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

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1928. NEW ZEALAND.

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

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

I have the honour, in accordance with section 128, to submit my report on the administration of the Act during the past year. The total receipts in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks was £12,642 2s. 6d., representing an increase of £216 Is. lOd. over the sum of £12,426 Os. Bd. received in 1926. The question of expenditure has been closely watched, and £448 14s. lid. less has been spent in 1927 than in the previous year. The surplus of receipts over payments for 1927 is £7,254 15s. 5d., being £664 16s. 9d. in excess of the surplus for 1926. The total surplus of the Office since the beginning of 1890 is £142,098 lis. 6d. The applications for grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks received by the Office during the year totalled 3,522, which is higher than the total number of applications received in 1926, and also higher than the average total applications received in the years 1922 to 1926 (inclusive). Considering the commercial depression that has been very generally felt in various parts of the world, it is a matter for congratulation that the number of applications has shown so little fluctuation. This comparatively small degree of fluctuation may be regarded as an indication that those concerned in industry and trade view the future with confidence. International Convention foe the Protection op Industrial Property. As a result of the recent International Conference at The Hague with reference to the Protection of Industrial Property, an Act has lately been passed in Great Britain to enable effect to be given to the revised Convention, and the question of introducing legislation here corresponding with the recent British Act is now under consideration. Among the questions raised at the Conference was the proposal by France that the term of a patent applied for with a claim for priority under the Convention should be calculated as if it were an original patent, without taking into account the date of the prior foreign patent on which the claim for priority was based. The proposal was opposed by the British and Australian delegations and was consequently not adopted by the Conference. These delegations, however, declared that they would recommend their respective Governments to consider the question of amending the patent law in respect of Convention applications. In pursuance of this recommendation, the British Dating of Patents Committee, which was set up to go into this question, reported in May, 1927. As the dating problem in New Zealand is closely connected with the dating problem in Great Britain, considerable weight must attach to the Committee's report, extracts from which are set out hereunder " Article 4 of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Washington on the 2nd June, 1911, provides, inter alia, that any person who has duly applied for a patent in one of the contracting countries, or his legal representative or assignee, shall enjoy, for the purposes of registration in the other contracting countries (but reserving the rights of third parties), a right of priority during a period of twelve months. Such right of priority is given* in the United Kingdom by section 91 of the Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 and 1919, and a patent granted upon an application made under this section is ante-dated to the date of application in the country of origin. In the case of an ordinary application for a British patent not claiming priority under the Convention the patent is dated as of the date of application in this country, in accordance withf section 13 of the Acts. The great majority of the other countries belonging to the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property make no such distinction, the date given to all patents, whether granted upon applications claiming priority of date under the Convention or not, being either the date of application in the country where protection is sought or some later date, such as the date of publica-

* in New Zealand by Section 144 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22. f Section 15 of the New Zealand Act.

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tion of the specification or of issue of the patent. The period of priority rights is, therefore, not included in the actual term of the patent; such rights come into question only when some dispute arises as to the novelty or as to the priority of the invention. This difference in practice has been discussed at Conferences of the International Union. At the Conference held at Washington in 1911 a proposal was submitted by France that the duration of a patent granted upon an application claiming priority of date under the Convention should date from the date of the application for the patent in the country where protection was sought, and not from the date of application in the country of origin. In Committee, the French proposal was in substance carried, Great Britain alone voting against it. The British opposition being maintained in the full Conference, the French proposal was not adopted, but the British delegates made a declaration that they would submit to His Majesty's Government proposals with a view to giving satisfaction to the Conference on this point. His Majesty's Government, on consideration of the question, came to the conclusion that if the term of British patents were extended the complaint referred to in the delegates' report would be substantially met. Consequently the normal term for British patents was extended from fourteen to sixteen years by the Patents and Designs Act, 1919." The Committee examined a number of different systems, and arrived at the conclusion that no change was desirable in the existing patent practice in the United Kingdom as to the dating and sealing of patents. It was, however, pointed out that if it should be considered expedient to make a change in the British practice it was advisable that such change should be limited to an alteration in the term of the patent so that the fixed portion of the term of the patent in respect of any application would commence from the date of filing the complete specification. The effect of such recommendation, considered in terms of the New Zealand Act, would be that any application made under section 15 or section 144 would commence not, as at present, from the filing of the application in New Zealand or in the Convention country respectively, but from the filing of the complete specification in New Zealand. The period between the date of the application in the country of origin and the date of the application in New Zealand would thus be added to the monopoly period in the case of an application under section 144 of the New Zealand Act. The Committee expressed the view, however, that such a change should not be made unless the agreement of the other Convention countries could be obtained to the abolition in such countries of third-party rights and rights of personal possession arising after the date of application in the country of origin, and possibly also to concessions in respect of other matters unsuccessfully brought forward by the British delegates at the Washington and Hague Conferences of the International Union. In all the circumstances, lam of opinion that the conclusions of the Committee must be endorsed, and I cannot, therefore, at present recommend any alteration of the law relating to the dating of applications for patents in New Zealand. Patents. The number of applications received in respect of patents during the year 1927 was 2,052, as against 2,137 in the preceding year. The number of provisional specifications lodged with applications was 1,147 (1,153),* and in 905 (984) cases a complete specification accompanied the application. During the year the number of cases in which a complete specification was left in respect of an application for which a provisional specification had been previously filed was 301 (322). The number of applications up to the 31st December, 1927, totalled 59,806, and the number of patents in force on that date was 7,856, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1924, to the 31st December, 1927, 3,355 and 1,934 respectively ; sixth-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1917, to the 31st December, 1927, 2,470 ; seventh-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1918, to the 31st December, 1927, 97. The receipts from various sources on account of patents was £9,061 3s. 3d., as against £9,137 16s. lOd. for the previous year. The number of lapsed patents restored to the register was 6 (8), and 2 (1) patents were sealed after the prescribed time. The fees paid under these two heads amounted to £178 10s. 6d. (£2Ol 10s.). The provisions under the amending Act enabling patents to be endorsed " Licenses of Right " was availed of in 5 (13) cases. There has been a fairly large increase in the number of inventions recorded in the classes relating to electricity and magnetism, 153 (123) ; fibre-dressing, 36 (24) ; kauri-gum, 16 (6) ; and tools, 73 (63). Increases also took place in the classes relating to dairying, 51 (46), and furniture, 67 (58) ; while there has been a decline in the number of inventions recorded in connection with milking machinery, 42 (62), vehicles, 232 (274), and internal-combustion engines, 50 (73). A large number of applications continue to be received in respect of telephony and telegraphy, chiefly in connection with wireless systems, though inventions relating to these systems show a slight falling off compared with the previous year, 142 (176). Applications in other classes of invention show but little variation. Designs. The number of applications for registration of designs lodged during 1927 was 145. This number is 59 less than in 1926, and also less than in any year since 1921, when there were 141 applications. The total number of applications up to the 31st December, 1927, was 2,531, and the number of registrations in force on that date was 883, of which 34 had been extended for the second term and 5 had been extended for the third term. The number of applications received from persons resident in New Zealand was 93 (104) ; 38 (66) were from Great Britain, 7 (24) from Australia, 4 (9) from the United States of America, while 3 (0) were received from France.

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Trade-marks. In the report for last year reference was made to the effect on trade-mark activity of the trade depression then being experienced in many countries throughout the world. The opinion was, however, expressed that in the ensuing year there would be a return to more normal conditions. It is therefore satisfactory to note that the number of trade-mark applications for 1927 has exceeded the average for the years 1922-26 by 115. The total number of applications was 1,325, being 182 in excess of the number for the preoeeding year. The amount paid in respect of fees was £3,370 175., showing an increase of £282 15s. over 1926. The applications received from persons resident in New Zealand numbered 460 (451) ; 284 (259) were received from residents in Great Britain and 189 (223) from the United States of America. Applications from the Australian States were as follows : New South Wales, 66 (75) ; Victoria, 66 (59) ; Queensland, 0 (4). There were 10 (27) from Canada and 202 (24) from Germany. The increase in the number received from Germany ,is due to a group of over 170 applications by a large German chemical-manufacturing concern. The number of applications from persons resident within the British Empire (including New Zealand) totalled 892, as compared with 877 for 1926 and 996 for 1925, being 67-32 per cent, of the number of applications for the year. The number of applications received up to the 31st December, 1889, was 1,213. From that date to the 3lst December, 1927, 26,016 applications were lodged, giving a total of 27,229. Applications were greatest in number in the following classes of goods : " Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical research, and anti-corrosives " (Class 1), 132 (41) ; " Articles of clothing " (Class 38), 115 (74); and " Substances used as food or as ingredients in food " (Class 42), 203 (170). Patent Agents. One name was added to the register during the year, making the total number of names twenty. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1927. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Pees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1927, together with the Corresponding Figures for the years 1925 and 1926. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1927 (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 1926 and 1927, together with the Average for the Years 1921-25 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1926 and 1927, together with the Average for the Years 1921-25 (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, 1927 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1925, 1926, and 1927. 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 1926 and 1927, together with the Average for the Years 1921-25 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1926 and 1927, together with the Average for the Years 1921-25 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. Patent Office, Wellington, 25th June, 1928.

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APPENDIX. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1927. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ a. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9,061 3 3 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,243 710 Design fees .. .. .. .. 117 9 0 Salaries (non-permanent) .. .. 333 13 2 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,370 17 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 29 5 0 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 92 13 3 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 62 15 7 Office fittings, &c. .. .. .. 12 4 8 Postage .. .. .. .. 77 7 11 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,561 18 1 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 2 12 5 Contingencies .. .. .. 5 13 8 Refunds .. .. ... .. 58 8 9 Balance .. .. .. .. 7,254 15 5 £12,642 2 6 £12,642 2 6 H. T. Atkinson, Registrar. 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.—G-. F. C. Campbell, 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, 1927, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1925 and 1926.

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II Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. | Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. 1918 8,175 19 0 2,831 9 1 5,344 9 11 | 1923 11,667 18 5 4,809 8 li 6,858 9 *6 1919 9,345 1 2 3,373 6 9 5,971 14 5 1924 12,470 19 6 5,182 15 4 7,288 4 2 1920 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1921 9,857 1 10 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 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

1925.* 1926.* 1927. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,110 0 0 1,164 19 6 1,156 1 9 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,924 0 0 1,976 0 0 1,802 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 564 0 0 644 0 0 602 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 187 15 0 168 9 6 174 4 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 4 10 0 500 300 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 200 200 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,051 0 0 1,253 0 0 1,092 9 6 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 600 8100 36 00 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 1,974 0 0 1,857 19 9 1,997 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 1,826 0 0 1,512 0 0 1,688 16 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 20 0 0 26 0 0 24 10 6 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 93 0 0 161 0 0 118 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on register .. 70 0 0 114 10 0 174 10 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 250 210 0 2150 Certificates of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 0 0 29 10 0 36 7 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 40 6 6 49 14 3 40 8 7 Patent Agents'renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 39 18 0 39 18 0 46 4 0 Application for registration as Patent Agent .. .. .. 330 330 3 3 0 Searches .. .. .. .. .. •. .. 38 18 9 42 19 0 35 4 8 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 14 00 400 800 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 4 10 0 750 0 10 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " .. 200 1300 1 00 Advertising in Journal under Supreme Court Rules .. .. .. .. .. 1100 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. .. 050 050 Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. •• . • •• 7 12 0 520 Copies of documents, &c... .. .. .. .. .. •• .. 030 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. . • •. 3 17 2 17 16 10 9 19 3 9,061 3 3 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1925 and 1926 see reports for those years respectively.

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C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1927, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1925 and 1926—continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications foe Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1927 (inclusive).

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—" ~ I I 1925.* 1926.* j 1927. Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs .. .. .. .. 90 15 0 86 0 0 64 5 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. . . 28 0 0 21 0 0 36 19 6 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. . . 10 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. .. 056 0 10 0 126 Searches (Office) .. . . . . .. .. . . 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 7 0 Assignment of designs .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 1100 0 10 0 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. .. .. 150 080 050 Certificate of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 .. 050 Change of name.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 Applications for extension of time . . . . . . .. .. 10 0 15 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. .. 050 050 117 9 0 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. .. .. .. ..... I 992 5 0 855 4 2 997 0 6 On registration . . .. .. .. .. .. ..! 1,706 15 11 897 15 6 1,072 14 0 On association .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2100 1120 23 60 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. .. 1,044 14 9 1,005 9 0 840 17 8 Applications for extension of time . . . . .. . . 44 15 0 25 5 0 9 0 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 13 46 1100 900 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 600 200 600 On assignment of trade-marks .. .. . . .. . . 132 5 0 140 4 0 272 9 0 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 4110 100 3 10 0 On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 15 0 2 15 0 200 Extra space in Journal .. .. . . .. .. .. 25 10 0 10 17 0 29 3 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. .. 1 70 0120 090 On request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. I 420 2 19 0 10 80 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. j 380 720 570 Certificates of Registrar .. .. . . .. . . . . 19 15 0 23 0 0 19 19 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. .. .. .. .. 33 10 6 46 19 6 34 10 6 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 19 0 23 10 6 20 9 6 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 400 2100 450 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. .. .. 0100 150 0150 Alteration of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 350 500 100 Request to strike out goods .. . . .. .. . 0 10 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 300 500 400 On entry of memorandum of trade-mark .. .. .. .. 1 150 050 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 021 52 1 38 10 3,370 17 0 * For a complete, analysis of fees received in 1925 and 1926 see reports for those years respectively.

I I I Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. | Total. | Year. Patents. | Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1910 1,831 46 818 2,695 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1911 1,740 21 861 2,622 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1926 i 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522

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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 1926 and 1927, together with the Average for the Years 1921-25 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which j which Complete abandoned, p . . , Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica-1Specifications sub- lapsed, or aten s sealed. rp 0 t a i cations lodged. tions lodged. j sequently lodged. refused. Number i : : : : : 1 • __ of tH New Zea- I New Zea- New Zea- M .8 New Zea- J New Zea-1 J Applicaland or Other land or Other land or £ land or 5 land or ' jjj 5 ions. Depend- j Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- q § Depend- § Depend- j — § encies, Ac. j encies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &o. g encies, &c. 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 I 704 88 245 39 540 72 284 442 1,389 1919 200 685 1 906 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 | ... 2,046 1926 180 804 1,058 95 283 41 ' ... 2,137 1927 153 752 1,028 119 2,052 | I 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.

1921-25. 1926. 1927. 1921-25. 1926. 1927. : I New Zealand .. 1,271-6 1,428 1,204 Java .. .. 0-2 Argentine Republic . 2-6 2 .. Kenya .. .. 0-2 Austria .. .. 1-2 2 .. Mexico .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Belgium .. .. 5-2 7 10 Netherlands .. 11-6 9 10 Canada .. . . 16-0 14 32 New South Wales . . 117-2 139 106 Cuba .. .. 0-4 .. 1 Northern Nigeria . . 0-2 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1-4 2 2 Norway .. 2-2 3 4 Denmark .. .. 8-4 9 5 Queensland.. .. 20-0 17 17 Egypt .. . • 0-2 .. 1 Russia .. .. 0-2 Federated Malay States .. .. 1 South Australia .. 16-4 18 30 Finland .. .. 0-2 .. .. Spain .. .. 0-2 .. 2 Fiji.. .. .. 1 •• Sweden .. ..6-6 6 7 France .. • • 14-6 28 33 Switzerland .. 5-0 9 7 Friendly Islands . . 0-2 .. .. Tasmania .. .. 6-0 9 8 Germany .. .. 15-8 27 39 Union of South Africa 6-4 6 1 Great Britain .. 265-4 397 332 United States of 184-6 187 183 Hawaii .. .. 0-4 .. .. America Hungary .. .. 0-4 1 1 Victoria .. .. 122-8 124 j 133 India .. .. 1-0 1 4 Western Australia .. 10-2 12 1 Italy .. . • 8-2 8 1 Western Samoa .. .. 1 Japan .. .. 1-2 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.

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G. —Number of Applications foe Patents for the Different Classes or Inventions in each of the Years 1926 and 1927, together with the Average for the Years 1921-25 (inclusive).

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I i I I I Classi 1921-25 1926. 1927. ,| Class. 1921-25 1926. 1927. Advertising and displaying signs, 27'6 36 33 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 69-8 70 64 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. .. 7'4 4 3 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 79'2 51 65 Amusements, music, exercisers, 81 2 72 76 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 72-6 52 30 Kitchen utensils and cooking- 75-6 56 66 boles, r.ies, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 14-4 19 7 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 55 6 66 35 Boots and shoes .. .; .. 39 6 38 32 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 39-6 28 39 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 28-8 35 27 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 105-6 71 71 Marine and submarine (including 31-0 20 13 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 27-0 12 16 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 23-Si 15 17 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 11*2 4 11 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 42-0 27 32 Building-construction .. .. 53-4 47 39 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 79 6 52 44 work, &c.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 40-0 33 36 ing) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 37-6 26 23 Milking-machines* .. .. 96-8 62 42 doors) Minerals (inoluding filtration, lixi- 28-4 15 18 viation, screens, &o.) Ohemioals .. .. .. 43 6 40 20 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-8 1 1 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 28 6 24 17 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-0 4 4 Closets and urinals .. .. 26-6 22 26 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 2-6 6 12 Oils and lubricators .. .. 38-4 35 32 Cooling and freezing .. .. 27 4 18 21 Cultivating and tilling .. .. 50 4 58 36 Paints and painting (inoluding 29-8 6 16 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 87-2 63 73 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 29-0 29 30 Dairying* .. .. .. 63-8 46 51 Preserving .. .. .. 17"6 10 11 Drains and sewers .. .. 8-6 6 7 Presses .. .. .. 12'6 6 7 Dredging and excavating (including 16-8 10 17 Printing and photography .. 35*6 29 32 rock-drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 33-2 20 28 Drying .. .. .. .. 24-4 23 18 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 132-2 123 153 Railways and tramways.. .. 63-8 41 44 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 76'2 73 50 Roads and ways (including road- 16-6 18 31 Engines (steam), including rotary 19'8 17 9 watering) pumps Engines (miscellaneous and engine 95-2 67 51 Seed-dressing, chafi-cutting, and ll'O 3 9 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. 6-4 18 25 wave motors, wind-mills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 23-2 12 9 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 36 0 21 25 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 6-6 5 4 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 32-6 30 14 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 8-4 13 15 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 22 6 12 20 Stationery and paper .. .. 57'0 31 52 Fencing .. .. .. 22-0 17 28 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 7'0 3 8 Telephony and telegraphy (including 154-6 176 142 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 5-8 24 36 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. .. 11-2 8 14 Filters .. .. .. .. 8 6 7 4 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 22-6 14 24 Valves and cocks .. .. 28-0 16 14 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. .. 185-4 228 180 Pood .. .. .. .. 33-6 21 30 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 54-6 46 52 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 20 2 15 13 Ventilating .. .. .. 8 2 3 5 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 83-2 58 67 Washing and cleansing .. .. 35-6 26 32 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 17'2 7 5 Wearing-apparel .. .. 57'6 40 39 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 17.8 13 10 Wools and hides .. .. 13-0 7 17 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 238 16 34 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 10-4 4 4 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 18-0 17 15 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 90-4 75 46 &c. * Prior to 1911, milking-machines were included in class "Dairying," but are now a separate class. Note. —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 Patents sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1927 (inclusive).

I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1925, 1926, AND 1927.

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Number .. , Total on which , Number Number of Letters Patent of ,^ a ' e " ts ° n Applications. have been w £ loh F f" al sealed. ieepaid. 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 ... ... 11,477 6,349 Grand totals ... ... 59,806 29,386 5,193

1925. 1926. 1927. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 106 116 72 and jewellery Class 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. . . 3 2 Class A'. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or 43 39 30 other solid substances net included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate Class 4. —Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, clay 18 13 16 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5.' —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 15 15 9 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- 3 .. 2 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 Class 11.—Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) . . 7 5 7 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes . . .. .. . . 5 12 6 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 1 . . 2 or stripes) Class 14. —Printed or woven designs on handerchiefs and shawls (other than 2 11 checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs .. 1 or shawls being checks or stripes 203 204 j 145

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1921-25. 1926. 1927. 1921-25. 1926. 1927. New Zealand 467-4 451 460 Luxembourg .. 0-2 Austria .. 1-0 4 3 Netherlands .. 9-4 12 8 Belgium .. .. 2-4 . . . . New South Wales .. 68-6 75 66 Brazil .. .. 0-4 .. . . Northern Ireland .. .. . . 4 Canada . . .. 17-4 27 10 Norway .. .. 5-6 . . 1 Ceylon .. .. 0-4 .. .. Queensland.. .. 2-2 4 Czecho-Slovakia .. 0-4 .. .. South Australia . . 0-8 . . 1 Denmark .. .. 1-8 1 . . Spain .. . . 0-4 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 .. . . Sweden .. 8-8 2 3 Finland .. .. 4-4 1 1 Switzerland . . 3-8 6 8 France .. .. 17-2 14 13 Tasmania .. .. 0-2 Germany . . .. 21-4 24 202 Union of South Africa 1-8 1 1 Great Britain .. 302-2 259 284 United States of 193-0 223 189 Hungary .. .. 0-2 .. . . America India .. •.. 1-2 .. .. Victoria .. .. 56-4 59 66 Italy . . .. 3-2 4 4 Western Australia .. 0-2 Japan .. .. 0-8 .. ] Western Samoa . . .. 1 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.

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Class. Classification of Goods. I 1921-25. ' 1926. ; 1927. 1 I I 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 36*2 41 132 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and 41-8 30 36 sanitary purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 80-8 52 67 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 17-6 15 27 manufactures not included in other classes 5 j Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 13-6 | 12 19 6 j Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and 34*0 j 51 35 horticultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 13-6 I 3 4 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 53-8 82 64 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12-6 27 19 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 4-8 14 5 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or 9-2 5 10 curative purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 I Cutlery and edge tools .. . . .. .. .. .. 15*0 9 6 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 50*2 45 49 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) 5-0 6 7 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass .. .. .. .. .. ..' .. .. 11-6 5 2 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-2 2 1 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 13*8 27 22 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 13*4 17 14 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. .. 2-6 .. 2 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-0 2 6 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 1-6 .. j 2 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14-4 38 21 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (6) sewing cotton .. .. .. .. .. 5-6 2 1 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. .. .. .. 25-6 28 | 31 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. .. .. 6-6 9 9 26 I Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. .. .. .. .. 1*4 27 | Linen and hemp piece-goods .. . . .. .. .. .. 1-8 4 5 28 : Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. .. 0-8 4 1 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 1-2 .. 1 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. .. .. .. .. .. 2*4 2 I 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-0 2 11 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 0*8 3 J 2 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. .. 6-0 .. 7 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. 9-0 3 5 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. 1*8 1 I 3 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. 3-4 4 3 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 8-8 6 , 9 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. '94*6 74 115 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. 46-2 38 51 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 19-2 9 | 9 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. .. .. .. 6-6 4 9 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. .. .. .. 194-0 170 | 203 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. .. .. .. 27-2 29 41 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 12-0 14 12 45 Tobacco," whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. .. 33*8 j 11 28 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. .. 1*8 4 1 47 Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; 83-4 88 76 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 58-6 56 52 perfumed soap 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 7*6 13 20 50 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 71-4 80 69