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

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1933. NEW ZEALAND

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FORTY-FOURTH 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 past year. The total fees received by the Office during the year in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks amount to £12,034 19s. 4d. The expenditure for the year has been carefully controlled, the total sum expended amounting to £4,782 75., being a decrease of £684 os. Bd. on the outgoings for 1931. The surplus of receipts over payments in 1932 was £7,252 12s. 4d., which, in view of present economic conditions, must be regarded as very satisfactory. It is also gratifying that, notwithstanding the industrial difficulties of the last few years, the average revenue, and the average surplus, for the five-year period from 1928 to 1932, exceeds the corresponding averages for the previous five-year period. The total surplus of the Office since Ist January, 1890, is now £181,762 16s. 4d. A. total of 2,934 applications for the grant of letters patent, and for the registration of designs and trade-marks, was received during the year. Patents. Applications for patents received during the year numbered 1,845, being a decrease of 218 on the figures for 1931, when 2,065 applications were received. Applications to the number of 629 (736) were received from countries beyond New Zealand. Applications for patents by applicants resident in New Zealand totalled 1,216 (1,330). In 1,192 (1,300) cases the applications were lodged with provisional specifications, and 654 (766) applications were 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 280 (256). As at 31st December, 1932, the total number of applications was 70,141, and the number ot patents in force at that date totalled 8,126, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1929, to the 31st December, 1932, 3,097 and 2,143 respectively ; sixthyear fees from the 31st December, 1922, to the 31st December, 1932, 2,880; patents m respect of which an extension of their term has been granted by Order of the Supreme Court, 6. The amount of £8,614 16s. lid. was received during the year on account of patent fees, as against the corresponding amount of £9,231 17s. for 1931. In 2 (2) cases, lapsed patents were restored to the Register, and in 1 (2) cases letters patent were sealed after the prescribed time. There have been increases in the number of applications received in 1932, over those received in 1931, in the following classes of invention : Telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs, &c.), 210 (180) ; electricity and magnetism, 95 (86) ; indicating, calculating, and measuring (including moisture-testers), 65 (50) ; medicines and surgical appliances (including ear-instruments, dental work, &c), 49 (27) ; sheep and cattle (including veterinary appliances), 39 (23) : sewing and knitting, 32 (11) ; boots and shoes, 26 (20). Slight increases took place in inventions relating to cultivating and tilling, 52 (49) ; milking-machines, 50 (46) ; and dairying, 45 (44). The number of applications recorded in regard to building-construction shows a decline from 144 in 1931, to 95 in 1932. The following classes also show a decline : Boxes, cans, and casks, 90 (100) • vehicles, 69 (83) ; illuminating (except gas-manufacture), 54 (68) ; furniture and upholstery, desks, blinds, curtains, &c, 42 (73) ; shop and hotel fittings, 28 (35) ; bottles, bottling, and glassworking, 21 (38) ; printing and photography, 18 (34) ; railways and tramways, 14 (29) ; fibre-dressing (including rope-making), 12 (28) ; brewing, distilling, &c, 6 (14) ; chemicals, 5 (13).

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Designs. The number of applications for registration of designs lodged during 1932 was 164. This number is 13 more than in 1931. The total number of applications up to the 31st December, 1932, was 3,304, and the number of registrations in force at that date was 902, of which 160 were registered during the year. Renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected in 36 cases, while 7 registrations were renewed for the third term of five years. 134 design registrations became void during the year by reason of the non-payment of renewal fees. Applications from persons resident in New Zealand totalled 116 (110) ; 18 (21) were from Great Britain ; 27 (17) from Australia ; 2 (1) from the United States of America ; and 1 (0) from France. The majority of the applications were lodged in respect of articles included in Classes 1, 3, 11, and 12, the figures for each class being 66, 40, 15, and 17 respectively. The remaining 26 applications were spread over seven classes. In four classes no applications were lodged. The fees received during the year amounted to £147 13s. 6d., which is in excess of the amount received in 1931. Trade-marks. The number of applications for registration of trade-marks filed in 1932 was 74 less than in the previous year, there being 925 and 999, respectively. New Zealand applications showed an increase on the previous year of 29, and applications from Great Britain an increase of 43, while decreases in the number- of applications from the United States of America, Commonwealth of Australia, and Germany were 48, 33, and 15 respectively. As was to be expected, there was a falling-off in the fees paid in respect of trade-marks, the amount for the year being £3,207 4s. 10d., as compared with £3,966 12s. Id. for 1931, in which latter year an unusual number of trade-mark registrations were renewed. Again, the greatest number of applications in any one class was in Class 42 (substances used as food, or as ingredients in food) with a total of 204. The second greatest number was in Class 38 (articles of clothing) with 81. Next in order comes Class 3 (chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy), in which there were 72. While the number of applications in the majority of classes varied only slightly, Class 8 (philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching) has 43 as against 34 for 1931, and Class 45 (tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured) 29 as against 16 in the preceding year. In Class 22 (vehicles) there was 1 more application than in 1931, when there were 9. Patent Agents. The number of patent attorneys on the register as at 31st December, 1932, was 18. One name was added during the year, and one name was removed. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c, viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1932. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1932, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1930 and 1931. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the Years 1910 to 1932 (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 1931 and 1932, togi with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (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, 1932 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1930, 1931, and 1932. 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 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. Patent Office, Wellington, Ist November, 1933.

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APPENDIX.

A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1932. Receipts. £ 8. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .. .. .. 8,614 16 11 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,552 15 8 Design fees .. .. .. .. 147 13 6 Advertising .. .. .. .. 21 17 6 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. 3,207 410 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. 43 15 4 Sale of Acts, Journals, &c— £ s. d. Office fittings, &c. .. .. 17 17 9 At Government Printing Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. 118 10 11 Office.. .. .. 51 0 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 970 11 10 At Patent Office .. .. 14 4 0 Typewriters .. .. .. .. 24 10 4 65 4 1 Contingencies .. .. .. 2 14 11 Refunds .. .. .. .. 29 12 9 Balance—Cash in Public Account .. 7,252 12 4 £12,034 19 4 £12,034 19 4 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner. 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. H. Fowler, Deputy 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, 1932, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1930 and 1931.

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Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplue. Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 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 1925 13,355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1930 14,195 15 7 j 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5 1926 12,426 0 8 5,836 2 0 6,589 18 8 1931 13,390 11 6 5,466 7 8 7,924 3 10 1927 12,642 2 6 5,387 7 1 7,254 15 5 1932 12,034 19 4 4,782 7 0 7,252 12 4

1930.' 1931.* 1932. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,085 0 0 1,298 0 0 1,183 0 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 2,046 0 0 1,556 0 0 1,318 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. .. 508 0 0 512 0 0 568 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 138 19 6 144 19 6 188 19 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 2 10 0 6 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 400 On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 1,256 10 0 918 0 0 765 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. 600 100 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 600 600 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. .. 5 10 0 9 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. .. 2,284 10 0 2,257 10 0 2,212 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. .. 2,247 0 0 2,196 0 0 2,004 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 18 00 800 12 00 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 97 0 0 22 0 0 51 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c, on register .. 90 00 6460 55 00 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 115 0 250 110 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 31 0 0 21 15 0 44 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 4454 36 31 53 89 Application for registration as patent agent .. .. .. .. .. 220 Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 42 0 0 54 12 0 21 0 0 Patent agents' examination fees .. .. .. .. .. 660 330 330 Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 15 0 35 19 6 49 1 0 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. 14 0 0 16 0 0 30 0 0 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 0 15 0 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 0 19 0 0110 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right " 10 0 0 4 0 0 Application for revocation of letters patent .. .. .. 200 Advertising in Journal, &c, under Supreme Court Rules .. .. 160 180 !.. Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. 050 050 Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 18 0 22 14 0 10 16 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 1 4 36 2 11 25 15 8 8,614 16 11 * For a complete analysis of fees received In 1030 and 1931 see Reports for those years respectively.

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1932, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1930 and 1931— continued.

D.—Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1911 to 1932 (inclusive).

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1930. , 1931.» 1932. Designs. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs .. .. .. .. 77 15 0 68 0 0 76 1(1 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 5(i (2) .. .. 47 0 0 18 0 0 41 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. .. 36 0 0 22 0 0 22 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. .. 0 12 6 .. 0 12 6 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 I) 10 0 14 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 050 Assignment of designs .. .. .. .. .. .. r> 15 0 10 0 1 10 0 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. .. .. 060 010 0 12 6 Change of name.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 0 10 0 Applications for extension of time .. . .. .. 150 .. 0 10 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 13 0 2 15 0 2 19 6 147 13 6 Trade-marks. Application for registration .. .. .. .. .. 950 5 0 750 15 0 697 1(1 0 On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i ; 6 7 6 0 0 1,186 11 6 1,179 10 0 On association .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 1 0 30 12 0 21 11 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. .. 816 1 6 1,651 9 7 944 9 II Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 37 5 0 40 15 0 29 15 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 1100 300 400 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 200 200 On assignment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 172 10 0 142 3 6 153 13 0 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 5 10 0 550 2 10 0 On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 0 450 400 On request under section 73 (6) .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. .. .. 34 0 0 21 0 0 17 4 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. .. 290 180 3 30 On request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 440 590 13 18 0 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. 8 19 0 7 13 0 10 18 0 On request under section 99 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 200 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 13 10 0 10 5 0 18 5 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. .. .. .. .. 31 2 6 35 19 6 45 1 6 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 14 3 32 10 0 34 14 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. 200 115 0 100 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 0 10 0 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 110 0 650 300 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 300 800 500 On entry of memorandum of trade-mark .. .. .. .. 150 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 8 8 15 11 0 13 i2 5 3,207 4 10 * For a complete analysis of foes received in 1930 and 1931 see Reports lor those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1911 1,740 21 861 2,622 1922 2,183 214 1,108 3 500 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 11)23 2,075 183 1 163 3'421 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3 608 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1925 2,040 203 1,332 3*581 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1926 2,137 204 1143 3484 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1927 " 2,052 145 1 325 3522 19" 1.329 83 619 2,031 1028 2,070 163 1201 3434 1918 1,386 53 . 695 2,134 1929 2 251 125 1*859 8 786 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1930 2 103 169 1205 3537 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 193L 2 065 151 ' 9 99 3215 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1932 1,845 164 925 2 934

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

Note.—Applications are sometimes received from joint applicants reeident in different countries, and from applicants giving two addresses ; the 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 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete [ abandoned, Patents sealed Complete Specifi- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or Total cations lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number d ] Of 1« New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- H j> New Zea- 3 New Zea- \ u .« t£ n s & " land or Other land or Other land or Jg -S land or j» S land or _g £ Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- g § Depend- - § Depend- g s encies, &c. encies, &c, encies, &c. Q enoies, &o. g encies, &c.j <g " " i 1910 250 443 990 148 254 75 925 ]25 306 475 1,831 1911 245 434 935 126 258 59 849 86 323 482 1,740 1912 258 507 877 95 275 35 817 78 334 508 1,737 1913 217 467 965 126 249 58 910 94 272 499 1,775 1914 177 426 868 103 228 45 782 96 273 423 1,574 1915 140 286 787 86 322 46 669 78 266 288 1,299 1916 178 297 699 87 194 38 630 67 245 319 1,261 1917 183 360 708 84 203 41 580 57 249 385 1,329 1918 143 454 704 88 245 39 540 72 284 442 1,389 1919 200 685 906 91 279 42 707 77 321 689 1,880 1920 250 890 949 110 249 37 725 123 330 1,030 2,199 1921 194 722 1,080 119 310 42 890 107 398 730 2,115 1922 203 686 1,190 104 328 38 992 92 406 693 2,183 1923 221 701 1,041 112 256 57 933 73 341 728 2,075 1924 190 752 1,032 111 304 35 882 89 356 758 2,085 1925 177 764 1,007 98 324 41 831 99 356 756 2,046 1926 180 804 1,058 95 283 41 917 78 347 795 2,137 1927 153 752 1,028 119 284 49 841 95 330 793 2,052 1928 127 912 905 128 240 44 753 . 98 291 932 2,072 J 929 141 1,118 867 125 216 40 753 114 266 1,118 2,251 1930 120 905 984 94 241 32 ... 2,103 1931 117 649 1,213 87 255 32 ... 2,065 1932 95 559 1,120 71 1,845

1926-30. 1931. 1932. 1926-30. 1931. 1932. New Zealand .. 1,158-2 1,325 1,211 Japan .. .. 0-4 1 Argentine Republic .. 1-2 1 1 Kenya .. .. 0-2 Austria .. .. 2-2 7 1 Mauritius .. .. 0-2 Belgium .. .. 8-2 5 2 Mexico .. .. 1-0 Canada .. .. 15-8 9 6 I Netherlands .. .. 164 10 1 Cuba .. .. 0-2 .. .. New South Wales .. 122-6 88 73 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1-6 .. • • Northern Nigeria .. .. 1 Denmark .. .. 8-0 1 5 Norway .. .. 2-8 5 1 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 1 .. Peru .. .. 0-2 .. Egypt .. . • 0-2 .. .. Philippine Islands .. .. .. 1 Esthonia .. .. .. • • I Queensland .. .. 15-0 22 19 Federated Malay States 0-2 .. .. South Australia .. 20-4 9 5 Finland .. .. 0-4 1 .. Spain .. .. 0-6 3 1 Fiji .. .. 0-4 .. .. Sweden .. .. 8-2 9 3 France .. .. 26-8 12 10 Switzerland .. .. 6-8 6 4 Germany .. .. 48-6 45 51 j Tasmania .. .. 4-6 5 2 Great Britain .. 384-4 273 267 I Union of South Africa 6-8 3 5 Hungary .. 1-0 1 .. United States of America 203-4 122 82 India 1-2 .... Victoria .. .. 134-2 88 78 Irish Free State .. 0-6 .. 4 Western Australia .. 6-0 3 5 Italy .. .. 6-8 10 5 Western Samoa .. 0-2 1

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G.—Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (inclusive).

Note.—Owing to some inventions being classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than the actual number of applications received.

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G.—Number of Applications foe Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in EACH OF THE YEARS 1931 AND 1932, TOGETHER WITH THE AVERAGE FOR THE YEARS 1926-30 (inclusive). Class. 1926-80. 1931. ! 1932. Class. 1926-30. 1931. 1932. ! p — , : Advertising and displaying signs, 30-0 32 27 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 62-0 68 54 &c. I ture) Aeronautics .. .. .. 9-6 18 18 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 68-8 50 65 Amusements, music, exercisers, 69-8 62 59 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 33-2 21 25 Kitchen utensils and cooking 57-0 65 58 bolts, ties, &o.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 14 0 10 6 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 47-6 155 34 Boots and shoes .. .. 31-0 20 26 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 28'8 25 19 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 36-6 38 21 Boxes, cans, and casks .. .. 74-6 100 90 Marine and submarine (including 19-0 16 21 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 15-4 14 6 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 15-4 17 23 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 11-8 14 9 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 30-6 27 49 Building-construction .. .. 414 74 36 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 45-2 41 31 work, &c.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 32-6 22 16 ing) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 28-2 29 28 Milking-machines* .. .. 44-0 46 50 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 15-8 22 18 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. .. .. 27-2 13 5 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 1-4 1 — Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 29-2 18 18 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-6 — 4 Closets and urinals .. .. 27-0 30 24 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 11-8 11 14 J Oils and lubricators .. .. 29-2 11 12 Cooling and freezing .. .. 27-4 24 25 Cultivating and tilling .. .. 50-6 49 52 Paints and painting (including 17'6 11 12 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 62-2 55 55 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. .. 26-4 16 21 Dairying* .. .. .. 48-6 44 45 Preserving .. .. .. 13-8 13 16 Drains and sewers .. .. 6-6 2 5 Presses .. .. .. 9-4 7 6 Dredging and excavating (including 11-6 6 9 Printing and photography .. 36-0 34 18 rock-drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 23-6 59 23 Drying .. .. 21-4 19 16 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 134*2 86 ] 95 Railways and tramways .. 41*2 29 14 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 58-8 55 49 Roads and ways (including road 22-6 17 18 Engines (steam), including rotary 14-0 12 12 watering) pumps Engines (miscellaneous and engine 46-4 33 38 Seed-dressing, chaff-cutting, and 7-6 5 7 accessories), including current threshing j motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. .. 25-6 19 j 13 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 13-8 ' 11 ! 32 laneous motors j Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 30-0 23 39 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 7-2 5 ) 2 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 22-8 9 19 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 11-4 1 3 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 23-0 35 28 Stationery and paper .. .. 40-8 42 44 Fenoing .. ... 25-2 17 11 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 4-8 4 3 Telephony and telegraphy (including 201-8 180 210 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 31-6 28 12 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. .. 12-4 18 25 Filters ., .. .. 7-4 10 4 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 18-6 15 7 Valves and cocks .. .. 16'2 18 12 extinguishers Vehicles .. 158-8 83 69 Food .. .. .. .. 24-6 21 15 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. .. 37-6 19 23 Furnaces and kilns (inoluding smoke- 19-0 16 16 Ventilating .. .. .. 6-4 2 6 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 58-6 73 42 Washing and cleansing .. .. 33-6 32 45 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 8-2 11 8 Wearing-apparel .. .. 40-0 59 46 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 10-2 5 5 Wools and hides .. .. 12-8 14 21 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 29-8 18 | 15 Harness (inoluding horse, &c., covers) 4-2 5 3 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 28-2 36 34 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 48-4 55 55 &c. * Prior to 1911, milking-machines were included in class "Dairying," but are now a separate class. Note.—Owing to some inventions being classified under more than one heading, the figures will total more than the actual number of applications received.

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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, 1932 (inclusive).

I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1930, 1931, and 1932.

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 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-30 (inclusive).

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Number w,,™!. Total on which . Number Number of Letters Patent of 1 *>£ e ° ts °" Application, 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... ... lstJuly, 1921, to30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1,660 „ 1921-22 ... ... 21,811 11,931 1,549 Grand totals ... ... 70,140 34,963 6,742

1930. j 1931. 1932. Class 1. —Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 62 36 66 and jewellery Class 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. 4 2 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier-mache, or 28 38 39 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 14 27 9 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 15 15 5 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- 4 13 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials Class 9. —Lace .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Class 10. —Boots and shoes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Class 11. —Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. 8 14 15 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 4 5 17 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 20 5 1 or stripes) Class 14. —Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other .. .. 1 than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs 10 6 4 or shawls being checks or stripes 169 151 162

192&-30. 1931. 1932. 1926-30. 1931. 1932. I New Zealand .. .. 487-0 503 532 Netherlands .. 144 12 Austria .. .. 2-6 5 .. New South Wales .. 77-4 87 45 Belgium .. 2-6 2 1 Northern Ireland .. 2-8 .. 2 Canada .. .. 15-8 14 9 Norway .. .. 1-2 China .. .. 0-4 .. .. Palestine .. .. 0-2 Cuba .. ..0-8 1 .. Queensland.. ..3-0 1 1 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1-6 .. .. South Australia .. 1-0 11 Denmark .. .. 0-6 3 .. South-west Africa .. .. 1 Egypt .. .. .. 3 2 Spain .. .. .. .. 1 Finland .. .. 0-4 .. .. Sweden .. ..3-4 2 1 France .. .. 17-6 10 9 Switzerland .. 4-6 6 Germany .. .. 75-6 25 10 Tasmania .. .. 0-6 Great Britain .. 304-2 189 232 Union of South Africa 1-4 Hawaii .. .. 0-2 .. .. United States of Amer- 201-0 106 58 Hungary .. .. 0-2 .. 1 ica Italy .. ..3-0 2 1 Victoria .. .. 49-6 22 42 Jamaica .. .. .. .. 1 Western Samoa .. 0-2 Japan .. ..1-2 4 3 '

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K.—Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1931 and 1932, together with the Average for the Years 1926-1930 (inclusive).

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ClaM. Classification of Goods. 1926-30. 1931. 1982. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 64-0 34 30 research, and anti-corrosives 2 J Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 44 -4 59 31 purposes IS Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 77-2 110 72 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 21-4 7 17 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 14-0 4 4 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 48-8 30 21 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 I Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 7-0 5 4 8 i Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 68-8 34 43 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. ■. 15-4 4 4 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. .. •. •• 6-8 2 3 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 8-6 15 11 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. .. .. .. .. •• 9-4 9 12 13 Metal gooda not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 43-2 31 25 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.) 4 - 6 .. 3 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass 8-6 2 5 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-4 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 19-6 14 0 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 18-4 9 8 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. .. O-β 1 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 2 0 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes 0-4 19 and 20 22 Carriages 22-8 9 10 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (6) sewing cotton .. .. .. •• •• 1-4 1 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. .. .. .. 2!Il' 20 17 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. .. .. 8-2 4 5 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. .. .. .. •• 0-4 I •• 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. .. .. .. ■• •• 2-8 1 3 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. 1-8 2 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 0-4 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. .. .. .. -. •• 1*4 3 2 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. .. •■ •• •• 5-4 3 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. l - 2 1 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. •. ■. I 2-2 4 6 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. •• •• 4-2 4 11 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. I-β 2 1 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. .. 50 1 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 8-4 14 7 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. .. .. ■• •• 96-4 83 81 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. 42-8 31 35 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 14-8 22 13 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. •. •• ■• 10-4 5 4 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. .. .. 205-6 193 204 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. •• •• •• 36-4 24 19 44 Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer ..12-8 9 5 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. -. 21-8 16 29 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. 2-4 .. 6 47 Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; 76 • 8 54 54 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and j 55-4 j 50 40 perfumed soap 40 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 15-2 14 9 SO Miscellaneous .. .. .. • • ■ • • • • • • • 83 • 6 j 59 57