-4 8 6 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 49-8 36 25 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. .. .. .. •• 4-4 2 8 10 Horologieal instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 2'2 .. 4 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 13-0 16 9 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. .. .. .. . . •• •• 9-0 8 9 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. 29-2 36 34 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.), 2-6 2 4 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass .. .. .. •• •• •• 4-2 5 4 10 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. .. •• •• 2-6 3 6 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 9-2 14 10 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 10-2 13 12 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. .. 0-2 1 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. . ■ • • ■ • 1 '4 1 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 0-4 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. •• •• •• •• 7-0 7 16 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (6) sewing cotton .. .. .. .. .. 4-8 5 4 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. ■■ ■■ 15'4 20 19 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 . . .. .. 4 • 8 8 4 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. . . .. . . .. 0-4 .. 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 • 2 1 4 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 . . . . 1-6 1 1 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 0-2 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing . . .. . . .. . . . . 1-8 .. 1 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. •• •• •• •• 1 • 2 1 2 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 0-4 .. 3 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. •• •• •• 4-2 4 3 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair . . . . . . .. 5 • 2 12 4 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. 1-0 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. .. 1*4 4 2 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 6-0 3 2 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. •• •• 82-0 85 87 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. .. 31-4 22 37 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 13-8 10 14 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. •• •• •• 4-4 4 7 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. .. .. .. 164-2 128 128 43 -Fermented liquors and spirits . . .. .. ■ • • • • • 26-0 19 14 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 6-6 3 7 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. .. 23-4 10 9 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. .. 2-6 1 2 47 Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils; 42-8 63 19 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 57-8 71 04 perfumed soap 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 12-8 2 10 50 Miscellaneous .. .. • • • ■ • ■ • • ■ • • • 55-0 54 58