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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1948 Session I, H-10

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1948 NEW ZEALAND

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS FIFTY-NINTH 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 1947. The number of applications for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks received during the year was 4,660, and for the third year in succession greatly exceeded the average pre-war figures. Many applicants from other countries took advantage of the extension of time to the 31st December, 1947, granted by virtue of the International Agreement signed at Neuchatel, Switzerland, early in the year to file belated Convention applications, some of which dated back to 1938. The fees collected amounted to £21,919, again establishing a record. The surplus of receipts over expenditure was £8,265. PATENTS The 2,753 applications filed during the year covered practically every class of invention, though telegraphy and telephony, with 461, far exceeded any other class. Next in order were : organic chemistry, 171 ; electric lamps and furnaces, 148 ; electric accessories, 124 ; buildings, 101 ; washing, cleaning, and brushes, 93 ; amusements, 82 ; medicine and surgery, 81 ; domestic heating, cooking apparatus, 77 ; and packing, compressing, and stoppering, 70. Applications from Great Britain totalled 870, followed by New Zealand, 812 ; United States of America, 689 ; and Australia, 175. The remaining 207 originated from 18 other countries.

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On Ist January, 1947, a modern system of classifying and indexing inventions was inaugurated, and, as circumstances permit, the reclassification of all applications filed prior to that date will be proceeded with. The table showing the number of applications for the different classes of inventions has been completed to the end of 1946 and is included in the Appendix. Subsequent tables will be in accordance with the new classification. Good progress was made during the year in dealing with the applications accumulated during the war years, when the staff was greatly reduced, but the difficulties have been added to by the phenomenal increase in the number of post-war applications. The additional appointments to the staff have accentuated the accommodation problem, and the provision of more spacious premises has become an urgent need. TRADE-MARKS All classes of goods were represented by the 1,670 applications received during the year, but, as in recent years, Classes 5, 25, 3, and 1 again predominated with 190, 172, 156, and 106 respectively. The bulk of the applications, however, were provided by four countries —namely, Great Britain, 567 ; New Zealand, 529 ; United States of America, 242 ; and Australia, 203. CONCLUSION The Appendix hereto contains the following tables, list, &c., viz.:— A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1947. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received for the Year ended 31st December, 1947, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1941 to 1946 (inclusive). D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1914 to 1947 (inclusive). E. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, &c., in each of the Years 1937 to 1947 (inclusive). F. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1939 to 1947 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1938 to 1946 (inclusive). H. Total Number of Letters Patent in Force each Year for the Period 1941 to 1947 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for the Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1938 to 1947 (inclusive). J. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks in each of the Years 1939 to 1947 (inclusive), showing Countries of Origin. K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Thirty-four Different Classes for the Period 11th December, 1941, to 31st December, 1947. A. H. Ihle, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. The Patent Office, Wellington, 10th May, 1948,

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APPENDIX

PATENT OFFICE A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1947 ✓ 7 Receipts Payments £ £ Patent fees .. .. .. 14,666 Salaries, &c. .. .. .. 9,894 Design fees .. .. .. 158 Fuel, light, power, and water .. 32 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 6,892 Office furniture and equipment .. 741 Sale of publications .. .. 203 Rent, maintenance, and repairs .. 345 Patent Office Journal .. .. 1,706 Postages, telegrams, and telephones .. 109 Printing and stationery, &c. .. 710 Refunds .. .. .. .. 117 Balance, cash in Public Account .. 8,265 £21,919 £21,919 A. H. Ihle, 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.— J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1938 14,754 6,790 7,964 1943 13,657 4,824 8,833 1939 14,134 6,846 7,288 1944 15,631 5,032 10,599 1940 12,241 6,076 6,165 1945 17,247 6,569 10,678 1941 13,148 5,713 7,435 1946 .. 18,891 i 7,586 11,305 1942 11,668 5,900 5,768 1947 .. 21,919 I 13,654 8,265

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C. Particulars of Fees received for the Year ended 31st December, 1947, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1941 to 1946 (inclusive)

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— 1941. . 1942. 1943. 1 1944. 1945. j 1946. 1947. Patents £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. Applications for patents with pro592 0 9 536 3 6 516 17 6 706 9 6 877 3 9 941 2 0 856 3 6 visional specifications Applications for patents with com1,257 10 3 1,231 12 3 1,743 13 5 2,702 9 8 3,622 3 0 4,180 0 0 4,195 16 0 plete specifications 605 9 6 Complete specifications left after 328 0 0 293 10 0 202 10 0 286 .10 0 367 0 0 536 0 0 provisional specifications 436 0 0 Sealing letters patent 854 0 0 584 10 0 748 0 0 761 0 0 621 0 0 194 15 0 Renewal fees (second term) 2,982 0 0 2,278 3 0 1,863 0 0 2,124 19 10 2,446 0 0 3,114 10 0 4,206 9 6 Renewal fees (third term) 3,661 0 0 4,004 0 10 4,909 10 0 4,875 19 6 3,831 16 9 3,529 18 9 3,660 10 Q Patent Agents, examination, registra31 10 0 29 8 0 29 8 0 34 13 0 27 6 0 27 6 0 27 6 0 tion, and renewal fees Searches 25 7 6 14 4 0 13 19 6 20 9 0 20 13 0 32 9 4 56 6 0 Miscellaneous 426 19 9 250 15 8 344 9 8 270 10 1 356 11 3 409 16 3 621 14 9 10,158 8 3 9,222 7 3 10,371 8 1 11,783 0 7 12,169 13 9 12,965 17 4 14,665 15 3 Designs i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration 50 10 6 30 14 6 30 15 0 47 19 0 78 4 6 133 10 0 98 13 0 Renewal fees (second term) 46 0 0 35 0 0 45 10 0 64 0 0 33 0 0 29 18 0 8 0 0 Renewal fees (third term) 18 0 0 20 10 0 26 0 0 28 1 6 86 0 0 61 0 0 45 0 0 Searches 1 8 0 0 18 6 0 14 0 0 15 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 13 6 Miscellaneous 2 18 9 0 19 0 10 9 16 0 4 12 0 2 10 0 6 2 0 118 17 3 88 2 0 103 19 9 142 2 0 202 16 6 227 19 6 158 8 6 Trade-marks £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration 408 3 0 291 15 10 561 17 0 689 0 0 998 10 0 1,296 10 0 1,372 19 3 On registration 757 10 6 651 16 6 730 18 6 1,197 2 6 1,329 13 0 1,537 9 0 2,376 7 4 On association 7 12 0 7 18 0 7 8 6 7 12 9 23 15 9 24 1 0 33 16 6 On renewal of registration 1,393 15 3 1,126 10 0 1,536 12 11 1,393 6 5 2,073 14 4 2,256 13 0 2,280 17 7 Searches 30 7 3 34 12 8 21 2 0 33 5 0 61 19 2 89 9 0 90 13 2 Miscellaneous 151 14 6 176 18 3 213 11 6 272 11 2 301 8 8 398 4 2 737 13 4 2,749 2 6 2,289 11 3 3,071 10 5 3,592 17 10 4,789 0 11 5,602 6 2 6,892 7 2

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D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1914 to 1947 (inclusive)

E. Number of Provisional and Complete Specifications received, etc., in each of the Years 1937 to 1947 (inclusive)

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Year. Patents. Designs. Trademarks. Total. Year. Patents. Designs. Trade- | marks. | Total. 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1936 1,836 124 1,096 3,056 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1937 1,832 193 889 2,914 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1938 1,960 160 860 2,980 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1939 1,821 137 694 2,652 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1940 1,277 108 626 2,011 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1941 1,214 108 534 1,856 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1942 1,104 60 398 1,562 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1943 1,384 61 678 2,123 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1944 2,045 104 924 3,073 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1945 2,651 188 1,320 4,159 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1946 3,025 351 1,766 5,142 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1947 2,753 237 1,670 4,660

— 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. Total number of applications 1,832 1,960 1,821 1,277 1,214 1,104 1,384 2,045 2,651 3,025 2,753 Applications filed under Convention .. 821 913 805 415 410 436 562 967 1,368 1,625 1,676 Applications with which provisional 712 693 709 671 590 505 519 707 848 920 824 specifications lodged Provisional specifications accepted 641 595 562 654 557 434 462 626 729 838 699 Applications with which complete speci1,120 1,267 1,112 606 624 599 865 1,338 1,803 2,105 1,929 fications lodged Applications with which complete speci203 191 183 160 174 143 110 150 177 270 292 fications subsequently lodged Complete specifications accepted 1,053 1,232 1,389 1,136 828 620 622 731 567 122 452 Applications abandoned, lapsed, or 597 623 676 568 530 496 370 402 443 521 798 refused Patents sealed 1,046 884 811 1,469 915 568 661 702 565 146 254 Patents renewed (second term) 720 763 729 978 963 670 579 696 821 1,067 1.308 Patents renewed (third term) 373 423 352 441 606 670 789 799 635 559 621 Patents void (second term renewal fee 260 269 285 295 328 283 123 97 73 86 71 not paid) Patents void (third term renewal fee not 172 132 173 236 348 255 165 139 107 90 147 paid) Patents expired (at end of sixteen years) 255 278 329 414 449 348 353 417 491 428 435

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F. Number of Applications for Patents from Persons in New Zealand and in other Countries in each of the Years 1939 to 1947 (inclusive)

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F. Number of Applications for Patents prom Persons in New Zealand and in other Countries in each op the Years .1939 to 1947 (inclusive) Country. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. New Zealand 701 665 605 536 520 745 868 911 812 Argentina 2 1 10 8 l 9 2 Austria 1 1 1 Australia 151 97 87 61 57 112 163 395 175 Belgium 6 2 4 3 2 2 5 5 Brazil 1 Canada 9 4 6 5 7 6 5 13 15 Ceylon 1 Czechoslovakia 4 1 1 Denmark 3 1 5 14 20 Egypt.. 1 2 Eire 1 1 2 Federated Malay States 4 *2 Fiji 1 Finland 1 1 France 39 io 1 1 17 22 40 Germany 102 13 3 1 1 Greece 1 Great Britain 356 209 207 229 349 495 741 881 870 Hungary 2 5 2 India 1 3 Italy 4 5 "2 "7 Japan 1 Luxembourg 1 1 56 Netherlands .. 50 11 2 48 Netherlands East Indies I 1 Netherlands West Indies 24 5 3 1 Norway 1 1 2 4 8 Palestine 1 "l Panama 1 Poland 2 "2 Portugal 1 Roumania 1 2 1 Southern Rhodesia Spain 1 1 i9 Sweden 13 3 1 2 "4 1 13 11 Switzerland 6 5 1 2 5 10 15 21 Thailand 1 i2 *6 Union of South Africa 9 5 2 3 5 4 14 United States of America 348 237 268 258 423 662 806 673 689 Totals 1,821 1,277 1,214 1,104 1,384 2,045 2,651 3,025 2,753

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G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1938 to 1946 (inclusive)

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Note.—Owing to some inventions being classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than the actual number of applications received. No. Class. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1940. 1 Advertising and displaying signs, &c. 17 8 3 3 1 1 6 3 7 2 Aeronautics 11 15 19 15 28 22 29 14 29 3 Amusements, music, exercisers, games, &c. 31 47 27 46 30 29 35 33 55 4 Attaching and securing (including bolts, ties, &c.) 12 19 14 12 23 21 17 66 40 5 Boilers (steam) 3 4 2 2 2 5 3 2 6 Boots and shoes .. .. 17 17 12 15 11 14 17 28 26 7 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 37 30 16 10 17 10 14 29 28 8 Boxes, cans, and casks 52 45 34 43 33 32 47 44 68 9 Brewing, distilling, &c. 9 1 2 2 1 5 3 2 10 Brooms and brushes (including mops) 9 8 6 2 8 4 8 4 10 11 Building-construction 27 25 15 24 23 27 46 55 49 12 Building-construction (brick and cement com48 32 28 30 19 20 48 87 82 positions and moulding) 13 Building-construction (windows and doors) 11 20 8 11 7 14 20 14 25 14 Chemicals 16 19 13 9 25 16 22 60 106 15 Cleaning, polishing, &c. 25 9 8 6 5 8 20 15 27 16 Closets and urinals i6 19 18 17 15 16 20 15 12 17 Coin-freed mechanism 7 5 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 18 Cooling and freezing 20 19 9 14 5 6 15 32 16 19 Cultivating and tilling 31 21 28 26 7 16 35 35 31 20 Cutting and sawing, and tools 33 28 25 30 41 51 69 85 94 21 Dairying 22 31 22 36 9 9 24 15 20 22 Drains and sewers 7 5 5 3 1 4 3 10 7 23 Dredging and excavating (including rock drills) .. 8 8 11 5 8 13 10 6 9 24 Drying 11 15 20 18 15 19 22 23 39 25 Electricity and magnetism 59 106 67 61 61 92 110 155 221 26 Engines (air, gas, and oil) 19 22 58 34 34 44 30 57 87 27 Engines (steam), including rotary pumps 7 6 3 5 4 6 4 12 13 28 Engines (miscellaneous and engine accessories), 28 21 15 18 16 25 41 48 30 including current motors, solar motors, tide motors, wave motors, windmills, miscellaneous motors 29 Explosives, firearms, and targets 5 17 26 34 64 74 30 12 18 30 Exterminating (including trapping animals) 20 16 12 8 6 9 40 55 39 31 Fencing IS 20 12 8 8 8 15 12 13 32 Fencing (strainers) 2 2 2 33 Fibre-dressing (including rope-making) 20 5 11 7 8 4 10 11 15 34 Filters 6 9 5 4 2 8 7 23 9 35 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and extinguishers .. 10 14 2 6 8 10 12 4 5 36 Food 10 23 11 10 6 17 12 7 13 37 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke-consumers) 19 20 9 4 15 10 4 4 6 38 Furniture and upholstery, desks, blinds, curtains, Arn 40 46 45 53 23 30 41 49 67 39 GOl/a Gas-manufacture for lighting, heating, or power 5 9 60 32 25 8 6 13 9 purposes 40 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 41 Harvesting and grading 20 29 23 23 5 21 20 16 9 42 Heating, and fuel-manufacture 36 28 19 19 12 13 18 44 70 43 Illuminating (except gas-manufacture) 138 86 81 57 46 43 52 22 33 44 Indicating, calculating, and measuring (including 54 39 35 38 27 26 66 67 51 moisture-testers) 45 Kitchen utensils and cooking appliances (includ40 25 19 30 21 18 34 48 64 ing ovens) 46 Lifting, hauling, and loading 18 20 14 11 15 22 36 32 33 47 Locks, latches, and hinges 15 20 11 10 5 14 36 31 21 48 Marine and sub-marine (including lake and river 11 21 12 34 25 22 23 11 10 engineering) 49 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) 4 6 4 3 2 2 6 4 6

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G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1938 to 1946 (inclusive) —continued

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No. n Class. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 50 Medicines and surgical appliances (including ear38 26 30 27 18 39 35 64 32 instruments, dental work, &c.) 51 Metal-working (including welding, stamping, and 43 28 21 16 26 44 44 45 58 plating) 52 Milking-machines 71 83 59 38 25 17 16 22 16 53 Minerals (including filtration, lixiviation, screens, frn \ 15 12 7 3 5 5 6 2 3 54 Q&C.) Minerals (magnetic separators) 1 2 55 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 56 Oils and lubricators 29 23 14 9 13 17 21 18 13 57 Paints and painting (including kauri-gum) 15 5 5 7 17 24 18 13 8 58 Phonographs 3 3 2 4 1 2 4 9 59 Pipes, tubes, and hose 29 21 12 12 13 16 17 16 24 60 Preserving 12 10 9 13 3 5 5 6 5 61 Presses 7 5 11 1 2 6 6 16 7 62 Printing and photography 24 10 17 7 13 10 24 28 38 63 Pumps and sprayers (except rotary pumps) 13 18 17 15 13 11 20 27 25 64 Railways and tramways 18 17 6 5 7 18 12 6 8 65 Roads and ways (including road watering) 24 11 8 4 8 14 9 4 3 66 Seed-dressing, chaffcutting, and threshing 2 4 4 3 4 5 2 5 67 Seed-sowers 20 13 12 8 9 7 12 10 9 68 Sewing and knitting 26 27 35 23 11 19 19 28 27 69 Sheep and cattle (including veterinary appliances) 22 11 11 12 4 11 18 14 24 70 Sheep shearing and clipping 5 4 1 1 2 2 1 3 71 Shop and hotel fittings 25 11 11 10 1 5 5 3 7 72 Stationery and paper 31 28 26 18 23 28 29 18 55 73 Telephony and telegraphy 578 512 222 246 223 279 634 595 565 74 Tobacco 11 4 2 3 3 7 13 3 27 75 Valves and cocks 20 12 10 11 8 18 9 19 26 76 Vehicles 60 52 27 44 27 51 45 29 74 77 Vehicles (velocipedes) 5 12 11 13 18 25 19 47 30 78 Ventilating 7 5 6 10 6 6 1 3 8 79 Washing and cleaning 23 29 32 16 11 8 25 36 46 80 Water-supplying 5 5 2 7 2 6 12 4 6 81 Wearing-apparel 49 42 25 21 41 26 44 45 85 82 Wools and hides 5 2 10 10 11 8 9 9 16 83 Miscellaneous inventions not in other classes, as 20 18 20 12 19 38 33 93 108 indiarubber-manufacture, fishing-appliances, &c.

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H. Total Number of Letters Patent in Force each Year for the Period 1941 to 1947 (inclusive)

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Letters Patent. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. In force at beginning of the year Sealed Term extended under section 20 .. Restored under section 22 Deduct— Void—renewal fee for second term not paid Void —-renewal fee for third term not paid Expired at end of sixteen years In force at end of year 9,964 915 4 9,758 568 1 2 9,443 661 1 9,464 702 1 1 10,883 328 348 449 1,125 10,329 283 255 348 886 10,105 123 165 353 641 10,168 97 139 417 653 9,758 9,443 9,464 9,515 Letters Patent. 1945. 1946. 1947. In force at beginning of the year Sealed Term extended under section 20 .. .. Restored under section 22 .. .. .. Deduct— Void—renewal fee for second term not paid Void—renewal fee for third term not paid Expired at end of sixteen years In force at end of year 9,515 565 9,409 146 8,951 254 8 10,080 73 107 491 671 9,555 86 90 428 604 9,213 71 147 435 — 653 9,409 8,951 8,560

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I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1938 to 1947 (inclusive)

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No. Class. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945.' 1946. 1947. 1 Articles composed wholly of metal or in 70 65 51 31 23 17 32 70 98 94 which metal predominates, and jewellery2 Books and bookbinding of all materials 1 1 3 Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, 37 44 33 38 21 16 30 48 90 64 ivory, papier mache, or other solid substances not included in other classes, or of materials in which such substances predominate 4 Articles composed wholly of glass, earthen37 11 14 10 6 5 23 28 40 43 ware, or porcelain, clay (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate 5 Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, 5 6 4 13 3 11 4 6 27 16 millboard, or strawboard (except articles included in Class 2, and paperhangings), or in which such materials predominate 6 Articles composed wholly of leather or in 2 2 1 3 5 6 7 1 which leather predominates, not included in other classes 7 Paperhangings 1 8 Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials 9 Lace 10 Boots and shoes 1 1 6 4 12 2 4 11 Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots 2 4 2 2 5 5 54 5 and shoes) 12 Goods not included in other classes 6 8 6 4 4 17 4 9 13 Printed or woven designs on textile piece1 1 29 1 goods (other than checks or stripes) 14 Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other than checks or stripes) 15 Printed or woven designs on textile piece1 goods or on handkerchiefs or shawls being -i i cnecKS or sunpeb Totals 160 137 108 108 60 61 104 188 351 237

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J. Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks in each of the Years 1939 to 1947 (inclusive), showing Countries of Origin

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Country. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. New Zealand 333 288 293 194 256 376 451 729 529 Argentina 1 1 3 Australia *88 86 45 '43 104 104 ii3 198 203 Belgium 4 2 Canada 13 "7 *8 *5 "7 20 io 17 i9 Cuba 1 1 1 . , Denmark .. 1 3 2 4 Fiji .. .. 1 Finland , . "2 France '*8 2 1 10 29 38 Oermany 31 Oreat Britain 127 175 ik i21 188 238 456 461 567 India 1 Netherlands "2 . . 41 4 Newfoundland 1 Northern Ireland 1 3 7 * 2 5 8 Norway 3 Palestine 1 Panama 4 Puerto Rico "l Southern Rhodesia 1 1 Spain 2 Sweden "7 . . "3 3 4 5 io ■Switzerland 1 21 5 2 33 6 14 28 33 Tangier 1 Union of South Africa "2 5 2 United States of America 78 *46 43 29 85 165 256 241 242 Totals 694 626 534 398 678 924 1,320 1,766 1,670

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K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Thirty-four Different Classes for the Period 11th December, 1941, to 31st December, 1947

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Class No. Specification of Goods. 1941 (part).* 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1 Chemical products used in industry1 10 32 30 74 71 106 2 Paints, varnishes, lacquers 18 22 23 24 44 66 3 Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use "6 46 61 90 113 184 156 4 Industrial oils and greases 1 8 16 20 95 31 58 5 Pharmaceutical, veterinary, and sanitary substances 6 69 130 140 193 243 190 6 Unwrought and partly wrought common metals and their alloys 10 9 20 27 38 48 7 Machines and machine tools 13 19 37 55 67 41 8 Hand tools and instruments 4 8 22 24 38 309 Scientific, nautical, surveying, and electrical apparatus and instruments 20 34 39 69 106 85 10 Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary instruments and apparatus 3 5 8 13 26 19 11 Installations for lighting, heating, &c. 1 7 14 20 24 47 40 12 Vehicles 14 16 17 41 54 42 13 Firearms 1 3 1 6 5 14 Precious metals and their alloys 4 1 12 16 29 36 15 Musical instruments 1 3 3 2 7 2 16 Paper and paper articles "2 15 22 38 56 69 53 17 Guttapercha, india-rubber, &c. 5 10 8 12 19 22 18 Leather and imitations of leather 6 10 6 17 19 21 19 Building-materials 4 15 26 12 37 34 20 Furniture, mirrors, picture-frames 1 4 12 11 16 35 25 21 Small domestic utensils and containers 6 16 19 20 34 23 22 RopeJs, string, nets, &c. 2 5 1 10 14 10 23 Yarns, threads 6 10 36 13 33 23 24 Tissues (piece-goods) .. .. 13 55 47 65 88 94 25 Clothing, including boots, shoes, and slippers 3 34 36 96 160 167 172 26 Lace and embroidery, ribands, and braid .. 4 3 4 15 13 12 27 Carpets, rugs, mats, and matting 3 2 7 6 9 10 28 Games and playthings 6 11 17 18 29 37 29 Meat, fish, poultry, and game 11 18 35 23 38 60 30 Coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, rice, &c. Agricultural, horticultural, and forestry 31 26 40 50 50 58 31 6 13 14 15 15 15 products 30 28 32 Beer, ale, and porter 7 12 15 11 33 Wines, spirits, and liqueurs 3 13 11 22 42 20 34 Tobacco, raw or manufactured 4 16 12 8 34 29 Totals 21 398 678 924 1,320 1,766 1,670 » The classification of goods accordiug to the Fourth Schedule to the Trade-mark Regulations 1941 came into force on 11th December, 1941.