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

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1930. NEW ZEALAND.

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

Presented lo 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 past year. The total fees received by the Office during the year in respect of patents, designs, and trademarks amounted to £14,066 2s. This is very satisfactory, and represents an increase of £763 lis. Id. over the total amount received in 1928, and is the largest amount yet received in any one year. The expenditure during the same period amounted to £5,873 9s. 10d., leaving a surplus of receipts over payments of £8,192 12s. 2d. This is the largest surplus in the history of the Office, with the exception of that in 1922 (£9,033 14s. 7d.), but, as was explained in the report for that year, certain substantial liabilities incurred in 1922 were not passed in that year. The total surplus of the Office since the beginning of 1890 is now £158,222 lis. 9d. A total of 3,735 applications for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks was received. Patent and trade-mark applications, in point of numbers, both show a satisfactory increase in comparison with former years. The number of patent applications for the year is larger than for any previous year, and this, with the exception of 1920 (which was influenced by immediate post-war conditions), also applies to applications for registration of trade-marks. There has been a slight falling-off in the number of applications for registration of designs, and it is to be regretted that greater advantage is not taken of this simple and economical method of protecting the forms of industrial property falling under this head. Countries prom which Applications for Registrations op Trade-marks have been received. In last year's report, figures were published showing the number of letters patent sealed and the number of designs and trade-marks registered in New Zealand and in other States belonging to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. These figures showed that New Zealand occupies a satisfactory position, next to Sweden and Norway, in respect of the abovementioned transactions relating to industrial property. An analysis of the countries from which applications for protection of industrial property are received in New Zealand also gives further information in relation to one of the broader aspects of the work of the Patent Office, and the tables set out below have accordingly been prepared. These tables, which in the present instance have been limited to applications for registration of trade-marks, show two decades —viz., the decade just completed, and the decade immediately following the severance of the office of Colonial Secretary and the office of Registrar of Trade-marks, in 1890, when the first annual Patent Office Report was presented to Parliament.

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Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries for each of the Years 1890-99 (inclusive).

Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand and in other Countries for each of the Years 1920-29 (inclusive).

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Total for Country. 1890-1899 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. (inclusive) New Zealand .. .. .. 1,591 89 87 178 216 219 124 156 167 175 180 Australia* .. .. .. 275 .. 31 34 3 25 28 26 53 34 41 Austria .. .. .. 3 3 Belgium .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 3 Canada .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. 1 2 .. .. 1 1 1 Ceylon .. .. .. 3 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 Cuba .. .. .. .. 13 4 3 6 Denmark .. .. .. 4 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 3 Egypt .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Prance .. .. .. 56 2 17 9 6 3 6 6 5 3 1 Germany .. .. .. 18 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 Holland .. .. .. 11 3 2 1 .. 1 1 2 1 Hungary .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. j .. .. 1 India .. .. .. .. 6 1 .. .. 3 .. .. .. 1 1 Natal .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 New South Wales* .. .. 150 7 11 21 .. 14 22 14 25 21 15 Norway .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. .. 1 .. . • 1 4 Queensland* .. .. .. 6 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. 2 liussia.. .. .. .. 3 .. 1 2 South Australia* .. .. 19 2 2 1 .. .. .. .. 2 1 11 Sweden .. .. .. 1 . . .. .. .. 1 Switzerland .. .. .. 12 .. 1 1 1 .. 1 1 2 4 1 Tasmania* 3 1 1 • • 1 • • United Kingdom' !! !! 774 40 73 57 74 66 79 77 124 97 87 United States of America .. 196 8 13 ! 10 22 30 13 10 33 34 23 Victoria* .. .. .. 112 8 17 11 3 11 5 11 22 11 13 Western Australia* .. .. 2 .. 1 •• 1 I ' ' I * For purposes of comparison, the Australian States have been shown both separately and collectively.

Total for Country. 1920-29 1920. 1921. 1922, 1923. 1921. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. (inclusive). New Zealand .. .. . . 4,560 323 380 495 442 510 510 451 460 477 512 Australia* .. .. .. 1,345 145 109 111 114 193 115 138 133 100 187 Austria .. .. .. 9 .. .. .. .. .. 1 4 3 .. 1 Belgium .. . . .. 28 7 4 4 1 1 2 .. 3 6 Brazil .. .. . . .. 2 . ■ .. .. 2 Canada .. .. .. 180 32 12 4 19 19 33 27 10 11 13 Ceylon .. .. .. 2 2 China .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 Cuba .. .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 3 Czecho-Slovakia .. .. 6 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 4 Denmark .. .. .. 12 .. 2 .. .. 7 .. 1 .. 2 Dutch East Indies .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. I Finland .. .. ... 24 .. 1 1 1 5 14 1 1 France .. .. .. 173 8 6 17 23 20 20 14 13 14 38 Germany .. .. .. 428 .. 11 19 5 25 47 24 202 54 41 Great Britain .. .. ..3,122 412 216 277 331 355 332 259 2S4 316 340 Holland .. . . . . 4 4 Hungary .. .. .. 1 . . . . .. .. .. 1 India .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. 3 2 1 Italy .. .. .. .. 44 13 2 1 2 8 3 4 4 4 3 Japan .. .. .. 11 4 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 2 Luxemburg .. .. .. 3 .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. Netherlands .. .. .. 96 8 7 3 11 18 12 8 6 23 New South Wales* .. .. 756 92 63 56 76 78 70 75 66 68 112 Northern Ireland .. .. 14 .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 4 4 6 Norway .. .. .. 34 3 1 4 17 1 2 , .. 1 2 Palestine .. .. . . 1 .. . • . • .. .. . . . ■ •. 1 Queensland* .. .. .. 20 1 .. 2 3 .. 6 4 .. 2 2 South Australia* .. .. 9 1 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 2 1 Spain .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. . ■ .. 1 1 Sweden .. .. .. 69 8 8 7 7 5 17 2 3 9 3 Switzerland .. .. .. 44 2 1 6.. 6 6 6 8 7 2 Tasmania* .. .. .. 4 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 Transvaal .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Union of South Africa .. . . 14 .. .. . . 3 1 5 1 1 1 2 United States of America .. 2,204 430 230 150 190 195 200 223 189 206 191 Victoria* .. .. .. 555 51 45 52 33 115 37 59 66 26 71 Western Australia* .. .. 1 .. ! .. . . .. . . 1 Western Samoa.. .. .. 1 ..!... . . .. . . .. 1 * For. purposes of comparison, the Australian States have been shown both separately and collectively.

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It will be seen from the above tables that for the period 1890-99 the number of applications received from persons in New Zealand over double the number of applications received from Great Britain, the next highest countries being Australia*, United States of America, New South Wales, Victoria, France, South Australia, Germany, Cuba, Switzerland, Holland, Canada, India, Norway, &c. New Zealand and Great Britain still head the list for the 1920-29 period, with United States of America and Australia transposed for the third and fourth positions. New South Wales and Victoria occupy the fifth and sixth positions, as in the 1890-99 period, and Germany comes next, in the position previously held by France. Canada has risen from the thirteenth position in 1890-99 to the eighth in 1920-29 ; then follow France, the Netherlands, Sweden (which was at the bottom of the 1890-99 list), Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, &c. Incidentally, it may be noted that the figures appearing above, show that the average number of trade-mark applications received annually in 1920-29 was 1,235, as against 301 in 1890-99. It must, however, be understood that the number of applications received in any one year gives but a very inadequate idea of the amount of work involved in dealing with them, the reason for this being that a large proportion of applications are renewed every fourteen years, thus remaining for very long periods, relevant to subsequent applications, so that the work of the Patent Office increases noticeably each year irrespective of any increase in the number of applications received. Patents. Applications for patents received during the year numbered 2,251, being an increase of 181 over the total for 1928, when 2,070 applications were received. This year's total is also 174 in excess of the average for the years 1923 to 1928 (inclusive). Applications to the number of 1,243 were received from countries beyond New Zealand. The increase in applications from overseas received during the last few years has been most marked, the corresponding figures for 1927 and 1928 being 871 and 1,040 respectively. The figure for 1929 is also 352 in excess of the average number of applications from overseas for the years 1923 to 1928 (inclusive). Applications for patents by applicants resident in New Zealand totalled 1,008, being a slight decrease as compared with 1928. Applications to the number of 992 (1,032)f were lodged with provisional specifications, and in 1,259 (i,038) cases the application was accompanied by a complete specification. The number of complete specifications lodged in respect of applications for which a provisional specification had previously been lodged was 295 (308). As at 31st December, 1929, the total number of applications was 64,136, and the number of patents in force as at that date totalled 8,050, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1926, to the 31st December, 1929, 3,582 and 1,937 respectively ; sixth-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1919, to the 31st December, 1929, 2,531. The amount of £10,301 os. 4d. was received during the year on account of patent fees, being an increase of £685 lis. 7d. over the receipts for 1928, and also an increase of £481 Is. lOd. over the patent receipts for the highest previous year. In 5 (6) cases lapsed patents were restored to the register, and in 5 (2) cases letters patents were sealed after the prescribed time. The fees paid under these two heads amounted to £162 10s. (£125 10s.). Under the provisions of the Amendment Act of 1924, 5 (3) patents were endorsed " Licenses of Right." In one case an application was made to the Supreme Court to extend the term of letters patent beyond sixteen years, and an extension of seven years was granted. It is satisfactory to note that there has been an increase in the number of applications received in the classes of invention relating to the more important primary industries, such as dairying, 51 (43) ; cultivating and tilling, 58 (40) ; harvesting, 34 (24) ; milking-machinery, 45 (33) ; seed-sowers, 31 (25), and fibre-dressing, 41 (35). Increases have also been recorded in the classes connected with telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs), 242 (216) ; electricity and magnetism (including electric cooking and heating appliances), 146 (128) ; vehicles and accessories, 147 (127) ; buildingconstruction, 104 (86) ; aeronautics, 24 (5) ; and printing and photography, 53 (29). Fewer applications were made for inventions relating to amusements, 56 (73) ; engines (air, gas, and oil), 47 (61) ; boxes, cans and casks, 58 (89) ; and kitchen utensils and cooking-appliances, 45 (62) ; while there is little, if any, change in the number on other subjects. Designs. Applications for registration of design lodged during the year totalled. 125. This figure is lower than the corresponding number lodged in each of the preceding eight years, the average over that period being 181. The total number of applications up to the 31st December, 1929, was 2,820. The majority of the applications were lodged in respect of articles included in Classes 1 and 3 (Class 1 covering articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, and jewellery, and Class 3 covering 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), the figures being 70 and 20 respectively. The remaining 35 applications are spread fairly evenly over nine classes. In four classes no applications were lodged. The number of design-registrations in force as at the 31st December, 1929, was 869, an increase of 9 over the previous year. Extensions of the term of design-registration for the second term of five years totalled 36, while for the third period an extension was granted in 5 cases. The fees received during the year amounted to £112 10s.

* -For purposes of comparison the Australian States have been shown both separately and collectively. "j' The figures in parentheses are for 1928.

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Trade-marks. Receipts during tile year on account of trade-mark fees totalled £3,573 19s. 5d., an increase of £117 3s. 4d. over the corresponding amount for the previous year. The number of applications for registration of trade-marks received during the year was 1,359, representing an increase of 158 over the corresponding total for 1928, when 1,201 applications were received. A comparison with the average number of applications from 1923 to .1928 (inclusive) shows an increase of 109 applications, and it will be noted that, with the exception of 1920, when 1,391 applications were lodged, the total for 1929 is the largest yet received in any one year. On referring to Table J in the Appendix to this report, it will no doubt be gratifying to note a satisfactory increase in applications from countries within the British Empire, the total number of applications in 1929 being 1,060, as compared with 909 in 1928. The figures for Great Britain, and for those parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations from which the largest numbers of applications were received, are, it will be noted, also well above the average for the years 1923 to 1927 (inclusive). With regard to the principal foreign countries, a decrease is shown in applications from Germany and the United States of America, while in the case of France there is an increase. The total number of applications received by the Office up to the 31st December, 1929, was 29,789. In the following main classes of goods —viz., " Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes; instruments' and apparatus for teaching" (Class 8): "Articles of clothing " (Class 38) : " Substances used as food or as ingredients in food " (Class 42) : and " Miscellaneous " (Class 50) —an increase in the number of applications as compared with 1928 is shown. Comparing the same two periods, a decrease occurred in 1929, in the classes for " Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy " (Class 3) : " Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horticultural machines included in Class 7 " (Class 6) : and " Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; matches; and starch, blue and otber preparations for laundry purposes " (Class 47). Patent Agents. It is regretted having to report the death of Mr. A. J. Park, senior, who was in active practice before this Office for over thirty years. No names were added during the year, and the number of patent Attorneys on the register as at the 31st December, 1929, was nineteen. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1929. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1929, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1927 and 1928. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1929 (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 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive). IT. Total Number of Applications for Patents, Letters Patents sealed, and Letters Patent in force for Full Term under the Different Patents Acts, up to 31st December, 1929 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1927, 1928, and 1929. 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 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. Patent Office, Wellington, 14th June, 1930.

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APPENDIX. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1929. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 10,301 0 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,884 16 9 Design fees .. .. .. .. 112 10 0 Advertising.. .. .. .. 22 14 4 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,578 I!) 5 Fuel, light, &e. .. .. .. 05 19 2 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c. .. .. 73 12 3 I Office fittings .. .. .. 35 10 3 Postage .. .. .. .. 95 9 9 Printing and stationery .. .. 1,643 9 1 Typewriters .. .. .. 17 9 4 Contingencies .. .. .. 13 2 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. 04 18 8 Balance .. .. .. .. 8,192 12 2 £14,066 2 0 £14,066 2 0 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner. 1 hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. Copyright fees are not included. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and AuditorGeneral.

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

C.—Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1929, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1927 and 1928.

Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. Year. Receipts. Payments. . Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1920 9,696 17 4 3,736 4 1 5,960 13 3 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1921 : 9,857 1 10 i 4,016 13 5 5,840 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1922 ; 12,913 15 3 ! 3,880 0 8 9,033 14 7 | 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1923 ! 11,667 18 5 ; 4,809 8 11 6,858 9 6 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 1 1924 12,470 19 6 5,182 15 4 7,288 4 2 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2

1927.* 1928.* 1929. Patents. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. | £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. i 1,156 1 9 1,013 0 0 j 1,007 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,802 0 0 ! 2,137 0 0 j 2,522 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 602 0 0 ! 607 0 0 | 491 0 0 Applications for extension of time . . .. .. .. ; 174 4 0 | 157 9 6 185 0 0 On giving notice of opposition . . . . . . .. . . 3 0 0 j 3 10 0 3 10 0 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,092 9 6 j 1,089 0 0 1,487 0 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. . . 3 0 0: 12 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. . . 36 0 0 15 10 0 j 19 0 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. j 1,997 0 0 2,104 1 0 ! 2,031 0 6 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 1,688 16 0 2,036 9 0 , 2,025 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. i 24 10 6 16 0 0 20 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. •• 118 0 0 j 91 0 0 111 10 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor on register .. 174 10 0 110 0 0 j 130 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. • • | 2 15 0 3 15 0 i 3 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. . . .. .. . • 36 7 0 39 0 0 41 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. . • • • 40 8 7 46 16 7 58 17 8 Patent Agents' renewal fees . . .. . • • • • • 46 4 0 36 6 0 j 39 18 0 Searches .. .. . • • • • • • • • • j 35 4 8 39 0 9 j 60 6 8 Amendment of letters patent .. .. •• •• •• 8 0 0 17 0 0 18 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. . . .. . • • • 0 10 0 1 10 0 4 5 0 Request to enter change of address . . .. .. . • j • • 0 5 0 1 2 10 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " .. | 1 0 0 3 0 0! 60 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules .. .. j 1 10 0 2 6 0 5 7 0 Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. j 0 5 0 0 10 0; 0 10 0 Weekly lists .. .. .. •• •• •• • • j 520 16 16 0 500 Miscellaneous .. .. .. •• •• •• •• j 9 19 3 10 3 11 11 10 6 10,301 0 4 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1927 and 1928 see Reports for those years respectively.

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1929, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1927 and 1928—continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1929 (inclusive).

f I " """ I | 1927.* j 1928.* j 1929. Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs .. . . . . .. 64 5 0 70 0 0 54 5 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. .. 36 19 6 58 0 0 40 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. . . 12 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) . . .. . . .. . . 1 2 6 1 7 6 0 10 0 Searches (Office) . . . . .. .. .. ... 0 7 0 0 12 0 0 9 0 Assignment of designs .. .. . . . . .. . . 0 10 0 9 0 0 2 10 0 Copies of drawings .. .. .. . . .. . ■ 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 17 0 Change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 040 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. . . 1 5 0 15 0 3 5 0 Miscellaneous ' .. .. .. .. .. . . . . •. 2 15 0 0 10 0 112 10 0 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. .. .. .. .. 997 0 6 894 9 0 1,020 17 6 On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,072 14 0 1,401 19 6 1,430 0 0 On association .. . . .. .. .. . . .. 23 6 0 47 9 0 53 0 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. . . .. 840 17 8 806 19 0 749 19 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 9 0 0 7 15 0 31 5 0 On giving notice of opposition . . .. .. . . .. 9 0 0 12 10 0 7 0 0 On assignment of trade-marks . . .. .. .. .. 272 9 0 162 0 0 138 19 0 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 300 400 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 3 0 22 4 0 28 4 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. .. 09 0 340 220 On request to enter change of address . . . . . . .. 10 8 0 2 17 0 5 19 0 On request to enter change of name .. . . . . .. 5 7 0 7 13 0 9 18 0 Certificates of Commissioner . . .. . . .. .. 19 19 0 24 0 0 15 0 0 Searches (Regulation 84) . . .. . . . . .. 34 10 6 26 7 6 26 0 6 Searches (Office) .. .. . . .. .. .. 20 9 6 26 14 0 35 18 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 450 2 15 0 150 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 0 15 0 100 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 100 2 0 0 100 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 400 400 700 On entry of memorandum of trade-mark .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 0 10 0 5 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 10 1 16 1 975 ■ ; 3,578 19 5 *For a complete analysis of fees received in 1927 and 1928 see Reports for those years respectively.

I j ■■ || I i Year. Patents. I Designs. Trade-marks. Total. ! Year. Patents. Designs, i Trade-marks. Total. !___ I _JI L J 1910 1,831 46 818 2,695 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1911 1,740 21 861 2,622 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735

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

F.—Number of Applications for Patents from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive).

Applications Applications Applications for | Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, p i- f i j Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or a en s. sea e . rp 0 j. a j cations lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. I refused. Number | ! - _ j of >h New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- M .jj New Zea- New Zea- u .8 Applioaland or Other land or Other land or j§ -S land or .g land or -S 10ns ' Depend- Countries. Depend Countries. Depend- g § Depend- g § Depend- i g § encies, &c. encies, &c.j encies, &c. encies, &c. g encies, &c, ; g 1910 250 4:43 990 148 254 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 4=5 782 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 1 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 i 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 ... 2,052 1928 127 912 905 128 240 44 j ... ... I 2,072 1929 141 1,118 867 125 ... 1 ... ... 1 2,251 Note.— Applications are sometimes received from joint applicants resident in different countries, and from applicants giving two addresses; the figures may therefore total more than the actual number of applications received.

| 1923-27. 1928. j 1929. I 1923-27. j 1928. 1929. New Zealand .. 1,262-0 1,032 1,008 Java .. .. 0-2 Argentine Republic . . 2-0 1 1 Kenya . . .. 0-2 Austria .. . . 1-0 1 1 Mauritius .. .. .. 1 Belgium .. . . 7-0 7 13 Mexico .. .. 0-2 i 4 Canada . . . . 17-4 11 15 Netherlands . . . . 11-6 | 13 19 Cuba .. .. 0-4 .. .. New South Wales .. 121-6 : 126 123 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1-6 2 2 Northern Nigeria .. j 0-2 Denmark .. .. 9-0 8 11 Norway .. .. j 2-6 I 1 2 Egypt .. .. 0-2 . . . . Peru .. .. 1 Federated Malay States 0-4 . . . . Queensland . . .. 21-2 8 15 Finland .. .. 0-2 . . I Russia .. .. I 0-2 Fiji .. .. 0-2 .. 1 South Australia .. ! 19-6 25 18 France .. .. 21-6 22 35 Spain .. .. j 0-4 .. 1 Germany .. .. 21-6 47 80 Sweden .. .. 7-6 12 9 Great Britain .. 316-0 374 495 Switzerland .. .. 6-0 5 8 Hawaii . . .. 0-2 .. . . Tasmania .. . . 6-8 2 2 Hungary . . .. 0-6 1 2 Union of South Africa 3-8 7 14 India .. .. 1-8 1 .. United States of America 182-8 231 219 Irish Free State . . .. .. 1 Victoria .. .. 127-0 113 150 Italy .. . . 7-2 7 8 Western Australia .. 8-6 8 5 Japan .. .. 1-0 1 1 Western Samoa .. 0-2

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G. —Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive).

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Class. 1923-27 1 928. ; 1929. j Class. 1923-27 1927. ' 1929. I i l } I l_ Advertising and displaying signs, 30-8 34 24 : Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 69-4 57 60 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. .. 5-6 5 24 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 61-8 74 74 Amusements, music, exercisers, 77-6 73 56 1 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 49-6 30 30 Kitchen utensils and cooking 67-2 62 45 bolts, ties, &e.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 14-4 13 22 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 54-8 47 49 Boots and shoes .. .. 35-6 30 25 j Locks, latches, and hinges .. 1 31-2 22 32 Bottles, bcittling, and glass-working 30-0 31 44 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 88-0 89 58 j Marine and submarine (including 21-2 22 18 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 11-2 13 18 lftke and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 18-4 17 14 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 9-0 12 16 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 34-8 27 27 Building-construction . . .. 42-2 40 53 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 55-8 46 51 work, &c.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 33-8 27 40 ing) stamping, and plating) Building-construction, (windows and 33-6 29 29 Milking-machines* . . . 65-6 33 45 doors) ! Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 23-2 16 19 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. .. .. 34-0 23 29 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 0-8 2 3 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 23-6 31 44 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-0 2 5 Closets and urinals .. .. 24-8 24 31 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 5-0 11 21 Oils and lubricators .. .. 30-8 38 26 Cooling and freezing .. .. 21-6 23 42 Cultivating and tilling .. .. 51-6 40 58 Paints and painting (including 13-6 ! 23 24 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 68-2 60 49 I kauri-gum) J Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 27-6 24 31 Dairying* .. .. .. 58-4 43 51 j Preserving .. .. .. 15-2 14 19. Drains and sewers .. .. 7-0 9 4 Presses . . .. .. 11-8 8 9 Dredging and excavating (including 12-0 14 11 i Printing and photography .. 33-8 29 53 rock-drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 21-0 24 23 Drying .. .. .. 20-6 23 21 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 129-6 128 146 Railways and tramways .. 57-8 49 38 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 56-0 61 47 : Roads and ways (including road 23-4 ! 20 25 Engines (steam), including rotary 14-4 19 15 watering) pumps Engines (miscellaneous and engine 68-4 42 37 i Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and 7-4 111 7 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. . . 12-2 25 I 31 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 15-4 13 20 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 26-2 33 35 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 4-4 13 7 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 26-6 24 26 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 10-6 14 8 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. . . 18-2 29 25 j Stationery and paper .. .. 43-4 44 j 39 Fencing .. .. .. 22-2 29 27 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 6-6 7 2 Telephony and telegraphy (including 164-6 216 i 242 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 20-0 35 41 J phonographs, &e.) making) | Tobacco .. .. .. { 11*6 1.2 j 11 Filters .. • • • • 6-0 11 6 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 20-8 17 21 j Valves and cocks .. .. j 19-6 13 | 20 extinguishers ! Vehicles .. .. .. 204-2 127 147 Food . . .. .. .. 28-4 22 22 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 44-0 37 27 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 17-2 21 31 Ventilating .. .. .. 5-2 7 10 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 69-8 57 58 Washing and cleansing .. .. 27-8 34 36 blinds, curtains, &c. ' Water-supplying .. .. 12-0 12 ; 7 j Wearing-apparel .. .. 50-2 44 34 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 11-0 7 10 Wools and hides . .. 10-8 12 12 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 20-8 34 34 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 6-2 5 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 15-0 24 34 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture . . 72-6 36 49 &c. * Pi-ior to 1911, milking-machines were included in class "Dairying," but are now a separate class. Note. —Owing to some inventions beiug classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than tbe 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, 1929 (inclusive).

I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1927, 1928, and 1929.

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Number * T Total on which , p u , , er Number of Letters Patent 0 , . < ™- s "j 1 Applications. have been sealed. Act of 1860 ... ... 1861 to 1870 ... ... 109 109 109 „ 1870 ... ... 1871 to 1883 ... ... 881 687 465 1883... ... 1884 to 1889 ... ... 3,170 1,757 368 Acts of 1889 and 1908 1890 to 30th June, 1912 ... 27,419 12,711 2,591 Act of 1911 ... ... 1st July, 1912, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1,660 „ 1921-22 ... ... 15,798 8,821 524 Grand totals ... ... 64,127 31,858 5,717

| 1926. I 1927. 1928. ' | Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 72 90 70 and jewellery Class 2.—Books and bookbinding of all materials .. . . . . .. . . 2 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or 30 39 20 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 16 5 8 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 9 4 7 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- 2 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials . . . . .. 1 Class 9. —Lace Class 10. —Boots and shoes .. . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Class 11.—Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) . . 7 9 3 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 6 5 4 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 2 7 1 or stripes) Class 14. —Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other i 1 than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs .. 3 7 or shawls being checks or stripes 145 163 125

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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 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-27 (inclusive).

1923-27. 1928. i 1929. |j 1923-27. 1928. ' 1929. I 11 1 New Zealand... .. 474-6 477 512 Japan .. .. 0-6 2 Austria . . . . 1-6 .. 1 Netherlands . . 10-4 6 23 Belgium .. . . 0-8 3 6 New South Wales . . 73-0 68 112 Brazil . . . . 0-4 . . .. 1 Northern Ireland .. 0-8 4 6 Canada . . . . 21-6 11 13 Norway . . .. 4-8 2 Ceylon .. .. 0-4 .. .. Palestine .. .. .. 1 China .. .. 0-2 1 .. Queensland.. .. 2-6 2 2 Cuba . . . . 0-2 1 3 South Australia . . 0-8 2 1 Czecho-Slovakia 1-2 1 4 Spain .. . . 0-4 Denmark . . .. 1-6 2 .. Sweden .. . . 6-8 9 3 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 .. . . Switzerland .. 5-2 7 2 Finland . . . . 4-4 . . • • Tasmania .. . . .. 2 1 France .. .. 18-0 14 38 Union of South Africa 2-2 1 2 Germany .. .. 60-6 54 41 United States of 199-4 206 191 Great Britain . . 312-2 316 340 i America Hungary . . . . 0-2 .. . . 1 Victoria .. . . 62-0 26 71 India . . . . 0-6 .. • • Western Australia .. 0-2 Italy . . . . 4-2 4 3 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 1928 and 1929, together with the Average for the Years 1923-1927 (inclusive).

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Class. Classification of Goods. 1923-27. 1928. I 1929 | 1 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 54-2 38 40 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary; and sanitary i 41-6 49 55 purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. j 75-6 82 77 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 19-2 23 13 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture- .. .. j 15-2 8 19 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- I 37-8 67 48 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 j Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 9-0 9 7 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful j 67-2 57 76 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 | Musical instruments .. .. .. .. .. . . .. j 16-4 6 20 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. • .. .. .. 7-4 7 5 11 | Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 10-0 9 9 ! purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 | Cutlery and edge tools .. .. . . . . .. .. 12-2 7 5 13 ; Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. . . .. 49-8 30 56 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) 5*8 6 2 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9-4 10 13 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. . . .. .. 2-8 4 7 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration.. 19*8 18 13 18 Engineerng, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 16-4 31 19 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. . . 2-2 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-8 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 1-2 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 19-2 22 20 23 - (a) Cotton-yarn; (b) sewing cotton .. .. .. .. .. 5*2 1 2 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. .. .. .. 28-6 24 38 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 . . .. .. 7-4 7 10 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. .. .. .. .. 0-6 .. 1 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. .. .. .. . . .. 3-0 1 2 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 . . 1-8 1 3 29 , Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 1-0 j 1 30 | Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. . . .. .. .. . . 1-8 i 1 3 31 ' Silk piece-goods .. .. .. . . .. . . . . 3-6 j 6 5 32 ! Other- silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 1-8 I .. 1 33 | Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. .. 4-2 2 2 34 I Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. . . .. 6-4 5 4 35 j Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. 2-0 2 1 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. 4-4 4 12 37 j Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 8-4 10 12 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. .. .. 103-6 101 115 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. 46-2 35 46 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 15-2 13 25 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. . . .. .. 7*6 12 15 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food . . .. .. 194-8 181 236 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. .. . . .. 33-2 49 34 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 13-4 7 18 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured *. .. .. 30-8 23 26 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. 1-8 .. 5 47 Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; 91-8 87 66 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 60-4 52 53 perfumed soap 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 12-4 19 13 50 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74-8 75 106