PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER.

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1940. NEW ZEALAND.

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 128 of the Patents, Desiqns 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 1939. The proceedings instituted during the year for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks reached a total of 2,652. Considering the world-wide conditions of difficulty and uncertainty that have prevailed in international relations and trade during the vear under review, it must be regarded as satisfactory that the proceedings for the year were only 328 less than m the preceding year. J It should be noted, however, that the number of proceedings in respect of patents, designs and trade-marks instituted in any one year does not give an adequate indication of the volume of business that is transacted durmg that year. The reason for this is that a large proportion of the grants made and registrations effected, are renewable two or more times at recurring intervals of years and in any case remain permanently or for very long periods, relevant to subsequent proceedings. It is inevitable therefore that the work of the Patent Office should increase noticeably each year irrespective of any increase in the number of applications received, and a temporary falling-off in the number of proceedings in any particular year does not, ipso facto, result in a reduction of the amount of work that has to be performed in the Patent Office during that or succeeding years. The total fees which were received by the Patent Office in respect of proceedings relating to patents designs, and trade-marks was £14,134 6s. 6d. This sum constitutes the third largest amount of revenue received m any one year since the inception of the Office, the prior two highest totals having been £14,7M25. Bd. m 1938 (which established a record) and in 1930, when the fees collected reached a total ot £14,195 15s. 7d. During the year the expenditure totalled £6,846 Is. 4d, which is slightly in excess of the total payments for the previous year (£6,790 Bs. 3d.). This increase is, however, more than accounted for by the larger amount payable for the rent of additional premises that had become necessary owing to congestion of the accommodation available for the Patent Office Library and the staff. The receipts for the period under review exceeded the expenditure by the sum of £7,288 ss. 2d thus increasing the surplus of the Office since Ist January, 1890, to the grand total of £236,227 10s.' lid! Patents. As already indicated earlier in this report, there has, owing to unsettled conditions throughout the world been an inevitable falling off during 1939 in the number of proceedings instituted before the latent Office. _ I his temporary decline is reflected in the number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent received m the Patents Division, there having been a slight decrease of 139 in the number of such proceedings as compared with the number for the previous year. The figure for 1939 was 1,821, as against 1,960 for 1938. Last year there was also a reduction, though not great, in the number of cases in connection with which a complete specification was filed in the first instance at the commencement of the proceedings. ! he number of applications in respect of which the complete specification was so lodged was 1 131 as against 1,285 in 1938. ' ' The number of complete specifications filed in 1939 with reference to proceedings for which a provisional specification had already been lodged was, however, only 14 less than that for 1938 there having been 191 in 1939 and 205 in the preceding year.

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The total number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent instituted up to 31st December, 1939, was 82,854, and the number of patents in force at that date was 8,099, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1936, to 31st December, 1939, 2,052 and 2,262 respectively ; sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1929, to 31st December, 1939, 3,785, and one patent in respect of which an extension of term has been granted by Order of the Supreme Court under the special procedure laid down in that behalf. Trend of Invention. In my reports presented in 1937 and 1938 I drew attention to the vital importance of invention to both the foundations and the superstructure of modern civilization. For the moment, mankind is suffering from the construction and use of devastating instruments of war. Sight must not be lost, however, of the fact that it is to other inventors throughout the world (whether in the industrial, scientific, or intellectual realm) that we largely owe the very civilization which is thus temporarily threatened. High among the important industrial and intellectual enterprises of to-day which depend for their efficiency on patent and copyright law stands radio. The growth of this cultural industry can be traced in the steady and phenomenal inflow of applications for patents in the class of invention relating to radio. In 1935 the number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent in this class was so great that it constituted a record for the whole eighty-two classes under which inventions are at present grouped in this country. Since then the record has again been broken in each succeeding year up to and inclusive of 1938. It was indicated in my report covering the year 1937 that the same ratio of intense activity in this field of invention could scarcely be expected to be maintained, and, as was anticipated, the figures for 1939 show a slight decrease on those of the previous year, though even then they reach the surprisingly high figure of 512. Very early in the history of invention in relation to milking-machines New Zealand inventors turned their attention to this sphere of creative effort and gained a world-wide reputation for improvements and advances in the machinery that first found its way into the hands of the farming community. It is, of course, generally recognized that had it not been for the work of these pioneer inventors, and of those who followed them, the dairy industry as we know it to-day could not have come into being. It seems probable, in fact, that these inventions alone had a profound effect on the lines along which New Zealand developed both economically and socially. It is accordingly a matter of no little interest that during the last two years there has been a marked revival of activity in this class of invention. Thus the number of milking-machine applications received in 1938 was nearly twice the number filed during the previous year, and the applications for 1939 exceeded the total in any one year since 1923. Another group which has received the special attention of inventors during the year under review, is class Electricity and magnetism. The numerical increases are spread over many sub-groups within the main class itself, and the total number of proceedings instituted is not only nearly twice as many as in the previous year, but constitutes the highest total received in the class during the past decade. Increases have also occurred in the number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent instituted in respect of the subject-matter included in a number of other classes in the patent classification, among which may be mentioned : Dairying, 31 (22)* ; Marine and sub-marine (including lake and river engineering), 21 (11); Building construction (windows and doors), 20 (II); Attaching and securing (including bolts, ties, &c.), 19 (12) ; Amusements, music exercisers, games, &c., 47 (31) ; Aeronautics, 15 (11) ; Food, 23 (10) ; Harvesting and grading, 29 (20); Explosives, firearms, and targets, 17 (5). Decreases in the number of proceedings instituted occur in certain classes among which may be noted : Fibre dressing (including rope-making), 5 (20); Illuminating (except gas-manufacture), 86 (138); Cultivating and tilling, 21 (31) ; Building construction (brick and cement compositions and moulding), 32 (48). Designs. A decrease is shown in the number of proceedings instituted for the registration of designs as compared with the number of proceedings instituted in 1938, there having been 160 in 1938 and 137 in 1939. This brings the total number of design proceedings instituted at this office as at 31st December, 1939, to 4,393. Design registrations in force at that date numbered 1,028, of which 129 cases were registered during the year. The number of registrations which became void owing to the non-payment of renewal fees was 111. Renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected in 33 cases, while 10 were renewed for the third term of five years. The number of proceedings instituted by persons resident in New Zealand was 91 (97)* ; the nesxt greatest number of proceedings instituted was by persons resident in Great Britain and Australia respectively. There were 65 (70) proceedings instituted in Class 1 (Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, and jewellery), while 44 (37) were commenced 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), 11 (37) in. Class 4 (Articles composed wholly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, clay (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate), and 8 (6) in Class 12 fGoods not included, in other classes) ; the remaining proceedings were spread over four classes, and in respect of the remaining seven classes no proceedings were instituted.

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Trade-marks. In sympathy with the world-wide disturbance of trade and commerce that has occurred in the last few years, there has been a partial slowing up of the inflow of applications and other proceedings dealt with in the Trade-marks Division. As might be expected, therefore, the amount received in respect of trade-marks fees during the year under review discloses a decrease on the previous year, the figures being £3,254- 14s. 3d. and £3,772 6s. lOd. respectively. It must, however, be remembered that the latter amount was the highest received in regard to trade-mark proceedings since 1931. The falling off in the total number of proceedings instituted for the registration of trade-marks, which was 694 as compared with 860 in the previous year, was to some extent a contributing factor to the decrease in revenue mentioned above. As against this it is interesting to note that proceedings for registration commenced in 1939 by persons resident in New Zealand showed a slight increase over those instituted in 1938, the numbers being 334 and 326 respectively. During the year under review there were 86 applications for registration of trade-marks from Australia, which was 28 fewer than in the previous year, while the number of cases from the United States of America remained the same, 76. A fairly large falling-off is shown in the number of proceedings for registration from Great Britain, 128 (230), and Germany also showed a decrease, 31 (52). As is usually the case, the greatest number of proceedings in any one class is in Class 42 (Substances used as food, or as ingredients in food), being 77, as compared with 128 in the previous year. In Class 3 (Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy) the number was 72 (100). Next in order of the number of proceedings in any one class are: Ciass 38 (Articles of clothing), 65 (87) ; Class 48 (Perfumery, including toilet articles, preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap), 50 (64) ; Class 8 (Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching), 42 (25); Class 13 (Metal goods not included in other classes), 36 (34) ; and Class 6 (Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horticultural machines including in Class 7), 32 (38). While in 1938 the number of proceedings in Class 22 (Carriages) was 16, which is more than double the average number for the five years prior to 1938, there was only one case in this class for the year under review. General. Last session the law in New Zealand was brought more nearly into line with that in Great Britain by the passing of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Amendment Act, 1939. This Act introduces a number of improvements which will be of direct and indirect benefit to inventors, trade-mark owners, the business community, and the public generally. The administration of the Act will give rise to a good deal of additional work for the next few years during the transitional period, and will also in certain respects result in a permanent increase in the duties of the Office. Patent Agents. The number of registered Patent Agents as at 31st December, 1939, was 16, there having been no alteration in the number of Patent Attorneys on the Register during the year under review. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. :— A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1939. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1939, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1937 and 1938. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1915 to 1939 (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 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (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, 1939 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1937, 1938, and 1939. 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 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive).

H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

The Patent Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1940.

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APPENDIX. PATENT OFFICE. A.—Receipts and Payments Account por the Year ended 31st December, 1939. Receipts. £ a. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. .. 10,646 18 2 Salaries .. .. .. ..5 001 18 6 Design fees .. .. .. .. .. 158 14 0 Fuel, light, power, and water .. .. . . 20 0 11 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. .. 3,254 14 3 Office fittings and requisites .. .. .. 20 17 6 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Rent of offices .. .. 36g \ r j At the Government Printing Office .. 6110 3 Patent Office Journal .'. \\ 1,046 510 At the Patent Office .. 12 910 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. . . 149 18 8 74 0 1 Printing and stationery, &c. .. .. 210 16 5 Refunds .. .. .. .. ~ 27 6 0 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. .. 7,288 5 2 £14,134 6 6 £14,134 6 6 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 states the "position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included.—Cyril Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

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

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1939, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1937 and 1938.

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Year ' Receipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s d 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 | 8,363 8 5 ; 1935 12,868 19 4 4,476 13 3 8 392 6 1 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10 1936 13,276 1 4 5,221 19 1 8 054 2 3 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4 1937 13,407 3 7 5,623 9 1 7! 783 14 6 1933 11,694 11 10 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0 1938 14,754 2 8 6,790 8 3 7 963 14 5 1934 12,376 5 11 4,709 6 9 7,666 19 2 1939 14,134 6 6 6,846 1 4 7,'288 5 2

1937.* 1938.* 1939. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 712 12 0 677 0 6 705 10 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 2,245 0 0 2,546 0 0 2 162 0 6 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 428 0 0 436 0 0 10 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 207 15 0 164 15 0 158 17 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 3 15 0 5 0 0 On hearing opposition On roquest for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,039 19 8 I ni l] 0 1216 19 10 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. . . 5 0 0 3 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. . . 27 10 0 15 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. 2,176 12 4 2,597 2 3 2 703 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. 0 0 2'848 0 0 2*898 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents . . ,. . . ' 12 0 0 6 0 0 ' 18 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. ., 11 0 0 127 10 0 83 10 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &o., on register .. 66 15 0 61 7 0 69 12 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 2 15 0 1 10 0 0 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. 49 170 3170 34 106 Copies of specifications and drawings .. ., .. .. 52 4 11 44 19 1 100 9 7 Application for registration as patent agent .. .. . . 2 2 0 Patent agents' fees .. .. .. .. .. ., 35 14 0 31 10 0 33 12 0 ratent agents examination fees . . .. ,. . , 3 3 0 Searches ... .. .. . . 30 19 6 27 16 6 32 15 6 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 26 00 1100 60 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. . . . . 0 15 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 Request to enter change of address . . .. .. .. 0 15 0 6 12 0 0 5 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right" .. .. 2 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register Weeklyhsts 9 ' 8 0 •' Miscellaneous 13 19 3 13 0 3 27 6 3 10,646 18 2 ♦for a complete analysis of fees received in 1937 and 1938, "see reports for those years respectively.

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1939, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1937 and 1938—continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1914 to 1939 (inclusive).

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— 1937.* | 1938.* 1989. ! I | Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs . . .. .. .. 90 0 0 68 1 0 68 9 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) . 40 0 0 35 19 6 44 19 6 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) . 31 0 0 30 0 0 38 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. . . .. . . . . .. .. 0 5 0 Searches (Office) .. . . .. . . . . . 3 0 0 1 16 0 2 2 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. . . .. 050 .. 1100 Assignment of designs .. .. . . . . 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 Copies of drawings .. . . . . .. 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 8 6 Change of name Change of address Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 15 0 .. 0 10 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. . . .. 0 5 0 1 15 0 1 5 0 158 14 0 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. - .. .. .. 664 15 11 631 5 0 512 8 8 On registration .. .. . . .. .. 1,020 0 0 1,184 15 6 1,102 19 6 On association .. .. .. .. .. .. 950 14 70 11 60 On renewal of registration . .. .. .. , . 1,391 9 0 1,638 18 4 1,377 19 7 Application for extension of time .. .. .. .. 29 10 0 33 12 4 23 11 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. 300 850 "2 0 0 On hearing opposition On assignment of trade-marks .. . . , . . . . . 160 19 6 133 1 6 107 8 9 Amendment of trade-marks .. . . . . .. , . 8 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 On cancellation .. .. 32 10 0 3 10 0 11 15 0 On request under section 73 (6) . . . . . . 12 9 0 0 10 0 0 9 0 Extra space in Journal . . .. . . . . 19 0 0 12 5 0 14 4 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates . . . . . . 0 10 0 0 18 6 0 10 On request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 1080 6-711 11 0 0 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. 23 11 0 10 7 0 6 13 0 On request under section 99 . . .. . . 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 12 0 Certificates of Commissioner . . . . . . . . 11 13 0 11 0 0 7 8 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. . . .. , . . . 20 17 6 18 5 0 16 10 3 Searches (Office) .. .. . .. .. .. 33 0 0 31 7 0 27 11 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. 250 1150 100 Additional fee under Rule 62.. ,. .. .. 800 400 200 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 400 3 15 0 150 On restoration of trade-mark . . . . . . . . 8 10 0 12 3 0 2 0 0 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 2 1 4 18 9 5 7 6 3,254 14 3 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1937 and 1938 see reports for those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. 1 Total. Year. Patents. ! Designs. Trade-marks. Total. | j i i ! j ~ 1914 1,574 55 i 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 I 169 1,265 3'537 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 ; 1931 ; 2,065 1 151 999 3 215 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 j 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 1.41 994 3,250 j 1934 | 1,766 I 140 915 2's27 1922 2,183 214 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'o56 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 I 1937 [ 1,832 I 193 889 , 2'914 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 ! 1938 j 1,960 160 860 i 2 980 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 | 1939 1,821 137 694 i 2 652

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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: tbo 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 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, t> Complete Specifica- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or Patents sealed. Tofcal h" tions lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number £ j __ of New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- '£ New Zea- g New Zea- g A PP h " land or Other land or Other land or <5 'g land or 5 X i an( j or fc -fi cations. Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- | f g Depend. f a Depend- f encies, &c. eneies, &c. encies, &c.j encies, &o. g encies, &c. 1910 .. 250 443 990 148 254 75 925 125 306 475 1 831 1911 .. 245 434 935 126 258 59 849 86 323 482 1 740 1912 .. 258 507 877 95 275 35 817 78 334 508 l'737 1913 .. 217 467 965 126 249 58 910 94 272 499 1 775 J 914 .. 177 426 868 103 228 45 782 96 273 423 l'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 l'329 1918 .. 143 454 704 88 245 39 540 72 284 442 I.'389 1919 .. 200 685 906 91 279 42 707 77 321 689 l'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'o75 1924 ■■ 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 882 89 356 758 2 085 1925 177 764 I >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'o52 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'o65 1932 .. 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 951 61 263 570 1 845 1933 9 6 688 909 69 217 24 751 87 250 674 I'762 1934 .. 86 752 857 71 210 23 720 75 217 754 1J66 1935 • • 91 7 55 805 83 225 36 660 59 230 781 1 730 1936 92 9 88 678 79 189 40 591 85 I 208 958 1*837 1937 .. 81 1,040 632 80 170 35 j I 833 1938 .. 70 1,215 598 77 155 36 " !! " " i' 9 6o 1939 .. 78 1,043 628 72 j x ggj ■ I

1933-37. 1938. 1939. j 1933-37. 1938. 1939. New Zealand.. .. 863-6 688 704 Latvia ... 1 Argentine Republic .. 0-6 .. .. Lichtenstein .. .. 0-6 Austria .. .. 2-8 3 1 Luxembourg .. .. 0-4 2 1 Australia .. .. 228-3 278 266 Mexico .. .. 0-2 Bahama Islands .. 0-2 .. .. Netherlands .. .. 23-8 113 48 Belgium .. .. 2-4- 6 ,3 New South Wales .. 103-4 178 171 British Solomon Islands 0-2 .. .. North Nigeria Canada .. .. 6-8 18 13 Norway 1-2 1 "2 Canberra F.G.T. .. 0.8 1 .. Philippine Islands Czechoslovakia .. 0-8 1 3 Queensland .. .. 12-4 10 9 Denmark .. .. 5-0 7 6 Roumania .. .. 0-2 1 ] Dutch East Indies .. .. .. South Australia .. 10-6 7 ]1 . •• •• '0 •• .. South West Africa .. 0-2 Esthonia .. .. . . .. ,, Southern Rhodesia Federated Malay States 0-4 .. 5 Spain ... 1 Finland .. .. . . j _. Straits Settlements .. 0-2 France .. .. 1.7-6 8 19 Sweden .. ., 7-6 10 12 Germany .. .. 131-0 141 81 Switzerland .. .. 4-0 4 7 Greece .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Tasmania .. .. 1-6 1 4 Guatemala .. .. 0-2 .. Thailand .. .. 0-2 1 1 (*reat Britain .. 382 • 6 533 454 Union of South Africa .. 2-4 3 7 Hungary .. .. 1-0 .. 1 United States of America 114-0 148 182 J Q( lia • ■ • • 0" 2 .. Victoria .. .. 82-2 75 63 • 2-4 3 3 Western Australia .. 3*8 6 8 Japan .. .. 0-4 .. j Western Samoa .. 0-2 Kenya .. .. 0-6 .. *

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G. —Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive).

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I ! Class. 1933-37 1938. 1939. Class. 1933-37 1938. 1939. ! [_ Advertising and displaying signs, 19-0 17 8 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 68-2 138 86 &e. ture) Aeronautics .. .. ..10-8 1! 15 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 40-8 54 39 Amusements, music, exercisers, 44-4 31 47 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 19-6 .12 19 Kitchen utensils and cooking appli- 44-0 40 25 bolts, ties, &c.) ances (including ovens) Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 20-4 18 20 Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 2'8 3 .. Locks, latches, and hinges .. 23-6 15 20 Boots and shoes .. .. 18-8 17 17 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 30-8 37 30 Marine and sub-marine (including 16-4 11 21 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 61-6 52 45 lake and river engineering) Brewing, distilling, &o. .. .. 12-8 9 1 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) ..7-2 4 (j Brooms and brushes (including 13-0 9 8 Medicines and surgical appliances 28-8 38 26 mops) (including oar-instruments, dental Building-construction .. 27'0 27 25 work, &c.) Building-construction (brick and 19-8 48 32 Metal-working (including welding, 22-2 43 28 cement compositions and mould- stamping, and plating) ing) Milking-machines* .. .. 38-0 71 83 Building-construction (windows and 17-0 11 20 Minerals (including filtration, lixivia- 18-4 15 12 doors) tion, screens, &c.) Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-4 1 Chemicals .. .. .. 12-4 16 19 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-4 2 3 Gleaning, polishing, &c. .. 17 • 0 25 9 Closets and urinals .. .. 18-2 16 19 Oils and lubricators .. ..23-8 29 23 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 10-8 7 5 Cooling and freezing .. ..21-8 20 19 Paints and painting (including 7-0 15 5 Cultivating and tilling .. . . 35 >6 31 21 kauri-gum) Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 45-6 33 28 Pipes, tubes, and hose .. ..21-0 29 21 Preserving .. .. .. 14-0 12 10 Dairying* .. .. ..45-0 22 31 Presses .. .. .. 5-6 7 5 Drains and sewers .. .. 2-6 7 5 Printing and photography .. 19 • 2 24 10 Drodging and excavating (including 6-4 8 8 Pumps and sprayors (except rotary 22-6 13 18 rock drills) pumps) Drying .. .. ..13-6 11 15 Railways and tramways .. .. 13-8 18 17 Electricity and magnetism .. 76-6 59 106 Roads' and ways (including road 12-4 24 11 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 48-0 19 22 watering) Engines (steam), including rotary 15'2 7 6 pumps _ Seed-dressing, chaff - cutting, and 5-2 2 4 Engines (miscellaneous and engine 29-0 28 21 threshing accessories), including current Seed-sowers .. .. .. 13-2 20 13 motors, solar motors, tide motors, Sewing and knitting .. ..21-6 26 27 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 27-0 22 II laneous motors nary appliances) Explosives, firoarms, and targets .. 5-8 5 17 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 2'8 5 4 Exterminating (including trapping 22'6 20 16 Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 20'6 25 11 animals) Stationery and paper .. .. 35-0 31 28 Fencing .. ..12-4 18 20 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 2-0 2 2 Telephony and telegraphy (including 389-2 578 512 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 17-6 20 5 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. 12-2 11 4 Filters .. .. .. 4-0 6 9 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 11-6 10 14 Valves and cocks .. .. 16-8 20 12 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. !! 58-8 60 52 Food •• •• 16-8 10 23 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 19-2 5 12 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 17-6 19 20 Ventilating .. .. .. 9-y 7 5 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 30-8 40 46 Washing and cleansing .. ..24-4 23 29 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 5. ft g g Wearing-apparel .. ..49-6 49 42 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 7-8 5 9 Wools and hides .. . . 9-8 5 2 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 16-8 20 18 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 4-8 I 3 other classes, as indiarubborHarvosting and grading .. .. 21-4 20 29 manufacture, fishing - appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 45-8 36 28 &c. * Prior to 1011 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, tlio figures will total more than the actual number of applications received.

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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, 1939 (inclusive).

I.—Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1937, 1938, and 1939.

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Number XT , Total on which *T b f Number of Letters Patent f 0 . n Applications. have been w i, loh 1< !" a ' sealed. Fee P aid " . Act of 1860 .. .. 1861 to 1870 .. .. 109 109 ! 109 ,, 1870 .. .. 1871 to 1883 .. .. 881 687 i 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 .. .. 1st July, 1922, to 31st Dec., 1939 32,690 18,561 4,330 Grand totals .. .. 82,854 41,598 9,523

1937. 1938. 1939. Class 1.—Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 90 70 65 and jewellery Class 2.—Books and bookbinding of all materials .. ., .. .. .. 1 Class 3.—Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mache, or 48 37 44 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 29 37 11 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5.—Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 9 5 6 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 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials Class 9.—Lace Class 10. —Boots and shoes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 \ Class 11.—Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. 1 J 2 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 14 6 8 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 111 or stripes) Class 14.— Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handker- .. ] chiefs or shawls being checks or stripes 193 ; 160 137

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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 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive).

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Average ! J Average for 1938. 1939. ;j | for 1938. 1939. 1933-37. 11 11933-37. New Zealand .. .. 431-2 326 334 Jamaica Australia .. .. 125-8 114 86 Japan .. .. 2-2 Austria .. .. 0-2 .. .. Netherlands .. .. 1 Bahama Islands .. 0-4 .. .. New South Wales .. 71-2 94 41 Belgium .. .. 0-2 8 4 Northern Ireland .. 2-4 Canada .. ..17-6 24 13 Norway Canberra .. .. 0-2 .. 1 Poland .. .. 0-2 Columbia .. .. 0-2 .. .. Portugal .. .. 0-2 Cuba .. .. 0-2 1 1 Queensland.. .. 1-8 .. 1 Czechoslovakia .. 1-0 2 .. Singapore .. .. 0-2 3 Denmark .. .. 0-2 1 1 South Australia .. 0-8 2 • • • • 0 • 2 .. .. South-west Africa Finland .. .. 1-2 .. .. Spain France .. .. 8-0 14 8 Sweden .. .. 3-0 .. 7 Germany .. ..16-2 52 31 Switzerland .. 1-0 4 1 Great Britain .. 245-8 230 128 Tasmania .. .. 0-6 Hawaii .. .. .. .. 1 Union of South Africa 0-2 Holland .. .. 2-6 2 2 United States of Ameri- 71-2 76 76 Hungary .. .. 1-4 .. .. ca India .. .. 0-6 5 .. Victoria .. ..51-0 18 43 Iraq .. .. 0-2 .. .. Western Australia .. 0-2 Italy .. .. 1-6 1 .. 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 1938 and 1939, together with the Average for the Years 1933-37 (inclusive).

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Average Class Classification ol Goods. for 1938. 1939. 1933-37. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 43-2 38 31 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 38-4 31 27 purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 108-0 100 72 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 6-6 6 9 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 5-8 5 3 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 22-0 38 32 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 6-2 6 15 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 46'4 25 42 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 4-0 8 2 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. .. •• 1 • 6 4 I 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 14'0 9 11 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 8'2 9 10 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. 31-4 34 36 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.), 2-4 4 3 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• 4-2 4 3 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. .. •• 2-6 6 3 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 10-2 10 11 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 11-2 12 13 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. .. 0-4 20 Explosive substances .. .. ■ • • • ■ • ■ • • ■ 1 • 6 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 0-4 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 6-4 16 1 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (6) sewing cotton .. .. .. .. .. 5-4 4 I 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. .. .. .. .. 16-0 19 11 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. .. .. 5-4 4 3 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. .. .. .. .. 0-4 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-8 4 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. .. 1-8 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 1 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 14 2 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 0-4 3 1 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-8 3 1 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. 5-4 4 3 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. 0-8 .. 2 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-2 2 2 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 5-2 2 2 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 82'8 87 65 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. .. 28-8 37 18 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 13-2 14 14 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. .. .. .. 4-4 7 6 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. .. .. .. 149-0 128 77 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. .. .. .. 26-0 14 16 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 6-2 7 2 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. .. 19-6 9 8 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. .. 1-6 2 2 47 Candles, common soap, detergents; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils; 44-6 19 21 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles, preparations for the teeth and hair, and 64-0 64 50 perfumed soap) 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 11-4 10 5 50 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• 54-4 58 59