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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1937 Session I, H-10

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1937. NEW ZEALAND.

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FORTY-EIGHTH 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.

I have the honour, in accordance with section 128, to submit my report on the administration of the Act during the year 1936. The total number of proceedings instituted during the year for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks was 3,056. This is the highest total since 1932, and it is encouraging to note that the steady rise that has occurred in the last five years shows signs of being satisfactorily maintained. The fees received by the Office during the year in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks reached a total of £13,276 Is. 4d., which exceeds the receipts in any year since 1931. The corresponding amount for 1935 was £12,868 19s. 4., being £407 2s. less than was received in 1936. The expenditure during the year amounted to £5,221 19s. Id., and the excess of receipts over expenditure was £8,054 2s. 3d. This surplus exceeds that obtained in any year since 1930, with the exception of 1935, which year constituted a record in the whole history of the Patent Office. The total surplus of the Office since Ist January, 1890, is £213,191 16s. lOd. Patents. During the year there was an increase in the number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent, the total being 1,836 as against 1,730 for the previous year. An increase has also occurred in the cases in which a complete specification was lodged at the commencement of the proceedings, there having been 1,080 of such cases, as compared with 843 in 1935. Similarly, a greater number of complete specifications was lodged in 1936 than in 1935, in respect of proceedings for which a provisional specification only had previously been lodged, the figures being 261 and 233 respectively. The total number of applications received up to the 31st December, 1936, was 77,238, and the number of patents in force at that date was 8,248, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1933, to 31st December, 1936, 2,811 and 1,879 respectively ; sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1925, to 31st December, 1936, 3,558 ; and one patent in respect of which an extension of its term has been granted by order of the Supreme Court. Trend op Invention. Another large increase has been noted in the number of applications received in connection with tefephony and telegraphy (including phonographs, &c..), 488 (319). Increases were also recorded in the number of applications filed in the classes relating to building construction, 83 (52) ; chemicals, 22 (12) ; electricity and magnetism, 85 (76) ; heating and fuel-manufacture, 53 (49) ; milkingmachines, 39 (27) ; oils and lubricators, 23 (14) ; railways and tramways, 17 (9) ; bottles, bottling, and glass-working, 42 (33) ; medicines and surgical appliances, 28 (21) ; and seed-sowers, 21 (12) ; while decreases in the number of applications received occurred in the following classes : Amusements, 36 (50) ; boxes, cans, and casks, 47 (62) ; cultivating and tilling, 28 (40) ; dairying, 30 (50) ; and vehicles, 53 (61). I.—H. 10.

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The campaign for road safety in this and other parts of the world has led to the filing of a number of inventions having this end in view, such for example as railway-crossing barriers, warning and anti-dazzle devices, as well as the development of apparatus to complete automatically the change from one stage of control to another, and the provision of better braking-systems to relieve the driver of as much physical effort as possible. The bulk of the specifications filed in respect of the classes relating to milking-machinery and to building refer to teat-cups and ferro-concrete structures respectively, efforts also being directed to the improvement of concrete by the vibration process. In regard to internal-combustion engines most interest appears to be directed to carburettors, atomizers, and other devices for the better mixture of fuels. Interest is also being shown in methods of treating carcasses for the purposes of securing better marketing-conditions. Hair-waving appliances are still receiving attention, including methods and apparatus intended to minimize the risk of personal injury. Due possibly to the present enthusiasm for home knitting, a number of applications have been received for hand wool-winding devices. Invention in Relation to Human Progress. It has been said that the history of man is the history of invention. This, like many broad statements of truth, must be regarded as being subject to certain reservations. But whatever these reservations may be, it is well established that among the important foundations upon which modern society is built is the law designed to foster and protect the products of the human mind. Invention whether it is associated with discovery or not, and whether it involves the creation of things suited to mans material needs, or to his intellectual and spiritual needs—is, in fa,ct, essential not only to the foundations of civilization, but also to its superstructure. Progress in industrial pursuits, in manufacture, in transport, and in communication depends primarily and in essence on the initiative and fertility of the inventor. Similarly, looking at the cultural, educational, and spiritual aspects of life, we find that progress depends largely on continual additions to human knowledge by the creative worker, either through the enunciation of new truths or the seeing of old truths in new lights, and in relation to the swiftly changing environment of modern life. The creator of new ideas and new things—whether his realm be literature, art, music, or patentable invention must have the means to live. Recognizing that such creators are essential to a healthy, well-balanced civilization, the State has passed laws to protect and encourage creative effort. This protection and encouragement must extend not only to the creative worker himself, but also to those who by work or money contribute substantially to bringing the creative idea into a practical form. Until this practical form is achieved—as a machine, a process, a book, a work of art, or other appropriate embodiment—the public cannot enter into possession of this new human advance. It is for this reason that two large and influential International Unions have been functioning for over half a century, and that many years ago New Zealand decided to take her due place in international deliberations on ways of improving national and international safeguards to patent and copyright assets from both the individual and the public point of view. The subject-matter of these two Conventions is becoming in various ways interrelated and at the Copyright Conference which is to be held at Brussels, discussions of great importance to numerous patentees will take place. Just as fast aircraft, ships, and land engines have brought close together things that were previously far apart, so creative development has brought together two branches of human activity that up till then had not been so strikingly linked. The two branches of activity to which I refer are industrial invention and intellectual invention in the shape of patents and copyright, which have recently become more intimately bound together as a result of the development of radio broadcasting. Inventions relating to Radio. The last few years have, in fact, seen a remarkable growth in the number of proceedings that have been instituted for the grant of letters patent relating to radio. In 1935, in the radio class, a record was established not only for that class, but also for all the eighty-two classes into which inventions are at present divided in New Zealand. This record in 1935 was broken last year as a result of a further increase in the radio class of approximately 53 per cent, over the record number received in 1935. The number of proceedings in 1936 constitutes an increase of close on 100 per cent, on the average number of cases for the years 1930 to 1934 inclusive. Radio is, of course, one of the most powerful agencies in the world to-day for extending the range and effect of human personality. The importance of the human voice in many phases of life has in fact been enhanced by invention to such an extent that leaders of thought in various directions —m education, art, science, and medicine—are increasingly turning their attention to exploring new ways in which radio can be used for the public good. Inventions relating to Television. The effect of broadcasting upon the life of the community will, in the near future, receive -further impetus as a result of television. This branch of invention has shown a most interesting growth during the last decade, the number of proceedings relating to television having risen from 10 in 1927 to the remarkable number of 191 in 1936. What further steps inventors will take in extending the field of * human perception, it is not easy to forecast. It is certain, however, that further ingenious methods will be evolved of bringing to the fireside, more and more realistic reproductions of the activities of the world around us. Thus it may well be that invention, which in some ways has tended to break down home life in the past, may be the means of building it up again in the future on a much more satisfactory footing.

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Designs. Proceedings for registration of designs during the year totalled 124. This shows a decrease of 61 on last year's figures, but in this connection it will be noted that the number of design proceedings commenced in 1935 was the highest since 1926. The total number of cases as at 31st December, 1936, was 3,902. There were 948 design registrations in force at that date, 145 cases having been successful during the year, while 120 design registrations became void owing to the non-payment of the renewal fees. Renewal of the term of copyright in registered designs for the second term of five years was effected in 21 cases, and renewal in respect of the third term of five years was permitted in 6 cases. Applications from persons resident in New Zealand totalled 84 (81) ; the next greatest number of proceedings were commenced by persons or bodies corporate having their principal place of business in the following countries in the order set out—namely, Great Britain, the Commonwealth of Australia, the United States of America, and Germany. There were 50 (63) cases lodged in respect of Class l| while 29 (41) were lodged in Class 3, 16 (15) in Class 4, and 11 (9) in Class 5. The remaining proceedings were spread over six classes. There were five classes in which no cases were filed. Trade-marks. The number of proceedings for the registration of trade-marks during the year under review was 1,096, being the largest number of cases received in any year since 1930. There were slightly fewer proceedings in regard to the registration of trade-marks commenced by persons resident in New Zealand than in the previous year, the figures being 424 as against 447 in 1935. Similarly, there were fewer oases from the Commonwealth of Australia, the number being 134-, which is 26 less than in 1935. The position bo far as concerns the United States of America showed little variation, there being 5 less than in the previous year, when there were 77 cases. The number from Germany showed even less variation, the figures being 21 in 1935 and 22 for the year under review. The number of proceedings commenced by persons resident in Great Britain was 397, being the highest number of cases received from that country since 1920. There was again a slight increase over the previous year in the amount received in respect of trade-mark fees, the amount being £3,482 10s. lid., as against £3,386 14s. lid. in 1935. The greatest number of proceedings was in Class 3 (chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy), there being 152 as against 121 in 1935. In 1935 the greatest number of cases in any one class was in Class 42, which for 1936 occupies the second place on the list, the proceedings having numbered 125 as against 161 in the previous year. Next in order of the greatest number of applications in 1936 was Class 48 (perfumery, including toilet articles, preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap), 104 (42). The number of applications in the other principal classes are as follows : Class 38 (articles of clothing), 88 (77); Class 1 (chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical research, and anti-corrosives), 75 (52) ; Class 50 (Miscellaneous), 72 (40) ; Class 2 (chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary purposes), 55 (31). The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1908 (Merchandise Marks). One somewhat specialized branch of the law governing trade-marks is that relating to marks of origin and to the false marking of goods. The statutory provisions in regard to these subjects is contained in the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act of 1908, which closely follows the present English Merchandise Marks Act of 1887. In the administration of the Act so far as importations are concerned, this Office collaborates closely with the Customs Department, and the experience of the past has been that the law has functioned smoothly and with a low administrative cost. In 1926 Great Britain introduced an amendment to her principal Act of 1887, enabling certain marking to be made compulsory after the holding of prescribed investigations. This Act is also still in force. The problem of compulsory marking is a difficult one, and opinion on the subject is divided. The view is held, on the one hand, that compulsory marking is a direct benefit to local and British manufacturers. On the other hand, it is considered in some quarters that compulsory marking is a reactionary step which increases prices needlessly, creates international friction, and raises undesirable barriers to a healthy flow of trade. The regulation of marks of origin forms the subject of an international agreement. This agreement is under the auspices of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, which deals with patents, designs, and trade-marks. As indicated above, New Zealand is a member'of this union and is bound by the agreement just referred to. The League of Nations has also interested itself in merchandise marks, but no very final conclusions appear to have been reached. In view of the importance of the matter to business people and the public in New Zealand, in the British Commonwealth, and in other countries, efforts were made both here and in England to have the question of patents, designs, and trade-marks (including merchandise marks) placed on the agenda paper for the recent Imperial Economic Conference. It had been hoped that a conference of experts could have been arranged. This would have enabled a beneficial interchange of views and the exploration of means to improve trade facilities and international friendship. The item in regard to patents and trade-marks was, however, not able to be included in the agenda, and the proposal has accordingly been deferred. Erom time to time the question as to whether it is desirable to extend the provisions of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1908, has come under review, and the whole matter is at present the subject of further investigation.

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Patent Agents. The number of Patent Agents on the register as at 31st December, 1936, was 18, one name having been added to the register during the year. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. :— A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1936. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1936, together with the Corresponding Figures for the years 1934 and 1935. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the years 1913 to 1936 (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 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (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, 1936 (inclusive). . I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1934, 1935, and 1936. 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 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (inclusive). PI. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. The Patent Office, Wellington, Ist November, 1937.

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PATENT OFFICE. A—Receipts and Payments Account foe the Yeae ended 31st Decembee, 1936. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. c K a Patent fees .. .. .. .. .. 9,628 10 4 Salaries .. , ~, Ja" Design fees 97 11 6 Fuel, light, &c. 41 iq V Trade-mark fees 3,482 10 11 Postage, telegrams, and telephones ni 11 4 Printing and stationery 104 .< . , gales of Acts, journals, &c.— £ s. d. Patent Office Journal' .. .. " '' <582 17 n At the Government Printing Office .. 57 17 10 Typewriter repairs .. .. " " % ! o At the Patent Office .. .. 910 9 Contingencies.. .. .. ' 11 1 7 67 8 7 Office fittings .. .. .. 479 Refunds .. .. .. " ' 44 18 11 Balance : Cash in Public Account .. . g ; 054 2 3 £13,276 1 4 £13,276 1 4 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents. 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 state the position as disclosed thereby Copv right fees are not included. —J. H. Fowleb, Controller and Auditor-Gneral.

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

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Year. Beeeipts. | Payments. Surplus. jj Year. j Receipts. j Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d £ s d 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1932 12,034 19 4 4 78" 7 Ō 7 2S2 19 4 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 , 1933 11,694 11 10 4'378 18 10 7 315 A n 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 j 1934 12,376 5 11 4'709 6 9 7 666 19 2 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 i 1935 12,868 19 4 4 476 13 3 8 392 fi T 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10 j 1936 13,276 1 4 5 221 19 1 8 054 2 3

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C.-Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1936, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1934 and 1935.

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1934.» 1985.* 1936. Patents. .. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 920 10 0 882 1 7 759 lo 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,690 0 0 1,656 0 0 2,176 19 6 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications.. .. 464 0 0 435 10 0 '485 11 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 180 00 140 156 155 96 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 5 10 0 400 700 On hearing opposition On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 937 0 0 979* 0 0 1 072' 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. 100 100 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. 9 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 3 10 0 18 10 0 5 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. 1,769 5 11 1,964 1 6 2,031 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. 2,392 0 0 2,785 0 0 2'588 10 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 600 67 00 '800 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. 36 0 0 12 0 0 65 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c.,. on register.. 67 0 0 76 15 0 45 16 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 100 1150 300 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 38 0 0 43 5 0 35 6 10 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 53 3 1 73 14 11 70 0 2 Application for registration as patent agent Patent agents'fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 16 0 16 16 0 38 17 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. * Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 7 6 4811 6 3! 14 0 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 11 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 150 100 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 160 0 10 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right".. .. 5 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 12 0 22 0 0 6 16 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 18 9 2 18 8 23 10 4 8,628 10 4 Designs. Application for registration of designs .. .. .. .. 61 5 0 79 0 0 55 5 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. .. 28 0 0 41 0 0 24 10 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. .. 28 0 0 22 0 0 14 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 1 0 0 7 6 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 170 1 19 0 100 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 2 15 0 050 Assignment of designs .. .. .. .. .. 100 110 0 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 13 0 1 14 9 0 8 0 Change of name .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 Change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 0 10 0 050 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 0 10 0 150 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 160 250 010 97 11 6 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. .. .. .. .. 700 2 6 706 10 6 814 9 3 On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. 971 15 6 1,048 19 0 1,037 15 6 On association .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 16 0 8 15 0 8 16 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. .. 1,327 9 4 1,317 11 5 1,287 6 0 Application for extension of time .. .. .. .. 11 15 0 14 10 0 37 5 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. 400 500 700 On hearing opposition On assignment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 110 10 6 126 13 0 145 18 6 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 250 4 10 0 4 10 0 On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 11 0 15 10 0 6 15 0 On request under section 73 (6) .. .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 0 5 0 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. .. 20 110 11 16 0 11 12 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. 2 14 0 1 13 0 130 On request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 12 10 2 13 15 3 8 19 0 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. 4 18 0 840 5 12 0 On request under section 99 .. .. .. .. 7 10 0 2 0 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 16 5 0 11 17 0 20 4 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. .. .. .. .. 26 4 0 24 12 0 31 3 0 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 30 5 3 34 11 0 37 2 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 1 10 0 050 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. .. 100 0 10 0 0 10 0 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 1 15 0 2 10 0 150 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 14 00 12 00 400 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 2 11 11 17 9 10 15 8 3,482 10 11 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1933 and 1934 see reports for those years respectively.

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D. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1912 to 1936 (inclusive).

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

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Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. j Tear. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1919 1,880 74 j 1,272 3,226 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1920 2,193 109 ! 1,391 3,693 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1921 2,115 141 ! 994 3,250 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1922 2,183 214 j 1,103 3,500 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1923 2,075 183 | 1,163 3,421 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 . 1 ; '

Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, p , . , , Complete Specifica- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or patents sealed. Total tJ tions lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number of New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- £ New Zea- § New Zea- $ Appliland or Other land or Other land or J 3 land or '£ l an d 0 r J> 'Jjs cations. Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- g § Depend- g g Depend- g § encies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. q encies, &c. Q encies, &c. jg 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 41 917 78 347 795 2,137 1927 .. 153 752 1,028 119 284 49 841 95 330 793 2,052 1928 .. 127 912 905 128 240 44 753 98 291 932 2,072 1929 .. 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 1,056 78 276 655 2,065 1932 .. 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 951 61 263 570 1,845 1933 .. 96 688 909 69 217 24 751 87 250 674 1,762 1934 .. 86 752 857 71 210 23 1 766 1935 .. 91 755 805 83 225 36 1 730 1936 .. 92 988 678 79 1,837 Note. — Applications are sometimes received from joint applicants resident in different countries, and from appli cants giving two addresses; the figures may therefore total more than the actual number of applications received.

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F. —Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (inclusive).

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1930-34. 1935. 1936. 1930-34. | 193S. 1936. New Zealand .. .. 1.117 888 781 Kenya .. .. 0-2 Argentine Republic .. 1-2 .'. 1 Lichtenstein .. .. .. i "] Austria .. ., 4 .. 4 Luxembourg .. .. 0-2 Australia .. .. 218-2 205 216 Mexico .. .. 0-2 " Bahama Islands .. .. .. 1 Netherlands .. .. 16 34 28 Belgium .. .. 2-4 2 5 New South Wales .. 85-4 86 126 British Solomon Islands .. 1 .. North Nigeria .. 0-2 Canada .. .. 6-4 4 13 Norway .. .. 2-2 2 1 Canberra F.C.T 2 Philippine Islands .. 0-2 Czecho-Slovakia .. 0-2 .. .. Queensland .. .. 17-4 15 "6 Denmark .. .. 4-8 6 4 Roumania .. 1 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 .. .. Siam Esthonia .. .. 0-2 .. .. South Australia .. 8-6 16 10 Federated Malay States .. .. 2 South West Africa .. 0-2 Finland .. .. 0-4 .. . . Southern Rhodesia .. 0-2 France .. .. 13 13 26 Spain .. .. 0-8 Germany .. .. 76-4 103 143 Straits Settlements .. 0-2 .! Greece .. .. .. 1 .. Sweden .. .. 7-8 8 4 Guatemala .. .. 0-2 .. .. Switzerland .. .. 5-2 1 2 Great Britain .. 310-2 351 440 Tasmania .. .. 2-6 2 1 Hungary .. .. 1-2 .. .. Union of South Africa .. 2-8 5 3 India .. • .. 0-4 .. 1 United States of America 110 105 158 Irish Free State .. 1-8 .. 2 Victoria .. .. 100 84 67 ftaly •- . 6 .. 4 Western Australia .. 4-2 2 4 Japan .. .. 0-6 .. .. Western Samoa .. 0-4

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G.—Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (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, 1936 (inclusive).

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Class. 1930-34 1935. 1936. Class. 1930-34 1935. 1986. Advertising and displaying signs, 25-4 18 16 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 56-4 72 73 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. ..13-6 15 13 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 55-8 48 54 Amusements, music, exercisers, 60-0 50 36 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 23-0 16 19 Kitchen utensils and cooking appli- 52-4 53 45 bolts, ties, &c.) ances (including ovens) Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 54-0 22 19 Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 6'2 2 3 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 23-8 18 19 Boots and shoes.. .. ..24-8 17 19 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 31-0 33 42 Marine and submarine (including 19-8 12 13 Boxes, cans, and casks .. 87 • 4 62 47 lake and river engineering) Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 13-8 11 12 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 11-4 8 5 Brooms and brushes (including 16-8 16 7 Medicines and surgical appliances 35-2 21 28 mops) (including ear-instruments, dental Building-construction .. .. 36-6 21 40 work, &c.) Building - construction (brick and 26-6 17 26 Metal-working (including welding, 19-2 29 22 cement compositions and mould- stamping, and plating) ing) Milking-machines* .. ..44-0 27 39 Building-construction (windows and 26-2 14 17 Minerals (including filtration, lixivia- 18-6 19 18 doors) tion, screens, &c.) Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-4 1 Chemicals .. .. ..12-2 12 22 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3 ■ -I 4 1 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. ..19-6 14 21 Closets and urinals .. .. 22-4 22 18 Oils and lubricators .. .. 18-2 14 23 Coin-freed mechanism .. ..12-0 15 6 Cooling and freezing .. ..27-4 22 20 Paints and painting (including 12-0 3 8 Cultivation and tilling .. ..46-4 40 28 kauri-gum) Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 56-0 50 37 Pipes, tubes, and hose .. ..21-8 14 14 Preserving .. .. ..15-4 16 10 Dairying* .. .. .. 51-2 50 30 Presses .. .. ..8-4 4 4 Drains and sewers .. ..3-2 2 1 Printing and photography .. 28-2 17 15 Dredging and excavating (including 7-0 7 7 Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 24-8 25 18 rock drills) pumps) Drying .. .. .. 16-2 20 9 Railways and tramways .. .. 19-8 9 17 Electricity and magnetism .. 90-4 76 85 Roads and ways (including road 14-2 15 16 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 56-6 46 37 watering) Engines (steam), including rotary 15-0 13 10 pumps Seed-dressing, chaff - cutting, and 6-4 6 6 Engines (miscellaneous and engine 36-8 26 21 threshing accessories), including current Seed-sowers .. .. ..15-8 12 21 motors, solar motors, tide motors, Sewing and knitting .. .. 21-6 17 21 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 30'8 28 25 laneous motors nary appliances) Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 4-4 8 9 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 2-8 3 2 Exterminating (including trapping 18-8 33 21 Shop and hotel fittings .. ..27-4 25 16 animals) Stationery and paper .. 39 • 6 35 29 Eencing .. .. .. 14-6 12 13 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 2-8 1 3 Telephony and telegraphy (including 248-4 319 488 Fibre - dressing (including rope- 18-6 26 22 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. ..19-4 7 9 Filters .. .. .. .. 6-2 2 3 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 13.2 9 11 Valves and cocks .. .. 16-0 18 20 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. ..76-2 61 53 F°°d .. .. .. 19'4 18 21 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. ..21-4 17 14 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 15-6 18 16 Ventilating .. .. 6-6 12 9 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 44-6 38 38 Washing and cleansing .. ..33-8 27 25 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 8-0 9 5 Wearing-apparel .. ..49-8 56 57 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 6-6 5 12 Wools and hides .. .. 14-2 10 12 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 19-2 12 23 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 3-8 8 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. ..33-0 22 15 manufacture, fishing - appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 46-0 49 53 &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.

Number ,, , Total on which ! ,?T b f r Number of Letters Patent °? Applications. have been w £ lch F ™ al sealed. Fee P aid ' 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 j 12,711 2,591 Act of 1911 .. .. 1st July, 1912, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 I 7,773 1,660 „ 1921-22 .. .. 1st July, 1922, to 31st Dec., 1936 28,909 15,486 3,187 Grand totals . . 77,238 38,523 8,380

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I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1934, 1935, AND 1936.

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 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (inclusive).

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l 1934. 1935. 1936. Class 1.—Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 70 63 50 and jewellery Class 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. . . 1 1 Class 3.—Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mache, or 20 41 29 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 19 15 16 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 14 9 11 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- .. 1 2 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 5—Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials Class 9. —Lace Class 10.—Boots and shoes . . .. . . .. . . .. 1 10 1 Class 11.—Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. 2 3 2 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. . . 13 5 10 Class 13.—Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 2 30 1 or stripes) Class 14.—Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other 4 2 than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handker- 3 4 chiefs or shawls being checks or stripes 147 184 123

1930-34. 1935. 1936. 1930-34, 1935. 1936. ! New Zealand .. .. 496-4 447 424 ! Jamaica .. .. 0-2 Australia .. .. 104-6 168 132 | .Japan .. .. 2-8 .. 5 Austria . . .. 1 .. I Netherlands .. 7 Bahama Islands .. .. .. 2 New South Wales .. 60-2 78 78 Belgium .. .. 1-4 .. .. Northern Ireland .. 2-4 3 1 Canada .. ..11-6 9 19 Norway .. .. 0-6 China .. .. 0-2 .. .. Poland .. .. 0-2 Columbia .. .. .. .. 1 Portugal .. .. .. 1 Cuba . . . . 0-2 . . . . Queensland. . . . 2-8 2 2 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1*4 _ .. 1 Singapore .. . . .. 1 Denmark .. .. 0-6 1 .. South Australia ..2-8 1 ] Egypt • • • • 1 • 2 .. .. South-west Africa .. 0-2 Finland .. .. 0-6 2 .. Spain .. .. 0-2 France .. .. 7-8 8 12 Sweden .. ..2-6 .. 1 Germany .. .. 19-4 21 22 Switzerland .. 2-4 .. 2 Great Britain .. 227-6 218 397 Tasmania .. .. 0-4 1 Hawaii .. .. 0-2 .. .. Union of South Africa 0-6 Holland .. .. 1-8 2 1 United States of Ameri- 9-6 77 72 Hungary .. .. 0-2 .. 1 ica India .. .. 1-2 .. 2 Victoria .. ..36-4 78 51 Italy .. .. 2-8 2 5 Western Samoa .. .. 1

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K. —Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1935 and 1936, together with the Average for the Years 1930-34 (inclusive).

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Class. Classification of Goods. 1930-34. 1935. 1936. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 37-4 52 75 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 44-6 31 55 purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 91-2 121 152 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 12 9 8 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 6-4 7 5 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 26-2 17 25 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery . . 6-2 7 6 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 47-4 54 47 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. . . .. . . .. .. .. 3 • 2 5 10 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-4 .. 4 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 14 7 17 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. .. .. .. .. .. 9-8 7 18 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. 28-8 39 30 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.), 2-4 1 2 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5-2 4 6 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 4 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration . . 11 13 10 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 9-4 12 12 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. .. 0-4 1 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 2 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 0-2 .. 1 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 6 6 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (h) sewing cotton .. .. .. .. .. 2-4 2 12 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. .. .. .. .. 16-8 24 14 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. .. .. 5 6 3 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. .. .. .. .. 0-2 .. 2 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. .. .. .. .. .. ]-6 1 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. .. 1-2 3 1 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 0-2 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-4 4 1 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 1 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 0-4 1 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. .. .. 4-2 3 1 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. 5-6 4 2 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 1 1 2 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-8 . . I 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 8-6 2 4 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. .. .. . . . , 81 77 88 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. .. 30-2 47 34 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 17-8 13 10 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. .. ., .. 6-8 1 4 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. .. .. .. 193-2 161 125 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. .. .. 23-2 33 34 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 7-8 6 10 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. .. 22-8 17 23 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. .. 2-6 1 1 47 Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils; 50-4 45 38 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 51-4 42 104 perfumed soap 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 12-8 11 14 50 Miscellaneous .. . . .. .. .. .. .. ., 62 40 72