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F. Number of Applications for Patents prom Persons in New Zealand and in other Countries in each op the Years .1939 to 1947 (inclusive) Country. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. New Zealand 701 665 605 536 520 745 868 911 812 Argentina 2 1 10 8 l 9 2 Austria 1 1 1 Australia 151 97 87 61 57 112 163 395 175 Belgium 6 2 4 3 2 2 5 5 Brazil 1 Canada 9 4 6 5 7 6 5 13 15 Ceylon 1 Czechoslovakia 4 1 1 Denmark 3 1 5 14 20 Egypt.. 1 2 Eire 1 1 2 Federated Malay States 4 *2 Fiji 1 Finland 1 1 France 39 io 1 1 17 22 40 Germany 102 13 3 1 1 Greece 1 Great Britain 356 209 207 229 349 495 741 881 870 Hungary 2 5 2 India 1 3 Italy 4 5 "2 "7 Japan 1 Luxembourg 1 1 56 Netherlands .. 50 11 2 48 Netherlands East Indies I 1 Netherlands West Indies 24 5 3 1 Norway 1 1 2 4 8 Palestine 1 "l Panama 1 Poland 2 "2 Portugal 1 Roumania 1 2 1 Southern Rhodesia Spain 1 1 i9 Sweden 13 3 1 2 "4 1 13 11 Switzerland 6 5 1 2 5 10 15 21 Thailand 1 i2 *6 Union of South Africa 9 5 2 3 5 4 14 United States of America 348 237 268 258 423 662 806 673 689 Totals 1,821 1,277 1,214 1,104 1,384 2,045 2,651 3,025 2,753