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

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

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

I have the honour, in pursuance of section 128 of the Act, to submit my report on the operations thereunder for the past year. A total of 3,434 applications for grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks was received during the year. A slight increase is shown in the case of patent and design applications, while a decrease has occurred in applications for registration of trade-marks, 124 less being received than in 1927. The number of applications for patents received from countries beyond New Zealand shows a satisfactory increase, 1,040 being received during the year, as compared with 871 in 1927. This figure is also 190 in excess of the average number of applications from overseas for the years 1922 to 1927 (inclusive). Applications for patents by applicants resident in New Zealand totalled 1,032. The total revenue of the Office for the year in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks was £13,302 10s. lid., being an increase of £660 Bs. sd. over that for 1927, and the highest yet received for any one year except 1925, when the receipts from all sources was slightly in excess of that for 1928. The surplus of receipts over payments for the year amounted to £7,931 Bs. Id., an increase of £676 12s. Bd. over the surplus for the previous year. The expenditure, which has been carefully controlled, totalled £5,371 2s. 10d., a figure which compares favourably with those of former years. The total surplus of receipts over expenditure since the Ist January, 1890, is now £150,029 19s. 7d. Comparison of Number op Letters Patent issued and Registrations op Trade-marks and Designs effected in New Zealand and other Convention Countries. The number of letters patent sealed and the number of designs and trade-marks registered in New Zealand, form the subject of an interesting comparison with corresponding activities in other States belonging to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. The information set out below is published in the issue for January, 1929, of La Propriete Industrielle, the official organ of the Union, the numbers given immediately after the names of the countries being for the year stated, while the number of transactions for the previous year is shown in parentheses. Referring first to letters patent, the United States of America heads the list for 1927 with 42,057, as against 45,025 for the preceding year. The order of the remaining countries is as follows : Great Britain, 17,624 (17,333) ; France, 17,500 (18,200) ; Germany, 15,265 (15,000) ; Canada, 9,502 (11,151) ; Belgium, 8,569 (6,854); Switzerland, 5,548 (5,175); Italy, 5,160 (6,468); Spain, 4,801 (5,250); Japan, 4,371 (3,520) ; Czecho-Slovakia, 3,300 (3,000) ; Austria, 3,200 (3,000) ; Australia, 2,638 (3,943) ; Hungary, 2,506 (2,487) ; Sweden, 2,163 (2,176) ; Netherlands, 1,759 (1,625) ; Poland, 1,550 (2,818) ; Denmark, 1,320 (1,517); Norway, 1,193 (1,218); Rumania, 1,188 (1,095); New Zealand, 1,165 (1,267) ; Ireland, 910 ( ) ; Brazil, 817 (577) ; Serbia, 813 (553) ; Luxemburg, 762 (493) ; Finland, 402 (391) ; Portugal, 318 (280) ; Greece, 215 (292) ; Bulgaria, 207 (180) ; Danzig, 193 (169) ; Lettonia, 187 (208); Morocco, 133 (140); Esthonia, 132 (195); Tunis, 123 (126); Turkey, 115 (130); Ceylon, 56 (73) ; Trinidad and Tobago, 25 (11) ; Syria, 17 (15). In the matter of designs, Switzerland continues to leave all the other countries behind, with 217,750 registrations for 1927, compared with 202,142 in 1926. Germany ranked second in 1927, with 77,591 (78,021) ; France third, with 45,566 (38,721) ; Great Britain fourth, with 21,009 (21,874) ; then follow, Czecho-Slovakia, 7,772 (7,129) ; Austria, 5,937 (6,697) ; Japan, 4,691 (3,774) ; United States of America, 2,387 (2,602) ; Belgium, 2,168 (1,665) ; Denmark, 1,671 (1,497) ; Spain, 648 (493) ; Hungary, 564 (647); Australia, 546 (539); Norway, 497 (520) ; Canada, 453 (347) ; Poland, 450 (311) ; Italy, 430 (370) ; New Zealand, 157 (158); Sweden, 107 (81) ; Syria, 101 (85); Portugal, 84 (71) ; Mexico, 79 (65) ; Serbia, 61 (36); Lettonia, 47 (35); Tunis, 18 (12); Morocco, 12 (14); Ceylon, 5( ); Danzig, 4 ( ) ; Esthonia, 3 (10).

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With regard to trade-marks, the United States of America leads with 17,649 registered marks, as against 19,246 in 1926. Then follow —Germany, 17,000 (16,000); France, 15,515 (15,139); Japan, 8,040 (11,023) ; Great Britain, 7,543 (7,774) ; Czecho-Slovakia, 4,870 (4,634) ; Austria, 4,259 (4,260) ; Spain, 3,739 (3,627) ; Switzerland, 2,675 (2,732) ; Belgium, 2,380 (2,188) ; Netherlands, 2,236 (2,182) ; Australia, 2,177 (1,973) ; Canada, 2,133 (1,902) ; Brazil, 1,995 (1,249) ; Poland, 1,727 (3,411) ; Sweden, 1,436 (1,208); Denmark, 1,325 (1,186) ; Italy, 1,280 (1,590) ; Norway, 1,161 (1,033) ; Lettonia, 1,132 (684) ; Hungary, 1,131 (1,532) ; Mexico, 1,130 (1,057) ; Portugal, 852 (1,045) ; New Zealand, 765 (599) ; Greece, 688 (595) ; Finland, 666 (656) ; Bulgaria, 480 (422) ; Esthonia, 421 (341); Serbia, 414 (459) ; Turkey, 365 (697) ; Tunis, 270 (201) ; Ceylon, 255 (151) ; Danzig, 250 (209) ; Morocco, 240 (179) ; Syria, 204 (215) ; Luxemburg, 132 (233) ; Trinidad and Tobago, 130 (89). The following table has been compiled from the figures given above, and shows the position occupied by various countries in regard to the total number of letters patent issued and designs and trade-marks registered : —■ Switzerland .. 225,973 Spain .. .. 9,188 Portugal .. .. 1,254 Germany .. .. 109,846 Italy .. .. 6,870 Bulgaria .. .. 687 France .. .. 78,581 Australia .. .. 5,381 Esthonia .. .. 556 United States of 62,093 Denmark .. .. 4,316 Morocco .. .. 486 America Hungary .. .. 4,201 Turkey .. .. 480 Great Britain .. 46,176 Poland .. ... 3,727 Danzig .. .. 447 Japan .. .. 17,102 Sweden .. .. 3,706 Tunis .. .. 411 Czecho-Slovakia .. .15,942 Norway .. .. 2,851 Syria .. .. 322 Austria .. .. 13,496 New Zealand .. 2,087 Ceylon .. .. 316 Belgium .. .. 13,117 Lettonia .. .. 1,766 Trinidad and Tobago.. 155 Canada .. .. 12,088 Serbia .. .. 1,288 It will be noted that out of thirty-eight countries who are members of the Union, New Zealand occupies the twenty-first place on the list in respect of letters patent; in regard to registration of designs she occupies the eighteenth place out of twenty-nine countries ; with reference to trade-mark registrations New Zealand is twenty-third out of thirty-six countries ; and in respect of the total number of applications she occupies a position next to Sweden and Norway. Patents. During the year 2,070 applications for patents were received, as compared with 2,052 in 1927. Of this number, 1,032 (1,147)* were lodged with provisional specifications, and in 1,038 (905) cases the application was accompanied by a complete specification. There were also lodged 308 (301) complete specifications in respect of applications for which a provisional specification had already been filed. The total number of applications received up to the 31st December, 1928, was 6.1,885, and the number of patents in force as at that date was 7,718, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1925, to the 31st December, 1928, 3,369 and 1,870 respectively; sixth-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1918, to the 31st December, 1928, 2,478 ; and one seventh-year fee. Patent fees received during the year amounted to £9,615 Bs. 9d., being an increase of £554 ss. 6d. over the corresponding amount for 1927, and the highest amount received in any one year, with the exception of 1922, when the patent receipts totalled £9,819 18s. 6d. The restoration of lapsed patents to the register was effected in 6 (6) cases, and 2 (2) patents were sealed after the prescribed time. The fees from these two sources amounted to £125 10s. (£l7B 10s. 6d.). Under the provisions of the Amendment Act of 1924, 3 (5) patents were endorsed " Licenses of Right," and in 1. (0) case an application for patent was accepted after the prescribed time. The Supreme Court was applied to in three cases to extend the term of letters patent under section 20 of the Act. In two of these proceedings an extension of seven years was granted, while the remaining case was withdrawn. It will be noticed that there has been a considerable increase in the number of inventions recorded in the class relating to telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs), chiefly in connection with wireless systems, picture-transmission, talking motion pictures, &c. Increases have also taken place in the classes relating to cultivating, 40 (36) ; boxes, cans, and casks, 89 (71) ; harvesting, 24 (15) ; indicating, &c., 74 (65) ; wearing-apparel, 44 (39) ; and budding-construction, 115 (106). There has been a further decline in the number of applications received in connection with milking machinery, 33 (42), and a slight fall in the number relating to dairying, 43 (51), while not much change is involved in other directions. Designs. Applications for registration of designs for the year under review numbered 163, being a slight increase over the number for the previous year (145). The number of applications received from persons resident in New Zealand was 107 (93) ; 33 (38) applications Were received from Great Britain, 12 (7) from Australia, 3 (0) from Canada, 5 (4) from the United States of America, 2 (3) from France, while 1 (0) was received from Switzerland. It will be noted that the majority of applications were lodged by residents in the Dominion, little advantage being taken of design-registration by applicants living in foreign countries or in other parts of the Empire.

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The first term of design-registration lasts for five years, and, though the protection may be renewed for a further term of five years, only a. comparatively small number of such renewals is effected. A further extension of five years, making fifteen years in all, may be applied for, but the number of such applications is almost negligible. The total number of applications up to the 31st December, 1928, was 2,695, and the number of registrations in force on that date was 860. During the year there were 55 extensions for the second period and 2 extensions for the third period. Trade-marks. The fees received during the year in respect of trade-marks amounted to £3,461 16s. Id., being a slight increase in the amount for 1927, in which year £3,370 17s. was received. The applications lodged for the year totalled 1,201, as against 1,325 in 1927, the number in that year being the largest number received in any one year, with the exception of the years 1920, 1924, and 1925, when there were 1,391, 1,338, and 1,332 respectively. The applications received from persons residing in New Zealand numbered 477 (460). Residents in Great Britain lodged 316 (284) applications, and 206 (189) applications were received from the United States of America. Applications from the Australian Commonwealth were as follows : New South Wales, 68 (66) ; Victoria, 26 (66) ; Queensland, 2 (0) ; South Australia, 2 (1) ; Tasmania, 2 (0). There were 11 (10) from Canada, and 54 (202) from Germany. The number of applications received up to the 31st December, 1889, was 1,213. From that date to the 31st December, 1928, 27,217 applications were lodged, making a total of 28,430. Applications were greatest in number in the following classes of goods : —" Substances used as food or as ingredients in food " (Class 42), 181 (203) ; " Articles of clothing " (Class 38), 101 (115) ; " Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating or lubricating oils ; matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes " (Class 47), 87 (76) : " Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy " (Class 3), 82 (67) : " Machinery of all kinds and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horticultural machines included in Class 7 " (Class 6), 67 (35). Patent Agents. No names were added to the register during the year. The total number of names on the register as at 31st December, was twenty. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1928. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1928, together with the Corresponding Figures for the years 1926 and 1927. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1928 (inclusive). E. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c. F. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, &0., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (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, 1928 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1926, 1927, and 1928. 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 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. Patent Office, Wellington, 15th June, 1929.

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APPENDIX. A.—Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1928. lieceipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 9,615 8 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,559 9 4 Design fees .. .. .. .. 147 7 6 Advertising .. .. .. .. 22 11 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,461 16 1 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 64 1 6 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 77 18 7 Office fittings and furniture .. .. 416 10 Postage .. .. .. .. 64 10 5 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,610 1 3 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 4 0 1 Contingencies .. .. .. 4 4 5 Refunds .. .. .. .. 37 7 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 7,931 8 1 £13,302 10 11 £13,302 10 11 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 AuditorGeneral.

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

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1928, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1926 and 1927.

Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. jl Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 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 1923 11,667 18 5 4,809 8 11 6,858 9 6 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1

1926.* 1927.* 1928. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,164 19 6 1,156 1 9 1,013 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,976 0 0 1,802 0 0 2,137 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 644 0 0 602 0 0 607 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. . ■ 168 9 6 174 4 0 157 9 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 300 3 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 200 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. . • 1,253 0 0 1,092 9 6 1,089 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 8 10 0 36 0 0 15 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 1,857 19 9 1,997 0 0 2,104 1 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 1,512 0 0 1,688 16 0 2,036 9 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 26 0 0 24 10 6 16 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 161 0 0 118 0 0 91 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on register .. 114 10 0 174 10 0 110 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 2 15 0 3 15 0 Certificates of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. ■ ■ 29 10 0 36 7 0 39 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 49 14 3 40 8 7 46 16 7 Patent Agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 39 18 0 46 4 0 36 6 0 Application for registration as Patent Agent .. .. .. 330 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. •• 42 19 0 35 4 8 39 0 9 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 400 800 17 00 On acceptance after prescribed time .. .. .. .. .. .. 800 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 750 0 10 0 1 10 0 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " 13 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 On application for revocation of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 500 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. .. 1 10 0 260 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 050 050 0 10 0 Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 12 0 5 2 0 16 16 0 Copies of documents, &c... .. .. .. .. .. .. 030 300 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 16 10 9 19 3 10 3 11 9,615 8 9 * For a complete analysis of tees received in 1025 and 1926 see reports for those years respectively.

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C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1928, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1926 and 1927—continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1928 (inclusive).

1926.* 1927.* 1928. Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs . . .. . • • • 86 0 0 64 5 0 70 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. .. 21 0 0 36 19 6 58 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. .. 40 0 1200 400 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. •• 0 10 0 126 176 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. . • • • 0 12 0 0 7 0 0 12 0 Assignment of designs .. .. .. .. •• •• 110 0 0 10 0 900 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. •• 080 050 080 Certificate of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. . • • • 0 5 0 Change of name .. .. .. . .. .. .. . • 0 5 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 10 0 150 150 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 050 050 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. . • • • • • • • 2 15 0 147 7 6 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. .. .. .. .. 855 4 2 997 0 6 894 9 0 On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 897 15 6 1,072 14 0 1,401 19 6 On association .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 2 0 23 6 0 47 9 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. .. 1,005 9 0 840 17 8 806 19 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 25 50 900 7 15 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 1100 900 12 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 600 On assignment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 140 4 0 272 9 0 162 0 0 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 100 3 10 0 0 10 0 On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 15 0 200 300 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 17 0 29 3 0 22 4 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. .. 0120 090 340 On request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 2 19 0 10 8 0 2 17 0 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. 720 570 7 13 0 Certificates of Registrar .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 0 0 19 19 0 24 0 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. .. .. .. .. 46 19 6 34 10 6 26 7 6 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. • • 23 10 6 20 9 6 26 14 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 2100 450 2150 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. .. .. 150 0 15 0 0 15 0 Alteration of trade-marks .. .. .. .. 500 100 050 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 100 200 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 500 400 400 On entry of memorandum of trade-mark .. .. .. .. 1 15 0 050 0 10 0 Copies of documents .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 040 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .• 521 38 10 1 16 1 3,461 16 1 ♦For a complete analysis of fees received in 1925 and 1926 see reports for those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1910 1,831 46 818 2,695 1911 1,740 21 861 2,622 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434

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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 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (inclusive).

Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, „ , , , , Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or ' Total cations lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number g ■ \ ■ | of tn New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- M .§ New Zea- S New Zea- u J land or Other land or Other land or _§ -S land or jj> S land or J® £ "Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- q § Depend- g § Depend- g § encies, &o. encies, &c.| encies, &c. £ encies, &c. 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 143 454 704 88 245 39 540 72 284 442 1,389 1919 200 685 906 91 279 42 707 77 321 689 1,880 1920 250 890 949 110 249 37 725 123 330 1,030 2,199 1921 194 722 1,080 119 310 42 890 107 398 730 2,115 1922 203 686 1,190 104 328 38 992 92 406 693 2,183 1923 221 701 1,041 112 256 57 933 73 341 728 2,075 1924 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 882 89 356 758 2,085 1925 177 764 1,007 98 324 41 831 99 356 756 2,046 1926 180 804 1,058 95 283 41 ... 2,137 1927 153 752 1,028 119 284 49 ... 2,052 1928 127 912 905 128 2,072 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.

1922-26. 1927. 1928. New Zealand .. 1,299-0 1,204 1,032 Argentine Republic .. 2-2 .. 1 Austria .. • • 1*6 .. 1 Belgium .. • • 5-2 10 7 Canada .. • ■ 13-8 32 11 Cuba .. • • 0-2 1 ... Czechoslovakia .. 1-8 2 2 Denmark .. .. 9-6 5 8 Egypt ... • • 1 Federated Malay States 0-2 1 Finland .. .. 0-2 Fiji .. .. 0-2 France .. .. 17-8 33 22 Friendly Islands .. 0-2 Germany .. .. 15-2 39 47 Great Britain .. 300-8 332 374 Hawaii .. .. 0-2 Hungary .. .. 0-4 1 1 India .. .. 1*2 4 1 Italy .. • • 8-4 1 Japan .. .. 1-0 .. 1

1922-26. 1927. 1928. Java . . .. 0-2 Kenya .. .. 0-2 Mauritius .. .. .. .. 1 Mexico .. . . . . 1 4 j Netherlands .. i 11-6 10 13 New South Wales .. 121-2 106 12.6 Northern Nigeria .. 0-2 . ..\ : . . Norway .. . . 2-6 1 ] Queensland .. 19-0 17 8 Russia .. .. 0-2 South Australia .. 15-6 30 25 Spain .. .. 0-2 2 Sweden .. .. 7-0 7 12 Switzerland ... 6-2 7 5 Tasmania .. .. 6-8 8 2 Union of South Africa 3-0 1 7 United States of- 180-0 183 231 America Victoria .. .. 126-0 133 113 Western Australia .. 10-8 1 8 Western Samoa .. 0-2

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Class. 1922-26 1927. 1928. 1 Class. 1922-26 1927. 1928. Advertising and displaying signs, 294 33 34 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 72-4 64 57 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. .. 6-6 3 5 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 71-8 65 74 Amusements, music, exercisers, 78-6 76 73 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 68-2 30 30 Kitchen utensils and cooking 74-6 66 62 bolts, ties, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 15-0 7 13 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 59-8 35 47 Boots and shoes ,. .. 40-8 32 30 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 37-4 39 22 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 32-4 27 31 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 102-4 71 89 Marine and submarine (including 27-8 13 22 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. it', 12-4 16 13 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 20-0 17 17 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 8-6 11 12 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 39-6 32 27 Building-construction .. .. 48-6 39 40 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 65-6 44 46 work, &c.) cement tiompositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 36-6 36 27 ing) • stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 38-6 23 29 Milking-machines* .. . . 84-0 I 42 33 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 24-4 j 18 16 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. .. .. 39-2 20 23 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-8 ! 1 2 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 28-4 17 31 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-0 4 2 Closets and urinals .. .. 26-4 26 24 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 3-4 12 11 Oils and lubricators .. .. 35-4 I 32 38 Cooling and freezing .. .. 26-0 21 23 Cultivating and tilling .. . . 53-4 36 40 Paints and painting (including 19-4 16 23 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 75-4 73 60 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 29-2 30 24 Dairying* .. .. . . 63-0 51 43 Preserving . . .. .. 15-6 il 1.4 'Drains and sewers .. . . 7-8 7 9 Presses .. .. . . 15-2 7 8 Dredging and excavating (including X2'2 iT 14 Printing and photography .. 34-6 32 29 rock-drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 26-4 28 24 Drying .. .. .. 25-0 18 23 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 129-2 153 128 Railways and tramways .. 60-2 44 49 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 70-0 50 61 Roads and ways (including road 20-0 31 20 Engines (steam), including rotary 18-6 9 19 watering) pumps f ; s , II Engines (miscellaneous and engine 86-0 51 42 Stfed-'di'essfng, chaff-cutting, and 8-4 9 11 accessories), including current ' ' threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Keotl-.RQwehs • • ■ • •• j 8-8 25 25 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 19-2 j 9 13 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 32-6 25 33 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 4-2 4 13 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 32-0 14 24 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 9-6 15 14 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. I 18-8 j 20 29 Stationery and paper .. .. 46-8 | 52 44 Fencing' .. .. 21 -8 28 29 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 6-8 8 7 Telephony and telegraphy (including 162-0 ; 142 216 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 17-2 86 35 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. *. 8-4 14 12 Filters .. ■ • .. 8-4 4 11 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 19-4 24 17 Valves and cocks .. 26-4 : 14 13 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. .. 201-8 180 127 Food . . .. .. .. 30-2 30 22 Vehicles (velocipedes) *. .. 50-4 52 37 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 19-8 13 21 Ventilating .. ,. .. 6-8 5 7 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 79-4 67 57 Washing and cleansing .. .. 32-2 32 34 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. . . 16-0 5 12 Wearing-apparel .. .. 53-2 39 44 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 15-0 10 7 Wools and hides .. .. 13-2 17 12 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 20-4 34 34 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 7-6 4 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 17-6 15 24 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 85-0 46 36 &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 th 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, 1928 (inclusive).

I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1926, 1927, AND 1928.

Number . T Total on which , Number Number of Letters Patent °? Applications. have been w £i° h P !£ al sealed. " 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 ... ... 13,547 7,324 209 Grand totals ... ... 61,876 30,361 5,402

| 1926. 1927. 1928. Class 1.—Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 116 72 90 and jewellery Class 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. 2 Class 3.—Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or 39 30 39 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 13 16 5 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 15 9 4 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 nates, not included in other classes Class 7.—Paperhangings .. .. Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials .. .. .. .. 1 Class 9. —Lace Class 10. —Boots and shoes Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. 5 7 9 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 12 6 5 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks .. 2 7 or stripes) Class 14. —Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other than 1 1 checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs 1 .. 3 or shawls being checks or stripes 204 145 163

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J. —Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-26 (inclusive).

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1922-26. | 1927. | 1928. j I I " I New Zealand .. .. 481-6 460 477 Austria .. .. 1*6 3 Belgium .. .. 1*6 .. 3 Canada .. .. 20-4 10 11 Ceylon .. .. 0-4 China .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Cuba .. 0-2 .. 1 Czeeho-Slovakia .. 0-2 .. 1 Denmark .. .. 1-6 .. 2 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 Finland .. .. 4-2 1 France .. .. 18-8 13 14 Germany .. .. 22-0 202 54 Great Britain .. 310-8 284 316 Hungary .. .. 0-2 India .. .. 0-8 Italy .. .. 3-6 4 4 Japan .. .. 0-4 1 2 !

— 1 1922-26.| 1927. 1928. Luxemburg.. .. 0-2 j • • Netherlands .. 10-6 8 6 New South Wales .. 71-0 66 68 Northern Ireland . . .. 4 4 Norway .. .. < 5-4- 1 2 Palestine . . .. .. . . 1 Queensland.. . . 3-0 .. 2 South xVustralia . . 06 1 2 Spain .. .. 0-4 Sweden . . .. 7-6 3 9 Switzerland .. j 4-8 8 7 Tasmania .. .. j 0-2 .. 2 Union of South Africa 2-2 1 1 United States of 19.1-6 189 206 America Victoria .. .. ; 59-2 66 I 26 Western Australia .. 0-2 .. ! 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 1927 and 1928, together with the Average for the Years 1922-1926 (inclusive).

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Class. I Classification of Goods. 1922 26 1927. 1928. I _ . _ _ _ J _ 1 | Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 36-0 132 38 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 42-8 36 49 purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 75-6 67 82 4 ; Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 17-6 27 23 manufactures not included in other classes 5 j Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 13*6 19 * 8 6 | Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 36-0 35 67 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 i Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery . . 11-8 4 9 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 64-0 64 57 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. . . . . . . . . .. 15-6 19 6 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. .. .. . • 7-0 5 7 11 i Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 9*8 10 9 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 j Cutlery and edge tools .. . . . . .. .. .. 12-4 6 7 13 ! Metal goods not included in other classes .. . . .. .. 50-0 49 30 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) 4-8 7 6 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 ; Glass . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . • 10-2 2 10 16 j Porcelain and earthenware . . .. . . .. .. .. 3-0 1 4 17 ' Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration.. 17-6 22 18 18 j Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 16-8 14 31 19 ! Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. 1-8 2 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1*8 6 21 | Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 1-2 2 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. .. . . . . . • . • • • 19-0 21 22 23 ! (a) Cotton-yarn; (b) sewing cotton .. . . a .. .. ! 5-4 1 1 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. . . .. .. .. 29*4 31 24 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 N .. .. . . 7-4 9 7 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. . . . . . . . . 10 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods . . . . . . . . .. .. 2-0 5 1 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 . . . . 1-8 1 1 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 • 0-8 1 30 j Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing . . . . . . .. . . .. | 2-2 1 1 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. .. .. .. . • j 2*2 11 6 32 i Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 1*4 2 33 j Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair.. .. .. .. .. .. | 5*0 7 34 j Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. . . .. j 7-2 .5 1 5 35 I Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. 1-6 $ I 2 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. . • 3-8 3 4 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not : 8-4 9 i 10 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 95-8 115 101 39 Paper (except paper hangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. . . 42-2 51 35 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 17-0 9 13 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. . . .. .. .. . . j 6-4 9 12 42 i Substances used as food or as ingredients in food . . .. .. 199*0 203 181 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. .. . . .. 30*2 41 49 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 13*4 12 7 45 | Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured . . . . .. 32*6 28 23 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. . . .. 2*0 1 47 Candles, common soap, detergents; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils; 88*8 76 ■ 87 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 57*8 52 52 perfumed soap 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 9*6 20 19 50 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. ■ • • • 75*0 69 75