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

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PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. TWENTY-FOURTH 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 to submit my report in compliance with the requirements of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act. The year witnessed the commencement of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, which repealed the Act of 1908 consolidating the Act of 1889 and its Amendment of 1897. Patent laws were in operation in New Zealand for thirty years prior to 1890, but, as shown by Table M in the appendix, during that period only 4,160 applications were recorded, or an average of 138 per annum. From that time to the commencement of the present Act — i.e., twenty-three years and a half —27,419 applications were received, or a yearly average of 1,167. The totals for each year are given in Table E. The amount paid in fees in excess of that expended was, prior to 1890, about £16,000* ; and since that year, £59,100 ; or a total for the period the office has been in existence of approximately £75,100. It is not, however, by the number of applications received or the revenue derived from the office that the working of our patent laws must be judged. Their object is the promotion of our manufactures, and it is to the extent to which they accomplish that result that they are of value to the country. As the number of applications in proportion to the population is very high (17-2 per 10,000, as compared with 9 - 8 in Canada, 84 in Great Britain, 7'B in Australia, 6 - 9 in the United States, 69 in Germany, and 39 in Francef), there must necessarily be a large number of inventions patented of little if any use ; but, at the same time, there are many of value, and New Zealand owes a good deal not merely to inventors of other countries, but to its own inventors. They have contributed in no small measure to the present advanced condition of some of its more important industries, and will no doubt take an ever-increasing part in promoting the progress of the country. Invention has, however, to be fostered and encouraged to produce the most effective results, and if a greater part of the surplus of the office could be utilized in this direction, it would no doubt show a very satisfactory return. The industrial progress of the United Kingdom, and more especially the United States and Germany, is the result to a great extent of the assistance those countries have afforded their inventors ; and the increased activity shown in manufacture in Australia can be partly ascribed to the improvement in its patent practice. Besides printing all specifications in full and affording inventors other advantages, that country provides a staff which enables a more adequate inquiry to be made into the novelty of inventions than is possible with the staff at the disposal of this office — i.e., one for every 100 applications as compared with one for 250 in New Zealand. During the year the Act has been in operation it has worked smoothly, and appears to constitute a satisfactory advance in the law on the subject of patents, designs, and trade-marks. Referring to the new features which were set out in my last report, — As regards patents, — (a.) The provision for enabling the contents of two or more provisional specifications for inventions which are cognate or modifications one of another to be embodied in one complete specification ; and, in a lesser degree, (b.) The provision of a somewhat allied nature for the grant for improvements of patents of addition dating from the time of the original grant, and not being subject to renewal fees, seem to meet a want and to be likely in time to be availed of to a considerable extent.

* Prior to 1890 the expenses of the office were not kept separately, and the amount for that period Is an estimate only. f These figures are for the years 1910 and 1911, and are taken from a table compiled by the Commonwealth Patent Office.

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(c.) The section in the Act enabling the Court to make an order that when an invention is manufactured exclusively or mainly outside, and not to an adequate extent in, New Zealand, the patent shall not be infringed by any one manufacturing or vending the article in New Zealand, and thus restricting the patent to articles imported from abroad, does not come into effect until four years from the date of the patent and two years from the commencement of the Act on the Ist July, 1912, so no proceedings have yet been taken thereunder. Following the example of the English Patent Office, this Office has issued circulars to patentees calling their attention to the provision on the subject. (d.) For the first time the law makes provision for the Office investigating the novelty of inventions, and the question of the extent of the examination to be undertaken is receiving consideration. This Office, as hitherto, looks into the matter as far as possible with the staff available, but the examination it is able to make is at present very meagre, and inventors should endeavour to ascertain for themselves how far their inventions are new or not before applying for letters patent, (c.) The alteration in the fees has so far not materially affected the receipts, and will not do so for some little time yet. As to designs, —The provision for extending the term of five years under the old Act by five years, and, at the discretion of the Registrar, by a further five years, making fifteen years in all, and the substantial reduction effected in the fees, has not led to any very marked increase in the small number of registrations, and I think this form of protection can be regarded as of very little value except in manufacturing countries, and even there it does not appear to afford unmixed satisfaction. As to trade-marhs, —The widening of the definition of a registrable mark has enabled a number of marks to be registered, which, though capable of satisfactorily serving their purpose by distinguishing the goods to which they were applied, were not hitherto eligible. . . The Act also now enables marks which even do not come within the extended definition to be declared distinctive by the Court on its being satisfied that use or other circumstances has rendered them such, and. two cases which were brought before the Court were proceeded with in accordance with this provision. General. —All notices under the Act are now inserted in a separate Journal issued by the Office. This publication, without being any more costly, is a decided improvement on the special Supplement to the Gazette, in which the notices formerly appeared, and the printing, reproductions of the drawings, and the Journal generally reflect the greatest credit on the Government Printing Office. The Journal is sent to all libraries in New Zealand willing to keep it available for free public inspection, as well as to a number of similar institutions in Australia. Steps are also being taken to issue it to the leading libraries in Great Britain, the United States, and other countries, and it is expected that this Office will receive similar publications in exchange from those places which are not already furnishing them. Examination of Patent Agents. —ln accordance with the regulations under the Act, candidates are now examined by the Registrar and two other examiners appointed by the Minister. The Office is indebted to those gentlemen who formerly conducted the examination, as well as to those who have since kindly consented to act with the Registrar in the matter. PROCEEDINGS DURING THE YEAR. The total number of applications in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks was 2,560, of which 1,303 were received in the first half of the year, and 1,257 since the present Act came into force on the Ist July last. No appreciable difference is shown in the number of applications in the past three years, 2,695 being received in 1910, and 2,622 in 1911, as compared with 2,560 in 1912. The revenue, chiefly as the result of a slight increase in the initial fees, amounted to £6,756 7s. lid. in 1912, being an increase of £221 Is. lid., or 3 per cent, on the total for the previous year. Of the past year's total £3,249 Is. Bd. was received up to the 30th June, and £3,507 6s. 3d. since the commencement of the new Act on the Ist July. The expenditure, £2,989 3s. (of which £1,050 ss. Bd. was in respect of work by the Government Printing Office) exceeded the previous year's by £548 4s. 5d., the increase being chiefly due to printing, &c, in connection with the new Act, which is not recurring, to the unusually large number of English and other specifications bound during the year, and to extra clerical assistance. Details of the expenditure are given in Table A in the Appendix, and a summary of the levenue and expenditure for the last eight years in Table B. Patents. The number of applications for patents was 1,737, as compared with 1,740 for 1911; 972 (1,061)* being lodged with provisional specifications and 765 (679) with complete specifications, while 309 (346) complete specifications were lodged during the year for applications with which provisional specifications had already been filed. The total number of specifications for the year was 2,046 or 40 less than for 1911, a decrease of I' 9 per cent. Little variation is shown in the number of applications received during r recent years, and this has also been the case in England, Australia, and some other countries.

* Where figures are followed by others in parentheses the latter are those for the previous year (1911) throughout this report.

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The fees*m connection with patents totalled £5,543 10s. lid., being an increase of £266 4s. 2d. on the amount received in 1911. This increase, as will be seen from Table C, is chiefly accounted for by increase in the fee payable for filing. The applications received from women inventors numbered 54, as compared with 46 in 1911. |$|;!!|The number of applications for patents of addition was 5, and the number of cases in which complete specifications were filed in respect of cognate provisional specifications 6. Examination of Specifications. Though no special provision has yet been made for the examination provided for by the recent Act, a fair amount of useful work is done by the staff in this direction, with the results shown in the following statement: — Number of applications received from Ist June, 1911, to 31st May, 1912 (inclusive) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,763 Applications in respect of which amendment under section 5, or compliance with other formalities, required before acceptance .. . . .. 178 Applications in respect of which amendment on account of want of novelty required before acceptance .. .. .. .. . . 86 Not accepted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 173 Countries from which Applications are received. Residents of New Zealand lodged rather fewer applications in 1912 — i.e., 1,135, as compared with 1,180 in 1911. An increase is shown in the number of applications from the United Kingdom, 168 (140) ; United States of America, 118 (94) ; Germany, 25 (21) ; and France, 10 (6) ; while there is a decrease in the number from Australia, 240 (260). The number from each country for each of the last three years is set out in Table H. Subject-matter of Inventions. Reference to Table I will show that applications in respect of dairying (including milking-machines) continue to figure largely in the total number received, though there is a slight falling-off in the number recorded on this subject during the year as compared with the total for the previous twelve months. A very marked decrease is shown in connection with inventions for fibre-dressing, 34 (63). As a result of the adoption of the automatic telephone a number of inventions on this subject have recently been patented, here, increasing the total under "telegraphy and telephony " to 64 last year as compared with 31 in 1911. Increases are also shown in bottles and bottling, 27 (23); coin-freed mechanism, 7 (2); harness, 23 (15); indicating, 41 (27) ; and harvesting, 13 (6) ; while there were fewer applications received for medicines, 10 (34) ; railways and tramways, 40 (58) ; stationery, 37 (57) ; boots and shoes, 29 (59) ; advertising, 13 (29) ; buildings, 79 (101) ; engines, 93 (103) ; and furnaces, 27 (42). It is to be noted that while 20 applications were received under the heading " aeronautics " in 1910, the number fell to 10 in 1911 and to 8 in 1912. International Convention. The applications made in pursuance of the international and colonial arrangements still continue to increase, 152 being received last year, as compared with 134 in 1911 and 114 in 1910. Particulars of the countries from which the applications were received will be found in Table J. Restoration of Letters Patent. H Three applications for the restoration of lapsed patents were lodged and one patent restored during the year. Designs. Applications for designs numbered 44 in 1912, as compared with r 2lfin r 1911.1 The total, however, is less than that received in 1908 (79), 1909 (51), or 1910 (46);. but, as under the new Act the fees have been lowered and the term lengthened, this form of protection may possibly be gradually utilized to a greater extent as it becomes better known. It is to be noted that while only 15 were received for the first six months of the year, 29 were received after the new Act came into force. . Table C shows the fees paid and N the classes in which registration was effected during the year. Trade-marks. A decrease is shown in the number of applications received — i.e., 779 in 1912, as compared with 861 in 1911. The revenue under this head, particulars of which are given in Table C, amounts to £1,141 4s. 5d., or £66 17s. 4d. less than that for the previous year. Countries from which Applications received. Applications from residents of New Zealand numbered 303, as compared with 378 in 1911. From the United Kingdom 297 (268) applications were received, from Australia 64 (69), from the United States of America 66 (68), from Germany 19 (57), and from France 10 (6). A table (O) giving the number from various countries appears in the Appendix.

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Goods for which Trade-mark registered. The number of applications received in the various classes is shown in Table P. The largest number received for any one class is, as usual, for food substances in Class 42— i.e., 100—as compared with 125 in 1911. The principal classes showing an increase are Class 3 (medicines), 75 (64) ; Class 6 (machinery), 24 (18); Class 13 (metal goods), 36 (29) ; Class 22 (carriages), 22 (10) ; Class 45 (tobacco), 42 (19) : while a falling-off is shown in Class 4 (substances used in manufactures), 4 (17) ; Class 9 (musical instruments), 6 (11); Class 25 (cotton goods), 2 (11); Class 38 (clothing), 71 (84) ; Class 43 (fermented liquors and spirits), 26 (33); Class 44 (mineral and aerated waters), 6 (19). General. Opposition. Notice of opposition was given in 20 cases, and notice of appeal in 2 cases was lodged, but not proceeded with. Patent Agents or Attorneys. The name of one Patent Agent, a Solicitor, was added to the Register in 1912. The formation in New Zealand of an Institute of Patent Attorneys, of which I was advised during the ye.tr, should be the means of improving the status of the profession. Conclusion. The Appendix hereto contains the following tables and lists, viz. :— Page A. Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st December, 1912 .. 5 B. Table showing Revenue and Expenditure for each of the Last Eight Years .. 5 C. Particulars of Fees received from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1912 .. 6 D. Staff of Officers, and Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 E. Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks, recorded for the years 1890 to 1912 inclusive .. .. .. .. 7 F. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. .. .. .. 7 G. Table showing, over a Series of Years, the Number of Patents that were considered of Sufficient Value to be kept Alive by Payment of the Renewal Fees .. .. 8 H. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. .. .. .. 8 I. Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 9 J. Number of Applications received under the International and Colonial Arrangements showing the Country of Origin in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. 9 K. Applications pending at the End of 1912 .. .. .. .. 10 L. Patents in Force at End of Year 1912 .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 M. Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts .. .. 10 N. Designs— (1.) Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Fourteen Classes (under the Acts prior to the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911) to the end of 1908, and in the Years 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912 (Ist January to 30th June) respectively .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 (2.) Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist July to 31st December, 1912 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..11 0. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912 .. 11 P. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1910, 1911, 1912 .. .. .. .. .. ..12 Q. Institutions filing Patent Office Journal for Free Public Inspection .. 13 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. I of the Patent Office Journal. Patent Office, J. C. Lewis, Wellington, Ist September, 1913. Registrar.

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APPENDIX.

A.—Balance-sheet of Income and Expenditure for the Year Ended 31st December, 1912.

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

ncome. ixpem liture. 1st January 1st July to to 30th June. Slst December. Total. 1st January 1st July to to 30th June. Slst December. Total. 'atent fees )esign fees fees iale of Acts, Gazettes, Journal, Name Index, &c. £ s. d. 2,701 1 4 9 11 0 514 17 5 23 11 11 £ s. d. 2,842 9 7 8 13 6 626 7 0 29 16 2 £ s. d. 5,543 10 11 18 4 6 1,141 4 5 53 8 I Salaries Clerical assistance Copying specifications Fees to local patent officers .. Binding printed specifications, &c, presented to Office by other countries* Printing Patents Supplement to Gazette* Printing Patent Office Journal* Other printing and binding* .. Stationery Stamps Fees to Crown Law Office for revising regulations Bocks, patent laws, &c. Telephone Patent Office seal Payments refunded Subscription, United States specifications, 1910 and 1911 Incidental expenses Balance £ s. d. 556 8 0 217 12 9 25 6 0 57 17 6 £ s. d. 571 5 0 235 10 0 8 19 7 59 0 0 67 17 6 £ s. d. 1,127 13 0 453 2 9 34 5 7 116 17 6 67 17 6 402 17 6 758 11 0 59 14 3 18 0 5 19 0 0 10 10 0 355 13 6 164 2 11 25 13 8 26 10 0 5 5 0 223 17 2 43 14 1 45 10 0 15 15 0 7 5 0 4 0 0 6 8 8 4 0 0 14 0 6 33 2 0 12 10 0 13 13 8 8 0 0 14 0 6 36 2 0 25 0 0 3 0 0 12 10 0 1 8 8 1,853 11 7 3 14 7 1,913 13 4 5 3 3 3,767 4 11 6,756 7 11 3,249 1 8 3,507 6 3 6,756 7 11 3,249 1 8 3,507 6 3 * Printing and binding done and igures supplied by Government Printing iffice.

Year. L Receipts. Expenditure. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Expenditure. I Surplus. .905 906 .907 .908 £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. .. 4,970 2 6 2,297 9 8 2,672 12 10 .. 5,641 0 6 2,237 19 1 3,403 1 5 .. 5,916 4 6 2,602 4 10 3,313 19 8 .. 5,470 6 1 2,822 3 5 2,648 2 8 1909 1910 1911 1912 £ s. d. £ s. d. .. 6,014 12 2 2,822 15 i .. 6,314 9 11 2,669 9 5 .. 6,535 6 0 2,440 18.- 7 .. 6,756 7 11 2,989 3 0 £ s. d. 3,191 16 10 3,645 0 6 4,094 7 5 3,767 4 11

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1912.

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it January ti 30th June. 1st July to 31si December. Fees, each. Amount received. tH £ Fees, each. Amount received. Patents. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. Applications for patents with complete specifications Complete specifications left after provisional specifica- I - -, tions jjji | Notice of appeal to Supreme Court against decision of Registrar On application for extension of time for filing complete [^specification On grant of each extension On application for extension of time for acceptance of complete specification On grant of each extension for extension of time for payment of fees.. On grant of such extension On giving notice of opposition On extension of time for filing declarations in opposition £ s. d. £ s. d. 480 0 10 0 240 0 0 481 420 0 10 0 210 0 0 354 181 0 10 0 90 10 0 127 21 1 481 354 127 21 1 £ s. d. 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 £ s. d. 240 10 0 354 0 0 63 10 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 10 0 8 0 0 19 19 0 10 0 9 10 0 16 1 0 0 16 0 0 6 0 10 0 3 0 0 10s., £1, or£l 10s. 7"o 0 6 10 0 6 0 0 19 0 10 0 9 10 0 18 1 0 0 18 0 0 11 0 10 0 5 10 0 4 4 Ditto o 16' o 25"o 0 2"o 0 4 0 0 cases On hearing objections On request for sealing letters patent On request for sealing duplicate letters patent Renewal fees before end of fourth year Renewal fees before end of seventh year On application for restoration of lapsed patent On restoration of lapsed patent On application to amend specification For altering name or address on Register On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c, on Register Certificate re assignments, &c. On request to correct clerical error On registration as Patent Agent Certificates of Registrar On certifying copies of specifications and drawings Searches Copies of specifications and drawings Miscellaneous Patent Agents renewal fee .. 2200 400 8 390 2 0 0 780 0 0 396 1 108 5 0 0 540 0 0 150 63 10 0 0 630 0 0 43 : 3 1 4 10 0 4 0 0 5 2 36 0 10 0 18 0 0 57 8 396 1 150 43 3 1 5 2 57 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 8 0 0 792 0 0 2 0 0 750 0 0 430 0 0 6 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 28 10 0 21 0 10 0 10 10 0 16 8050 200 3 1110 110 2 0 10 0 10 0 61 0 1 0 3 10 57 281 0 10 19 1 0 318 81 17 2 0 12.. 2 16 3 57 318 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 i i o 4 0 0 0 15 0 14 5 0 15 18 0 35 19 7 2 2 0 2 2,701 14 2,842 9 7 Total .. £5,543 10s. 43 10s ?. lid. Designs. Applications for registration of designs 16 0 10 0 8 0 0 3 2 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 1 10 10 0 10 1 5s. and 2s. 6d. 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 5 0 6 15 0 1 10 0 o"i 0 0 2 6 o"s 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 52 (2).. On application to register subsequent proprietor, &c. .. Certificate re assignment On application for search (section 56) On application for search (Rule 46) Search On application for extension of time 9 11 0 8 13 6 Total .. £18 4s. 6d a. ! Tbade-aiabks. Applications for registration of trade-marks On notice of opposition On hearing On registration On renewal of registration On extension of time for payment of renewal fee On assignment of trade-mark On certificates of such assignments On amendment of trade-mark application .. ., On request to correct clerical error On altering address on Register On cancelling entry in Register On appeal to Court from decision of Registrar Extra space in Gazette or Journal Copy of trade-mark certificates Extension of time for completing registration Extension of time for filing opposition Certificates of Registrar Searches Search under Rule 82 Miscellaneous 391 0 5 0 97 15 0 392 3 10 0 3 0 0 2 :. • i 281 10 0 281 0 0 315 74 1 0 0 74 0 0 61 2 0 10 0 10 0 4 .. £1 and 2s. 29 8 0 52 0 5 0 13 0 0 8 3 6 0 5 0 1 10 0 1050 050 10 5 9 0 5 0 110 0 10 0 2 6 0 0 4 6 391 3 281 74 2 52 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 £1 and 2s. 0 5 0 0 5 0 196 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 315 0 0 61 0 0 2 0 0 21 6 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 7 6 0 0 4 0 6 1 1 1 7 6 0 0 4 0 1 0 $ 3 10 0 0 5 0 4 16 0 8 5 0 4 0 5 0 10 0 1 181 0 1 0 9 10 96 66 0 2 11 4 181 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 3 10 0 0 5 0 4 16 0 8 5 0 514 17 5 626 7 0 626 7 0 Totel . 5d. .. SI, 41 4i

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D,—Staff of Officers, and Salaries. £ s. d. Begistrar* ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 475 0 0 Deputy Begistrar Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 180 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 170 0 0 Cadet ... ... ... ... ... ' ... ... 60 0 0 Librarian ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Office-cleaner ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 0 0 £1,298 0 0 * Also Registrar of Copyright, nil. ■

E.—Total Number of Applications for Patents, and Registration of Designs and Trademarks, recorded for the Years 1890 to 1912 inclusive.

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

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 Q1Q J 1 Jan .-30 June vlji \ 1 July-31 Dec 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 1,745 1,618 1,527 1,705 1,831 1,740 904) 833} 5 4 10 1 15 14 27 13 10 12 15 18 28 26 24 54 36 57 79 51 46 21 15) 29 f 160 225 290 325 347 254 279 361 343 328 348 379 412 447 592 607 702 684 685 703 818 861 384| 395 J 781 818 906 951 1,118 1,084 1,298 1,467 1,374 1,332 1,372 1,511 1,871 2,077 2,099 2,262 2,483 2,359 2,291 2,459 2,695 2,622 1,3031 1,257f

Number of Applis cations with which >h Complete Specifications lodged. Number of Appli- , cations with which PP,' Provisional Specifica- 0 W '."i tions lodged. S P eclfi< B sequer mber of cations for Complete ;ations subitly lodged. Numbei cations i laps ref c of Appliibandoned, sed, or 'used. Num. Patents >er of sealed. Total Number of Applications. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 N.Z. 242 187 202 198 278 229 ' 299 217 199 182 160 199 163 205 200 215 230 221 221 233 250 245 258 Foreign. 207 207 191 1.78 166 201 275 303 305 297 321 353 357 368 321 355 405 456 365 407 443 434 507 N.Z. 107 126 160 197 251 307 318 444 419 382 441 459 767 859 754 827 866 748 792 892 990 935 877 Foreign. 60 69 53 52 61 79 100 129 98 131 87 103 144 172 208 204 244 193 149 173 148 126 95 N.Z. 27 29 40 51 69 75 68 87 102 84 9.7 119 274 238 198 222 227 160 211 197 254 Foreign. 17 25 16 24 16 34 33 41 29 55 36 28 65 54 74 86 100 88 79 99 75 * N.Z. 202 191 237 262 352 403 439 481 447 409 452 458 690 801 700 783 843 748 741 862 Foreign. 50 50 43 30 51 51. 75 95 70 82 59 76 86 116 154 142 175 145 107 108 N.Z. 147 122 125 133 173 133 185 181 172 155 149 200 240 263 254 259 253 221 272 263 Foreign. 217 226 201 200 176 229 293 336 332 346 349 380 415 424 375 417 474 504 407 472 * 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 1,745 1,618 1,527 1,705 1,831 1,740 1,737 * * * * * I L'hese figure is are neci issarily inoi implete, as the time for proceeding further with the applications has not yofe lire' 1.

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G.—Table showing, over a Series of Years, the Number of Patents that were considered of Sufficient Value to be kept alive by Payment of the Renewal Fees.

H. —Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912.

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Year. Number of Applications received. Number of Complete Specifications received. v. , , Number of Number of LeuTs Patent Patents on which Patents l o Second-term on which sealea - Fee paid. Final Fee paid. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 616 589 606 625 756 816 992 1,093 1,021 992 1,009 1,114 1,431 1,604 1,483 1,601 1,745 1,618 1,527 493 448 449 451 529 539 675 648 635 618 614 699 859 865 793 878 962 925 876 364 348 326 333 349 362 478 517 504 501 498 580 655 687 629 676 727 725 679 80 78 84 99 88 113 118 136 138 199 172 200 209 229 209 231 238 231 222 37 23 37 47 31 45 53 49 58 90 71 91 104 95 89 108

1910. 1911. 1912. I 1910. I 1911. 1912. tfew Zealand Argentina Austria Belgium Canada Jape Colony Jo ok Islands Denmark 1,240 5 1,180 2 2 1,135 1 1 Portugal Peru Queensland .. Rhodesia Russia South Australia Spain Sweden Switzerland .. Tasmania Transvaal United Kingdom United States Victoria Western Australia Straits Settlements 1 1 7 'l2 4 19 15 1 11 12 1 1 19 1 6 1 3 8 150 120 128 7 4 6 1 6 6 21 6 France Jermany Jungary !ndia '.taly tfexioo Jew South Wales 3 4 15 1 3 10 25 2 2 1 85 6 5 1 4 6 140 94 124 6 3 4 3 7 4 168 118 116 11 2 94 1 108 Jo r way Note.—A few applicat: iherefore total more than tb ions were ie actual : received from joint lumber of applicatio: ipplicants resident in different countries; the figures will is received.

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I. —Table showing Number of Applications for the Different Classes of Inventions for each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912.

J.-Number of Applications received under the International and Colonial Arrangements, showing the Country of Origin, in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912.

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Class. 1910. 1911. 1912. Class. 1910. 1911. ; 1912. Advertising and displaying, signs, &c. 17 17 29 13 Illuminating (except gas-manufac-ture) Indicating, calculating, and measuring (including moisture-testers) 29 29 29 Aeronautics Amusements, musio, exercisers, games, &c. Attaching and securing (including bolts, ties, &c.) 20 39 20 39 18 10 44 8 43 35 27 41 18 23 20 Kitchen utensils and cookingappliances (including ovens) 41 52 32 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) 14 74 30 40 6 13 14 74 30 40 6 13 39 25 28 9 59 23 53 2 19 13 29 27 45 1 10 Lifting, hauling, and loading Locks, latches, and hinges 21 27 23 28 23 Marine and submarine (including lake and river engineering) Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) Medicines and surgical appliances (including ear-instruments, dental work, &c.) Metal-working (including welding, stamping, and plating) Milking-machines * Minerals (including filtration, lixiviation, screens, &o.) Ditto (magnetic separators) (stampers and pulverizers) .. 27 32 41 27 13 12 34 10 10 39 25 41 27 28 28 19 15 19 28 83 23 40 69 31 72 28 Chemicals Cleaning, polishing, &c. Closets and urinals Coin-freed mechanism Cooling and freezing Cultivating and tilling Cutting and sawing, and tools 8 13 20 4 18 32 38 8 13 20 4 18 32 38 33 29 25 2 10 33 83 18 15 19 7 11 32 69 1 4 1 1 *3 Oils and lubricators 17 19 9 Dairying* .. .. Drains and sewers Dredging and excavating (including rock-drills) Drying .. 110 1 19 110 1 19 10 43 5 11 32 4 12 Paints and painting Pipes, tubes, and hose Preserving Presses Printing and photography Pumps and sprayers (except rotary pumps) 8 20 9 4 14 25 11 18 8 1 20 21 8 15 6 3 28 12 10 15 16 Electricity and magnetism Engines (air, gas, and oil) „ (steam), including rotary pumps (miscellaneous and engineaccessories) including— Current motors, Solar motors, Tide motors, Wave motors, Windmills, Miscellaneous motors Explosives, firearms, and targets .. Exterminating (including trapping) animals 35 18 39 59 17 21 35 18 39 59 27 31 25 47 11 34 19 29 Railways and tramways Roads and ways (including roadwatering) Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and threshing Seed-sowers Sewing and knitting Sheep and cattle (including veterinary appliances) Sheep shearing and clipping Shop and hotel fittings Stationery and paper 52 7 18 13 7 26 58 4 16 2 14 31 40 8 7 6 9 24 16 18 13 16 10 14 48 7 25 57 6 6 37 Fencing (strainers) .. .. i Fibre-dressing (including ropemaking) Filters Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and extinguishers Food .. Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- j consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, blinds, curtains, &c. 16 18 70 6 19 6 25 54 32 17 03 30 6 34 Telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs) Tobacco .. ... 23 31 64 5 7 10 6 11 3 15 Valves and cocks Vehicles „ (velocipedes) Ventilating 13 43 45 6 8 47 46 1 16 43 50 5 12 42 9 27 50 51 Washing and cleansing Water-supplying Wearing-apparel Wools and hides 20 7 57 9 25 8 75 8 32 1 69 9 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heating, or power purposes 29 46 29 Miscellaneous inventions not in other classes, as indiarubber manufacture, fishing-appliances, &o. 10 11 3 Harness (including horse, &c, covers) Harvesting and grading .. .. | Heating and fuel-manufacture .. . 30 7 31 15 23 13 36 6 23 NOTE.—Owing to some inventions being ch ictual number of applications received. ♦ Prior to 1911 milking-machines were inch issifled inder in ore than one heading, the figures will total rather more ;han the ided in ;lass Da iryiug, but are uow a separate class.

Country. 1.910. 1911. . 1912. Country. 1910. 1911. 1912. .ustralia. .ustria telgium 'ranee 47 66 2 5 1 50 i Great Britain 1 Norway 2 Spain 6 Switzerland 12 United States of America 49 1 52 : 65 3 1 2 14 8 1 12 i-ermany

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X. —Applications pending? at End of 1912. Total, 5 1,387. L. —Patents in Force at End of Year 1912. Patents sealed from 31st December, 1908 to 31st December, 1912 .. 1,987 Second-term fees paid from 31st December, 1909, to 31st December, 1912 . . 711 Third-term fees paid from 31st December, 1905 to 31st December, 1912 .. 644 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 3.342

M. —Table showing Total Number of Applications, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts.

N. —Designs.—(1.) Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Fourteen Classes (under the Acts prior to the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911) to the end of 1908, and in the Years 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912 (1st January to 30th June) respectively.

Total Number of Applications. Number on which Letters Patent have been sealed. Number of Patents in Force until End of Fourteen Years. Act of 1860 ... ... 1861 to 1870 1870 ... ... 1871 to 1883 1883 ... ... 1884 to 1889 Acts of 1889 and 1908 1890 to 30th June. 1912 Act-of 1911 ... ... 1st July to 31st December, 1912 109 881 3,170 27,419 832 109 687 1,757 12,177* 32* 109 465 368 1,052* * Grand totals 32,411 14,762* 1,994* * Incomplete.

Number of App] ications. Class. Goods. 1890 to the End of 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912 (1 Jan. to 30 June) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Articles made of — Metal (except those in Class 2) Jewellery Wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, &c. Glass, earthenware, porcelain, bricks, tiles, and cement Paper (except hangings) Leather (including bookbinding) Paperhangings Carpets, rugs, floorcloths, &c. Lace, hosiery Millinery and wearing-apparel (including boots, <fcc.).. Ornamental needlework on muslin and other fabrics. . Goods not in other classes. . Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls 155 35 129 17 55 2 3 13 1 14 2 9 1 26 3 8 2 3 I 8 6 6 8 2 1 2 39 8 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 • • Total 448 51 46 21 Grand total—1890 to end of 1911 .. 566

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(2.) Table showing Number of Applications in each of the Sixteen Classes under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, from Ist July to 31st December, 1912. Glass 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, not included in Class 2 16 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. . . . 5 Class 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, bricks, tiles, or cement, or in which such materials predominate . . .. .. .. . . ..... Class s. —Articles composed wholly of paper (except paperhangings), cardboard, millboard, or strawboard, or in which such materialspredominate .. .. .. .. ..4 Class 6. —Articles composed wholly of leather or in which leather predominates, and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. . . .. .. . . . . .... Class 7. —Paperhangings . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .... Class 8. —Carpets and rugs in all materials, floorcloths, and oilcloths Class 9. —Lace .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .... Class 10. —Hosiery .. .. . . . . .. .. .. .. .... Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel, including boots and shoes . . .. . . .. 1 Class 12. —Ornamental needlework on muslin or other textile fabrics . . . . .... Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 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 or shawls) being checks or stripes .. . . . . . . .. .. . . .: . . 1 Class 16. —Goods not included in other classes . . .. .. ... . . ....

O. —Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and other Countries in each of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912.

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1910. 1911. 1912. 1910. 1911. 1912. New Zealand Austria Belgium Canada Cape Colony Cuba 335 7 1 4 2 2 378 303 3 1 6 New South Wales Norway Portugal Queensland . . Russia Sweden Switzerland . . Tahiti Transvaal United Kingdom United States Victoria Western Australia 58 2 1 1 1 45 2 41 6 6 3 Denmark 3 6 57 2 1 10 19 2 1 1 8 1 4 5 2 France Germany Holland 4 15 26 250 65 39 1 268 68 23 1 1 297 66 20 Hungary India Italy Japan 1 1 1 1 Note.—A few applications i ;otal more than the actual num.' pere received from persons givi] >er of applications received. ig addresses in two or more com itrios ; the figures wil therefore

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P. —Number of Applications to Register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes, ineach of the Years 1910, 1911, and 1912.

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Classes. Classification of Goods. 1910. 1911. CO .912.* 9 c I (Jhemical 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 pharmac}' 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 usoful purposes; instruments and apparatus for teaching Musical instruments Horological instruments . . .. .. Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals Cutlery and edge-tools .. Motal goods not included in other classes Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) 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 ; (b) 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 26, 27, and 50 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing Silk piece-goods Other silk goods not 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 gutta-percha 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, detorgents ; 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 . . 56 31 11 13 24 2 31 32 9 14 23 3 4 52 4 64 17 43 2 32 2 75 4 5 6 16 25 16 18 4 12 13 12 17 24 7 8 6 15 10 14 3 8 6 2 9 10 9 10 11 4 6 4 11 6 6 3 3 1 3 1 6 4 1 12 13 14 9 26 10 12 29 3 4 20 8 5 16 1 9 36 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 2 5 6 8 7 . 7 5 3 3 5 2 4 6 2 4 5 6 4 8 2 1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 22 2 9 1 1 1 10 7 10 11 7 2 13 .6 5 2 9 3 5 22 9 10 I i 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 1 2 8 9 3 2 15 5 3 1 6 1 6 2 1 3 4 1 12 2 1 5 10 7 2 38 39 40 59 27 23 84 27 6 30 7 4 11 10 3 71 17 7 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 2 128 25 9 23 2 77 5 125 33 19 19 1 58 3 19 14 2 2 3 29 1 51 12 4 40 2 26 4 100 26 6 42 5 55 48 22 25 21 25 46 49 50 1 79 3 66 4 36 1 17 5 53 * The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1911, came into force o: 1st Jul; ', 1912.

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