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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1934 Session I, H-10

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1934. NEW ZEALAND.

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

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

REPORT.

1 have the honour, in accordance with section 128, to submit my report on the administration of the Act during the past year. . The total number of applications received for the grant of letters patent, and tor the registration of designs and trade-marks was 2,718. During the year the total fees received by the Office in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks amounted to £11,694 lis. 10d„ a decrease of £340 7s. 6d. on the figures for the previous year. This decrease is, however, more than balanced by a reduction in the expenditure, the total amount under this head (£4 378 18s. lOd.) being £403 Bs. 2d. less than the expenditure for 1932. It is satisfactory to note that the figures for the last five years compare favourably with those for the preceding five years, the average revenue for 1929-1933 being £13,076 Bs. (as against £12 839 7s Id. for 1924-1928) and the average surplus for 1929-1933 being £7,809 13s. lid. (as against £7,381 19s. lid. for 1924-1928). The total surplus of the Office since the Ist January, 1890, is £189,078 9s. 4d. Patents. The number of applications received during 1933 was 1,761. (1,845),* of which 978 (1,192) were filed with provisional specifications, and 784 (654) were accompanied by complete specifications ; 251 (280) complete specifications were lodged during the year in respect of applications with which provisional specifications had been filed. The total number of applications received to the 31st December, 1933 was 71 906 and the number of patents in force at that date was 7,567, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1930, to the 31st December 1933 2 500 and 2 037 respectively ; sixth-year fees from the 31st December, 1923, to the 31st December, 1933, 3,()20 , patents in respect of which an extension of their term has been granted by order of the Supreme CoUr The number of patents sealed after the prescribed time was 1, and the number of lapsed patents restored to the register was 2, the corresponding figures for the previous year having been the same. The amount received in patent fees during 1933 was £8,261 18s. 4d., being £352 18s. 7d. less than 1932. With regard to applications under the various classes of inventions, the main increases occur in telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs, Ac.), 313 (210) ; engines (three classes), 127 (99); dairying 68 (45) ; brewing, distilling, &c., 21 (6) ; pipes, tubes, and hose, 33 (21) , locks, latches, and hinges 30 (19) • and cooling and freezing, 36 (25). Included in the decreases m applications are the following : Building-construction (three classes), 52 (95) ; cultivating and. tilling, 29 (52) ; electricity and magnetism, 69 (95) ; furniture and upholstery, desks, blinds, curtains, &c., 20 (42) ; indicating, calculating, and measuring (including moisture-testers), 44 (65) ; and medicines and surgical appliances, 28 increase referred to above in inventions relating to telephony and telegraphy emphasizes the steadilv increasing importance of radio, and its attendant problems. This class of invention has for many years shown great activity, and the sudden leap in the number of inventions under this head last year calls for special comment. The broadcasting industry depends for its existence upon patent monopolies, and the international aspect of these monopolies becomes yearly more intricate and important This is particularly so on account of the growing tendency for this kind of property to be controlled by large organizations, whose fees and evidence of title are sometimes questioned by customers It is unnecessary to stress the extraordinarily powerful position that radio already occupies in regard to national and international welfare, and the rapidity of the growth of the industry makes it difficult to forecast the limits of future development. It has become quite evident, however, that fresh provisions in regard to local law and international conventions are necessary from time to time, to meet the unusual problems to which, radio gives rise.

* The figures in parentheses are for 1932.

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Designs. The number of applications for registration of designs lodged during the year was 143, being 18 less than in 1932, bringing the total number of applications as at 31st December, 1933, to 3,447. The number of design registrations in force at that date was 877, of which 107 were registered during the year ; 132 design registrations became void by reason of the non-payment of renewal fees. Renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected in 30 cases, while 11 were renewed for the third term of five years. The number of applications lodged by persons resident in New Zealand was 92 (116) ; 15 (18) were from Great Britain ; 23 (27) from Australia ; 9 (2) from the United States of America ; 1 (0) from. Canada ; and 3 (0) from Japan. Applications lodged covered nine classes : 74 applications were lodged in respect of articles included in Class 1 (articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, and jewellery), 33 in 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), and 14 in Class 5 (articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or strawboard—except articles included in Class 2 and paperhangings —or in which such materials predominate). The fees received during the year in respect of designs amounted to £140 18s. 2d., a decrease of £6 15s. 4d. as compared with 1932. Trade-masks. There were 814 applications for registration of trade-marks during the year, being 111 less than in 1932. Applications for registration from persons resident in New Zealand showed a falling-off of 79 on the previous year. Similarly, there was a, decrease in the number of applications from Great Britain, there being 53 less than the number lodged in 1933, when there were 232 applications. There was no alteration in the number of applications from the United States of America, but the number from the Commonwealth of Australia showed a slight increase, there being 92 as against 88 in the previous year. _ ... Notwithstanding that there were fewer applications for registration, the amount received during the year in respect of trade-mark fees was slightly higher than the amount received in 1932, the amounts being £3,207 4s. lOd. and £3,212 4s. 3d. respectively. _ Fees paid in respect of renewal of registration of trade-marks showed the principal increase, there being a difference of £441 19s. Id. under this head, while there was a decrease of £43 17s. in the fees paid in respect of assignment of trademarks. The greatest number of applications in any one class was in Class 42 (substances used as food or as ingredients in food), there being 155. This number, however, was 49 less than the number in Class 42 for the previous year. The next greatest number of applications in any one class was in Class 38 (articles of clothing). In the remaining principal classes the number of applications was as follows : Class 3 (chemical substances, prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy), 81 (72); Class 48 (perfumery, including toilet articles, preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap), 45 (40) ; Class 2 (chemical substances, used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary purposes), 45 (31) ; Class 8 (philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching), 35 (43) ; Class 45 (tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured), 37 (29). Patent Agents. The number of patent attorneys on the register as at 31st December, 1933, was 18. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1933. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1933, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1931 and 1932. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1911 to 1933 (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 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive). H. Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1933 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1931, 1932, and 1933. 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 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. Patent Office, Wellington, 27th August, 1934.

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APPENDIX,

PATENTJOFFICE. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1933. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. 8,261 18 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,480 0 9 Designs fees .. .. . . • • 140 18 2 Advertising .. .. .. .. 21 17 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,212 4 3 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 33 10 7 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. 104 19 5 At Government Printing Printing and stationery.. .. .. 614 1 0 Office .. .. • • 65 8 2 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 2 11 7 At Patent Office .. .. 14 211 Contingencies .. .. .. .. 4 6 8 79 11 1 Refunds .. .. .. .. 32 11 6 International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property ; Annual contribution by New Zealand as a member .. 84 19 10 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. 7,315 13 0 £11,694 11 10 £11,694 II 10 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner. 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, 1933, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1931 and 1932.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. j Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ; £ s. d. £ s. (1. 1924 12 470 19 6 5,182 15 4 7,288 4 2 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 1926 12 426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1931 13,390 11 6 ] 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4 1928 13 302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 1933 1.1,694 11 10 i 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0

1931.* 1932.» 1933. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. . ■ 1,298 0 0 1,183 0 0 978 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. 1,556 0 0 1,318 0 0 1,574 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. ..' 512 0 0 568 0 0 502 0 0 Applications for extension of time • • • • • • • • 144 19 6 188 19 6 179 10 0 On giving notice of opposition . . • • • • • • • • 2 10 0 6 10 0 3 0 0 On hearing opposition .. ■■ •• •• 4 0 0 " Wn n On request for sealing letters patent .. • ■ • • • ■ 918 0 0 76o 0 0 748 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. . . • • 10 0 .. w 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 6 0 0 .. 3 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. • • 5 10 0 J 10 0 - 1« 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. •• -,257 10 0 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. 2,196 0 0 0 0 j 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. • • 8 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. •• •• 22-0 0 51 0 0 38 ® JJ On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., oil register .. 64 b 0 55 0 0 48 10 » On request to correct clerical errors .. .. •• •• „?■ H i c « Certificates of Commissioner .. • • ■ • • • • • 21 15 0 44 0 0 42 15 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. ■ ■ • • • • 36 3 1 53 8 J > Application for registration as patent agent .. .. •• •• - 0 •• Patent agents' renewal fees 54 12 0 21 0 0 50 8 0 agents'examination fees .. .. ;; J 0 Amendment of letters patent .. • • • • ■ • • • ' *"? 2 ? 30 0 0 3 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. •• •• 0 15 0 .. • • n Request to enter change of address • • •• a 0 11 u u io u Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right .. 4 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &o., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. 18 0 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 0 5 0 . Weekly lists ' • • |2 14 0 10 6 0 5 4 0 Miscellaneous .. .. ... •• •• .. 36 2 11 25 lo .8. 37 0 1 8,261 18 4 * For a complete analysis of lees received in 1931 and 1932 see Reports for those years respectively.

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C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1933, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1931 and 1932 —continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1911 to 1933 (inclusive).

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__ ' 1931.* 1932.* 1933. Designs. £ 8 . d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs •. • • ■ • • • 68 0 0 76 10 0 66 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. .. 18 0 0 41 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. •• J .. . „ , 9 Searches (Regulation 42) .. •• •• •• " , " () Searches (Office) 1 J \ j q 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. •• ■■ ■■ inn l in n 9 10 0 Assignment of designs .. •• •• •• •• •• - o 19 6 19 0 Copies of drawings 0 10 Change of name.. .. .. •• •• •• 0 10 0 0 15 0 Applications for extension of time •• •• 2 15 0 2 19 6 0 17 8 Miscellaneous .. • ■ • ■ • • • • • • • • 0 ' 140 18 2 Trade-marks. . 750 15 0 697 10 0 610 10 0 Application for registration J 186 11 6 1,179 10 0 921 15 0 On registration ' 30 12 0 21 11 0 9 10 0 On association .. •• ■■ •• •• 1 651 9 7 944 9 11 1,386 9 0 On renewal of registration •• • •. •• '• ' ' 2 q 1fi 0 15 15 0 Applications for extension of tune •• •• J 5 0 0 On giving notice of opposition .. • • • • ■ • • • 2 0 0 2 0 0 On hearing opposition .. 142 3 6 153 13 0 109'16 0 On assignment of trade-marks .. . • • • • • • • 5 5 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 Amendment of trade-marks .. • • • • • • • • 4 5 0 4 0 0 4 10 0 On cancellation '' '' '' '' 0100 100 On request under section 73 (6) .. 17 "4 0 14 16 0 Extra space in Journal .. •• •• •• •• " 3 3 0 3 10 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. •• •• •• 13 18 0 19 15 0 On request to enter change of address .. •• •• •• 10 18 0 5 11 0 On request to enter change of name . • • • • • • • 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 On request under section 99 10 5 0 18 5 0 15 8 0 Certificates of Commissioner 35 19 6 45 1 6 29 6 6 Searches Regulation 84) 32 10 0 34 14 0 32 9 0 Searches (Office) •• ■■ •• 1 l* O 100 050 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. •• •• 9 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 Entry in register of rectification thereof • • • • ■ • • • 6 5 0 3 0 0 4 10 0 Request to strike out goods .. • • • ■ • ■ • • 8 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 On restoration of trade-mark .. •• •• •• •• 15 11 0 13 12 5 13 17 9 Miscellaneous . • • • • • ■ ■ • • •' '' 3,212 4 3 ♦For a complete analysis of fees received in 1931 and 1932 see Reports for those years respectively.

Year. | Patents. Designs. Trade-marks, j Total. j Year. Patents, j Designs. [ Trade-marks, j Total. 1Q11 1 740 21 861 2,622 1923 2,075 183 1,163 1912 l'737 44 779 2,560 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1913 i'775 65 787 2,627 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1Q14 1 574 55 687 2,316 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1915 1299 89 565 1,953 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,o22 1916 1*261 113 666 2,040 1928 2,070 163 1,201 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 ioir -I'qoc sa 695 2 134 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 MM I'llo 74 1,272 3,226 1931 2',065 151 999 3 215 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1932 1,845 164 925 2,9-4 • 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 | 1933 1.761 143 814 2,71 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 i

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

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.

F.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive).

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I Applications Applications , Applications for Applications with which with which | which Complete abandoned, : Patentg sealed . Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or Total cations lodged. tions lodged. j sequently lodged. refused. j Number 5 1 „ oo i.., 7, i ū; ApplicaX New Zea- NewZea- New Zea- H ® New Zen- w .g New Zea- g tions. land or Other land or Other land or land or j S land or ; | f Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- g g Depend- g g : Depend- o g enoies, &o. enoiea.&Q.j encies, &c. 3 eneies, &c. ° encies, &c. Q 1Q1D 443 990 148 254 75 ! 925 125 306 475 1,831 9U 245 434 935 126 258 59 j 849 S6 323 482 1,740 1919 258 507 877 95 275 35 ! 817 78 334 508 1,737 217 467 965 126 249 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 Si 701 1,041 112 256 57 933 73 341 728 2,075 1924 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 89 356 758 2,08J 1925 177 764 1,007 98 324 41 831 99 356 756 2,046 1926 180 804 1 058 95 283 41 917 78 347 795 2,137 1927 153 752 119 284 49 841 95 330 793 2,052 1928 127 912 905 128 240 44 753 98 -j91 932 2,072 j929 141 1 118 867 125 216 40 753 114 266 1,118 2,251 1930 120 905 984 94 241 32 828 90 275 910 2,103 1931 117 649 1,213 87 255 32 ... 2,065 1932 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 ... 1,845 1933 96 688 909 69 ••• ••• ••• I

j 1927-31. I 1932. | 1933- 1927-31. j 1932. 1933. 1 i ~~ New Zealand .. .. 1,137-6 1,211 1,009 j Kenya .. .. 0-2 .. Argentine Republic .. 1-0 1 2 Luxembourg .. 1 Austria .. .. 3-2 1 4 Mauritius .. .. 0-2.. Belgium .. .. 7-8 2 1 Mexico .. .. 1-0 Canada 14-8 6 6 Netherlands .. .. 16'6 , 1 7 Cuba " " o-2 .. •• New South Wales .. 112-4 73 68 Czechoslovakia .. 1-2 .. •• | Northern Nigeria .. 0-2 . . Denmark .. .. 5-8 5 4 Norway .. .. 3-2 J 1 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 Peru .. .. 0-2 •• EsvDt .. 0-2 .. •• Philippine Islands .. . . 1 Esthonia .. •• •• 1 •• Queensland .. .. 16-0 19 15 Federated Malay States' 0-2 .. .. South Australia .. 18-6 5 6 Finland .. •• 0-6 .. •• South West Africa .. .. .. • I Fiji .. .. .. 0-2 .. • ■ Spain .. .. 1 • 2 1 F rance .. .. 23-8 10 12 Straits Settlements .. .. .. 1 Germany ' 52-2 51 124 Sweden .. .. j 8-8 3 10 SemL 1 Switzerland .. .. i 6-2 4 3 Great Britain .. 359-6 267 320 Tasmania ..j 3-8 2 1 Hnnaarv .. 0-8 .. •• Union of South Africa . . 6-2 5 T„Jia " .. 1-0 United States of America | 190-4 82 70 Irish Free State " i 0-6 4 .. Victoria .. .. 127-0 78 86 _ j 7-2 5 4 Western Australia: .. 4-2 5 6 Japan .. •• 0-6 .. 2 Western Samoa .. 0-2

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G. —Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive).

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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Class. 1927-31. 1932. 1933. j Class. 1927-31. 1932. 1933. Advertising and displaying signs, 29-2 27 20 Illuminating (except gas-manufae- 61-6 54 42 &c. tnre) Aeronautics .. .. ..12-4 18 0 Indicating, calculating, and meaSur- 68-6 65 44 Amusements, music, exercisers, 67-8 59 56 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 27-0 25 20 Kitchen utensils and cooking 58-8 58 48 bolts, ties, &e.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. ..12-2 6 2 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 65-4 34 18 Boots and shoes .. ..27-4 26 22 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 28-2 19 30 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 37-2 21 21 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 80-4 90 83 Marine and submarine (including 18-2 21 16 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. ..15-8 6 21 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 15-8 23 19 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 13-8 9 9 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 30-6 49 28 Building-construction .. ..46-8 36 18 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 43-0 31 9 work, &c.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 30-4 16 15 j n g) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 28 "8 28 25 Milking-machines* .. ..40*8 50 42 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 17-2 18 27 viation, screens, &c,) Chemicals .. ..21-8 5 13 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 1-4 .. 1 Cleaning, polishing, &e. .. ..28-0 18 9 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 2-8 4 4 Closets and urinals .. .. 28-6 24 13 Coin-freed mechanism .. ..12-6 14 17 Oils and lubricators .. .. 26-4 12 23 Cooling and freezing •. 28 • (i 25 36 Cultivating and tilling .. •• 48-8 52 29 Paints and painting (including 18-6 12 6 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 60-6 55 52 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 23-8 21 33 Dairying* .. •• ..48-2 45 68 Preserving .. -• 14-4 16 17 Drains and sewers . • • • 5 • 8 5 1 Presses .. . • • • 9 • 6 6 9 Dredging and excavating (including 10-8 9 7 Printing and photography .. 37-0 18 20 rock drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 25-4 23 29 Drying .. ..20-6 16 9 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 126-8 95 66 Railways and tramways .. 38-8 14 9 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 55-2 49 56 Roads and ways (including road 22-4 18 10 Engines (steam), including rotary 13-0 12 29 watering) pumps Engines (miscellaneous and engine 39-6 38 42 Seed-dressing, chaif-cutting, and 8-0 7 6 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. 25 • 8 13 9 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. • • 13-6 32 27 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 30-4 39 29 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 7-2 2 3 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 18-6 19 26 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 9-0 3 animals) ! Shop and hotel fittings .. 27 • 6 28 20 Stationery and paper .. .. 43-0 44 40 Fencing •• 25-2 11 10 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 5*0 3 1 Telephony and telegraphy (including 202*6 210 313 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 32-4 12 14 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. • • 14*4 25 j 12 Filters •• ..8-04 5 j Fire alarms, cscapcs, ladders, and 18-8 7 14 Valves and cocks .. .. 16-6 12 i 15 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. ..129-8 69 60 Food .. .. ..24-6 15 19 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 32-2 23 18 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 19-2 16 16 Ventilating .. .. •• 6-2 6 13 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 61-6 42 20 Washing and cleansing . . 34 • 8 45 27 blinds, curtains, &c. ' Water-supplying •• ■■ 9-0 8 4 Wearing-apparel . . 43 • 8 46 48 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 8-6 5 4 Wools and hides .. .. 14-2 21 11 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 30-2 15 14 Harness (includinghorse, &c., covers) 4-4 3 3 other classes, as indiarubber- , Harvesting and grading .. ..32-0 34 20 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 44-4 55 51 &c. * Prior to 1911, milking-machines were included in class "Dairying," but are now a separate class.

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H. —Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patent sealed, and Letters Patent in Force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1933 (inclusive).

I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1931, 1932, and 1933.

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 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-31 (inclusive).

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I I Number „ , Total on which , Number Number of Letters Patent, s °f Applications. have been w 5, loh P !? al sealed. Fee P al<3 ' 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, 1921, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1,660 „ 1921-22 ... ... 23,572 12,673 1,894 Grand totals ... ... 71,901 35,710 7,087

j 1931. 1932. 1933. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 36 66 74 and jewellery Glass 2.—Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. 2 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mache, or 38 41 33 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 27 9 6 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 15 6 14 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- 13 4 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials Class 9. —Lace .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Class 10. —Boots and shoes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. 14 15 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 5 16 5 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 5 14 or stripes) Class 14.—Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other .. 1 than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs 6 4 1 or shawls being checks or stripes ___ . 151 164 143

1927-31. 1932. 1933. ! 1927-31. 1932. 1933. _ _ !_ ] J New Zealand .. .. 509-4 532 453 Japan .. .. 2-2 3 I Austria .. .. 1*8 .. .. Netherlands .. 14-4 Belgium .. .. 3-0 1 .. New South Wales .. 79-8 45 '56 Canada .. ; .. 13-2 9 10 Northern Ireland 2-8 2 4 China .. . . 0-4 .. . . Norway .. .. 1-2 Cuba . . .. 1-0 .. .. Palestine .. .. 0-2 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1*6 .. .. Poland .. .. .. .. 1 Denmark .. .. 1-0 .. .. Queensland.. .. 2-4 1 Egypt .. .. 0-6 2 1 South Australia .. 3-0 .. 1 Finland .. .. 0-2 .. .. South-west Africa .. 0-2 France .. .. 16-8 9 2 Spain .. .. .. 1 Germany .. .. 72-8 10 5 Sweden .. 3-4 1 4 Great Britain .. 290-2 232 179 Switzerland .. 5-4 Hawaii . . .. 0-2 .. .. Tasmania .. .. ■ 0-6 Holland . . .. .. .. 2 Union of South Africa 1-2 .. 1 Hungary .. .. .. 1 . - United States of Amer- 177-6 58 58 Italy .. .. 2-6 1 1 ica Jamaica .. .. .. 1 1 Victoria .. .. 42-2 ' 42 35

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K.—Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1932 and 1933, together with the Average for the Years 1927-1931 (inclusive).

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Class. J Classification of Goods. 1927-81. 1932. 1933. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 57-2 30 21 research, and anti-corrosives n Jr7 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 47-4 " purposes qq s 79 81 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 8.1 •« 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used m 18-b manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. • • ij"'' * 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 44-0 21 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. B-b 4 4 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful bi-8 43 do purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. •• •• •• •• •• „ 10 Horological instruments .. .. •• •• _ •• 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative J • s 11 io purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. •• •• •• •• 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. •• •• 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) .S'S ■1 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass ' . ■■ •• •• •• •• I'* ® 7 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. , " .. " ,q« o 7 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. is-o J 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. •• 16-6 8 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. •• •• 0-8 .. .. 20 Explosive substances .. .. •• •• • \ 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes v-a 19 and 20 90.9 10 7 22 Carriages .. .. • • • • • • • • • • ■ • M ' 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (6) sewing cotton .. .. •• •• >,'■> ■f 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. •• •• •• •• 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. •• 7-4 5 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. •. •• •• 0-3 .. .. 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. .. •• ■ • _ •• f"* A „ 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 0-3 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. .. •• •• •• •• 2 4 ' . 31 Silk piece-goods .. • • ■ • •• • ■ • • • • ' 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. •• •• •• 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. •• •• •• <-> 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. . • • • •• 4-/ .11 35 ! Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 I • 7 I • ■ 36 I Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. •• •• •• "' 7 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not J-ō I included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. •• " " J.'i L 19 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding • • • • f' * ' ' 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other It)-A 1.) a classes „ , , g 41 Furniture and upholstery .. 9n f, ,04 155 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. •• •• ™ 1 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. V.' " ', 09 - ~a 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 12-2 0 o 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. • • 20 • b 2J A! 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes " i f r ! J, 47 Candles, common soap, detergents; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils; 1Z-Z ->4: matches; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and o4-4 40 40 perfumed soap , irn a 11 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included m other classes .. io-U J " 50 Miscellaneous.. .. •• •• •• •• •• 78 " 7 ° 7