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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)

5

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