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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1935 Session I, H-10

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1935. NEW ZEALAND.

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

Prevented 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. A total of 2,827 applications for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and of trade-marks was received during the year, being an all-round increase in the patents, designs, and trademarks divisions, of 109 on the number for the preceding year. The total fees received in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks was the highest since 1931, being £12,376 ss. lid. for the past year, as against £11,694 11s. 10d. in 1933, and £12,034 19s. 4d. in 1932. It is also satisfactory to note that the surplus for the year under review (£7,666 19s. 2d.), is higher than the surplus for the two preceding years, and that the average surplus for the five year period 1930-1934 is higher than the average surplus for the preceding five years, 1925-1929, the figures being £7,704 11s. 4d. and £7,562 17s. 6d. respectively. The total surplus of the Office since Ist January, 1890, is £196,745 Bs. 6d. Patents. Applications for patents received during the year numbered 1,766 (1,761),* of which 928 (978) were filed with provisional specifications and 838 (784) were accompanied by complete specifications ; 232 (251) complete specifications were lodged during the year in connection with applications with which provisional specifications had originally been filed. As at 31st December, 1934, the total number of applications received was 73,672 and the number of patents in force at that date was 7,505 made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from the 31st December, 1931, to 31st December, 1934, 2,384 and 1,914 respectively ; sixth-year fees from the 31st December, 1924, to the 31st December, 1934' 3,204 ; patents in respect of which an extension of their term has been granted by order of the Supreme Court, 3. . The amount received in patent fees, £8,879 18s. 3d., was £618 m excess of the amount received in 1933. There were 3 (1) patents sealed after the prescribed time, and 3 (2) lapsed patents restored to the register. A very large number of applications were again received in connection with telephony and telegraphy, 306 (313). Increases were recorded in the classes relating to building construction, 61 (52) ; cultivating and tilling, 41 (29) ; electricity and magnetism, 84 (66) ; furniture and upholstery, 35 (29) ; illuminating, 59 (42) ; printing an«J photography, 32 (20) ; and tobacco, 25 (12) ; while there has been a decrease recorded in the classes concerning cooling and freezing, 19 (36) ; dairying, 47 (68) ; heating and fuel manufacture, 33 (51) ; kitchen utensils and cooking-appliances, 35 (48) ; and pipes, tubes, and hose, 21 (33). , . , My report last year showed that in 1931 a phenomenal rise had occurred m the number of inventions in the class relating to telephony and telegraphy, the increase being approximately 50 per cent, on the average for the preceding five-year period 1927-1931. The number of inventions under this head received in that year was the greatest number in the whole history of the Patent Office, and the records disclose that the peak reached in 1933 was substantially maintained last year, the figures being 306 in 1934, as against 313 in 1933. . The policy of the law relating to industrial and intellectual property—patents, designs, trade-marks, copyright—is that the monopolies and other rights arising as a result of the operations of the Patent Office must be in the public interest. This fundamental aspect of the matter becomes of increasing practical importance in these days of industrial aggregation, and particularly so at the present time in regard to the radio industry, in which considerable inventive and commercial activity is manifest. In this connection it should be noted that in modern times there is an increasng tendency for certain phases of patents and copyright to become legally and industrially interlocked. Thus we find that, although " news " is ordinarily regarded as belonging to the domain of copyright, a strong effort was made at the International Conference for the Protection of Industrial Property held in London m 1934 to have " news " included in the Convention as being a form of industrial property. On the other hand, persons interested in radio, &c, inventions are vitally concerned in a proposal that may be made to the International Copyright Conference, 1936, to limit the right of local legislatures to regulate the conditions under which copyright material may be communicated to the public by radio. _ we find that inventors are giving great attention to radio, sound-films, &c, by means of which copyright material is conveyed from the creator to the consumer. There is also a marked tendency for broadcasting, &c, inventions to pass into the hands of large combines, and for the owners of inventions to

* The figures in parentheses are for 1933.

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enhance the value of their monopolies by becoming the owners of correlated copyright. There are thus growing up various powerful groups whose interests in patents and copyright are almost inseparably interwoven. These interests, being purely commercial, do not invariably harmonize with the public interest. It is therefore necessary, as occasion arises, for the international conventions relating to patents and copyright, and for the domestic legislation, to ensure that monopolies granted to foster public well-being are not allowed to defeat their own ends by enriching private enterprise unduly at the expense of the State as a whole. Designs. Applications for registration of designs during the year totalled 146, which is 3 in excess of the number of applications for the previous year. The total number of applications as at 31st December, 1934, was 3,593. There were 873 design registrations in force at that date, there being 133 registered during the year, while 137 design registrations became void owing to the non-payment of the renewal fees. In 28 cases renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected, and in 23 cases for the third term of five years. Applications from persons resident in New Zealand totalled 68 (92) ; the next greatest number of applications came from Australia, 32 (23) ; 18 (15) were from Great Britain ; 4 (9) from the United States of America ; and 3 (1) from Canada. There were 70 (74) applications in Class 1, while 20 (33) were lodged in Class 3 ; 19 (6) in Class 4 ; 14 (14) in Class 5 ; and 13 (5) in Class 12. The remaining applications were spread over five classes. There were five classes in which no applications were lodged. Trade-makks. The number of applications received during the year under review was 915, being 101 more than in 1933. Applications for registration from persons resident in New Zealand were slightly in excess of those for 1933, being 459 and 453 respectively. The number of applications from the Commonwealth of Australia again showed an increase over the previous year, the figures being 122 in 1934, as against 92 in 1933. There was also an increase in the number of applications received from the United States of America, the number being 62, as compared with 58 in 1933. The amount received during the year in respect of trade-mark fees was again slightly in excess of the amount received during the previous year, the respective amounts being £3,296 15s. 2d. and £3,212 4s. 3d. There was a small decrease in the amount paid in respect of renewal of registration of trade-marks as compared with the previous year, but this decrease was more than offset by the amount paid in fees in respect of applications for registration, which is shown as £89 12s. 6d. more than received in 1933. As is generally the case, the greatest number of applications in any one class was in Class 42 (substances used as food, or as ingredients in food), there being 176, showing an increase of 21 over the number of applications in the same class in 1933. Class 38 (articles of clothing) supplied the next greatest number of applications in any one class, there being 86, as against 78 in 1933. The number of applications in the other principal classes are as follows : Class 3 (chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy), 85 (81) ; Class 8 (philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching), 60 (35) ; Class 48 (perfumery, including toilet articles, preparations for the teeth and hair, and perfumed soap), 58 (45); Class 2 (chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary purposes), 36 (45) ; Class 47 (candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes), 35 (42). Patent Agents. It is regretted having to report the death of Mr. Robert Wales, who for over twenty-six years was in active practice before the Office. The number of Patent Attorneys on the register as at 31st December, 1934, was 16. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c, viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1934. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1934, together with the Corresponding Figures for the years 1932 and 1933. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the years 1912 to 1934 (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 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-32 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-32 (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, 1934 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1932, 1933, and 1934. 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 1933 and 1934, together with the average for the Years 1928-32 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-32 (inclusive). H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. The Patent Office, Wellington, sth August, 1935.

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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1934. Receipts. £ b. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees 8,879 18 3 Salaries 3,705 15 6 Design fees ' 123 1 0 Fuel, light, &c. . Trade-mark fees .. .. •• 3,296 15 2 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. I/O t> Sales of Acts, Journals, &c— £ s. d. Printing and stationery .. .. .. HO 6 7 At Government Printing Office .. 65 15 10 Patent Office Journal .. .. .. ■■ 604 10 b At Patent Office .. .. .. 10 15 8 Typewriters .. . . .. • • • ■ j » ' 76 11 6 Contingencies . . ■ • • ■ • • 4 15 Z Office fittings .. .. .. ■ ■ 0 18 3 Refunds .. .. .. ■■ ■• 49 11 4 Balance: Cash in Public Account .. .. 7,666 19 2 £12", 376 5 11 £12,376 5 11 H. T. Atkinson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. 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, 1934, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1932 and 1933.

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Tear. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. i Year. Receipts. Payments. Surplus. i I £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1925 13 355 2 0 5,509 8 9 7,845 13 3 1930 14,195 15 7 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 1928 13,302 10 11 5,374 2 10 7,931 8 I 1933 11,694 11 10 4,378 18 10 7,315 13 0 1929 14,066 2 0 5,873 9 10 8,192 12 2 1934 12,376 5 11 4,709 6 9 7,666 19 2

1932.* 1933.» 1934. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 1,183 0 0 978 0 0 920 10 0 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,318 0 0 1,574 0 0 1.690 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. 568 0 0 502 0 0 464 0 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. •• •• 188 19 6 179 10 0 180 0 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .... .... 6 10 0 3 0 0 5 10 0 On hearing opposition .. .. •• •• •• •• •• On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. • • 765 0 0 748 0 0 937 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. •• •• Inn ci n n On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. •• 3 0 0 J 0 0 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. •• 9 10 0 2 10 0 3 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year' .. .. .. 2,212 10 0 1,881 0 0 I.™ o il Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. •• 2,004 0 0 2,061 0 0 ~ 9 9 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. . • • ■ 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 On restoration of letters patent .. .. •• •• 51 0 0 38 0 0 36 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &o., on register.. 55 0 0 48 10 0 67 0 0 On request to correct clerical errors . . .. • • • • 1 10 i 0 10 0 1 0 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. •• 44 0 0 41 15 0 38 0 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. . • . • • • 53 8 J 43 12 b K Application for registration as patent agent .. .. .. 2 2 0 ■' . Li'Vi'. A Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. • • • • • • 21 0 0 50 8 0 37 16 0 Patent agents'examination fees .. .. •• 3 3 0 •• • ■ Searches .. .. . • • • • • •• ■ ■ 49 1 0 43 3 9 36 I b Amendment of letters patent .. .. •• 30 0 0 3 0 0 J ? Request to enter change of name .. .. ■ • • • • • • • : 9 in n Request to enter change of address .. . . •• 0 11 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right ".. .. 3 0 0 ... Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules . . .. • • • • . : • • Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register .. .. ■■ ' n Weekly lists .. .. 10 16 0 5 4 0 5 12 0 Miscellaneous 25 15 8 37 0 1 14 18 9 j 8,879 18 3 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1932 and 1933 see reports for those years respectively.

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1934, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1932 and 1933 — continued.

D. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1912 to 1934 (inclusive).

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1932.* 1933.* 1934. Designs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of designs .. . . .. .. 76 10 0 66 0 0 61 5 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) .. . . 41 0 0 32 0 0 28 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. .. 22 0 0 34 0 0 28 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. .. 0 12 6 0 12 6 Searches (Office) .. .. .. . . .. . . 1 4 0 1 14 0 1 7 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 Assignment of designs .. .. . . .. .. 1 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 12 6 190 0 13 0 Change of name .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. . . 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 19 6 0 17 8 1 6 0 123 1 0 Trade-marks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration .. .. .. .. .. 697 10 0 610 10 0 700 2 6 On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,179 10 0 921 15 0 971 15 6 On association .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 11 0 9 10 0 14 16 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. .. 944 9 11 1,386 9 0 1,327 9 4 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. . . 29 15 0 15 15 0 11 15 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. .. 4 0 0 500 400 On hearing opposition .. .. .. .. .. 200 On assignment of trade-marks .. .. . . .. . . 153 13 0 109 16 0 110 10 6 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 1 0 0 250 On cancellation .. .. .. .. .. .. 400 4 10 0 3110 On request under section 73 (6) .. .. .. .. .. 10 0 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. .. 17 4 0 14 16 0 20 11 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. .. 330 310 2 14 0 On request to enter change of address .. .. . . . . 13 18 0 19 15 0 12 10 2 On request to enter change of name .. .. . i .. 10 180 5 11 0 4180 On request under section 99 .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 18 5 0 15 8 0 16 5 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. .. .. .. .. 45 I 6 29 6 6 26 4 0 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 34 14 0 32 9 0 30 5 3 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. . . .. 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 Entry in register of rectification thereof . . .. .. 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Request to strike out goods .. .. .. .. .. 300 4 10 0 1 15 0 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 500 5 0 0 14 00 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 12 5 13 17 9 12 2 11 3,296 15 2 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1932 and 1938 see reports for those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. jj Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3 608 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3 434 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3 537 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1931 2,065 151 999 3 215 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1932 1,845 164 925 2 934 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1934 1,766 146 915 2 827 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,42]

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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 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-1932 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, Pj.+ p +« i Complete Specifica- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or n se e . Total t_' tions lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number § a of New Zea- New Zea- New Zea- 8 New Zea- g New Zea- g Appliland or Other land or Other land or i £ land or J> £ land or Jj 'Js cations. Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- i g § Depend- g g Depend- g § encies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. q encies, &c. g encies, &c. g 1910 .. 250 443 990 148 254 75 925 125 306 475 1,831 1911 .. 245 434 935 126 258 59 849 86 323 482 1,740 1912 .. 258 507 877 95 275 35 817 78 334 508 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 1929 .. 141 1,118 867 125 216 40 753 114 266 1,118 2,251 1930 .. 120 905 984 94 241 32 828 90 275 910 2,103 1931 .. 117 649 1,213 87 255 32 1,056 78 276 655 2,065 1932 .. 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 1,845 1933 .. 96 688 909 69 217 24 .. .. .. .. 1,762 1934 .. 86 752 857 71 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,766 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.

1928-32. j 1933. 1934. New Zealand . . .. 1,139-0 1,009 921 Argentine Republic .. 1-2 2 Austria . . . . 3-4 4 1 Belgium .. .. 6-2 1 Canada . . .. 9-6 6 4 Cuba Czechoslovakia .. 0-8 .. 1 Denmark . . .. 6-4 4 7 Dutch Each Indies .. 0-2 Egypt Esthonia . . .. 0-2 Federated Malay States Finland . . . . 0-6 Fiji .. .. .. 0-2 France .. .. 19-2 12 14 Germany .. .. 54-6 124 112 Guatamala . . . . . . 1 Great Britain .. 346 ■ 6 320 367 Hungary . . .. 0-8 . . 5 India . . . . 0-2 .. 2 Irish Free State . . 1-4 . . 3 Italy .. . . 8-0 4 1 Japan .. .. 0-6 2

1928-33. 1933. 1934. Kenya .. . . 0-2 Luxemburg . . . . . . 1 Mauritius .. . . 0-2 Mexico .. .. 0-8 .. 1 Netherlands .. .. 14-8 7 31 New South Wales .. 105-8 68 79 Northern Nigeria .. 0-2 Norway .. .. 2-6 1 Peru . . . . 0-2 Philippine Islands . . 0-2 Queensland .. .. 16-4 15 13 South Australia .. 13-6 6 12 South West Africa .. .. 1 Southern Rhodesia .. 0-2 Spain .. . . 1-0 Straits Settlements .. . . 1 Sweden .. .. 8-0 10 10 Switzerland .. .. 5-6 3 8 Tasmania .. .. 2-6 1 3 Union of South Africa .. 7-0 United States of America 170-2 70 79 Victoria .. .. 116-0 86 97 Western Australia .. 5-0 6 3 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 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-32 (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, 1934 (inclusive).

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Class. 1928-32 1933. 1934. Class. 1928-32 1933. 1934. Advertising and displaying signs, 28-0 20 25 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 89-6 42 59 &c. ' tare) Aeronautics .. • . .. 15 • 4 6 14 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 68-6 44 40 Amusements, music, exercisers, 64-4 56 51 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 26-0 20 25 Kitchen utensils and cooking 57-2 48 35 bolts, ties, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. ..12-0 2 4 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 65-2 18 22 Boots and shoes . . .. 26 • 2 22 26 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 24-2 30 22 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 36-0 21 29 Boxes, cans, and casks .. ..84-2 83 80 Marine and submarine (including 19-8 16 24 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. ..13-8 21 10 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 17-0 19 11 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 13-4 9 9 mops) Medicines and surgical appliances 34'0 28 32 Building-construction .. .. 46-2 18 27 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 40*4 9 19 work, &c.) cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 26-4 15 16 j n g) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 29-8 25 15 Milking-machines* .. ..42-4 42 44 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 17-2 27 15 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals .. ..18-8 13 6 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 1-2 1 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. ..28-2 9 23 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 2-8 4 6 Closets and urinals .. 28-2 13 13 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 13-0 17 10 Oils and lubricators .. .. 22-4 23 20 Cooling and freezing .. 29-4 36 19 Cultivating and tilling .. ..52-0 29 41 Paints and painting (including 17-8 6 12 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 57-0 52 52 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. ..22-0 33 21 Dairying* .. •• ..47-0 68 47 Preserving .. .. ..15-4 17 16 Drains and sewers .. 5-4 1 1 Presses .. .. .. 9-4 9 3 Dredging and excavating (including 9-2 7 7 Printing and photography .. 34-2 20 32 rock drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 24-4 29 20 Drying .. •• ..20-2 9 15 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 115-2 66 84 Railways and tramways .. 32-8 9 13 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 55-0 56 60 Roads and ways (including road 19-8 10 7 Engines (steam), including rotary 13-6 29 12 watering) EnginesT (miscellaneous and engine 37-0 42 36 . Seed-dressing, chafi - cutting, and 7-6 6 6 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. .. L3 • 4 J wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 18-2 27 ; 23 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 33-2 29 27 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 6-8 3 5 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 19-6 26 20 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 6-6 .. 3 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 29-2 20 25 Stationery and paper .. .. 41-4 40 34 Fencing - • • • ..21*8 10 10 Fencing (strainers) .. ..4-0 1 2 Telephony and telegraphy (including 216-2 313 306 Fibre - dressing (including rope- 27-6 14 17 phonographs, &c.) making) „ , Tobacco 16-6 12 25 Filters . .. .•••8 - 053 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 15-4 14 13 Valves and cocks .. .. 16-2 15 17 extinguishers 6 } 1 - 0 } 68 , •'' i " " '2!'5 1 F oot l .. .. ..21-6 19 14 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. ..26-4 18 21 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 19-8 16 15 Ventilating .. .. .. 6-4 13 5 Furniture 61 and upholstery, desks, 56-6 20 35 Washing and cleansing .. ..37-4 27 25 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 9-6 4 7 Wearing-apparel .. 45 • 2 48 53 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 7-6 4 8 Wools and hides .. ..15-0 11 9 ing, or power purposes . Miscellaneous inventions not m 26-4 14 18 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 4-2 3 5 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. .. 35-8 20 24 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 46-2 51 33 &c ; 1 i * 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.

v T, Number at T t t + ° + nW^ C t , of Patents on Number of Letters Patent whicll Final Applications. have been Fee paid. 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, 1921, to 30th June, 1922 16,750 7,773 1,660 1921-22 .. .. •• 25 > 338 13 ' 560 2 > 318 Grand totals ■■ •• 73,667 36,597 7,511

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I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1932, 1933, and 1934.

J. —Number of Applications for Registration of Trade-masks from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, etc., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1933 and 1934, together with the average for the Years 1928-32 (inclusive).

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_ 1932. 1933. 1934. Class 1.—Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 66 74 70 and jewellery Class 2.—Books and bookbinding of all materials Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mache, or 41 33 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 9 6 19 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials predominate Class 5.—Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 6 14 14 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- 3 4 nates, not included in other classes Class 7. —Paperhangings Class 8. —Carpets, rugs, and floor-coverings in all materials Class 9. —Lace Class 10. —Boots and shoes .. .. .. . • •• 2 2 1 Class 11.—Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) . . 15 . . 2 Class 12. —Goods not included in other classes .. . . . . . . 16 5 13 Class 13. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 1 4 2 or stripes) Class 14. —Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls (other 1 .. 4 than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs 4 13 or shawls being checks or stripes 164 143 147

1928-32. 1933. 1934. 1928-32, 1933. 1934. New Zealand .. .. 511-8 453 459 Japan .. .. 2-6 1 2 Austria .. .. 1-2 .. .. Netherlands .. 12-8 Belgium .. .. 3-2 .. .. New South Wales ..75-6 56 57 Canada .. ..13-0 10 7 Northern Ireland .. 2-4 4 2 China .. .. 0-4 .. .. Norway .. .. 1-0 Cuba .. .. 1-0 .. .. Palestine .. .. 0-2 Czecho-Slovakia .. 1-6 .. 4 Poland .. .. .. 1 Denmark .. . . 1.-0 .. .. Queensland.. .. 2-6 .. 5 Egypt .. . . 1-0 1 .. South Australia .. 3-0 1 1 Finland . . .. . . . . 3 South-west Africa .. 0-2 France .. ..16-0 2 9 Spain .. .. 0-2 Germany .. 34 • 4 5 15 Sweden .. . . 3-0 4 6 Great Britain .. 279-8 179 216 Switzerland .. 3-8 .. 2 Hawaii .. .. 0-2 . . . . Tasmania . . . . 0-6 .. 2 Holland .. . . . . 2 7 Union of South Africa 1-0 1 Hungary .. .. 0-2 .. .. United States of Amer- 151-4 58 62 India .. .. . . .. 6 ica Italy .. .. 2-0 1 .. Victoria .. .. 37-4 35 57 Jamaica .. .. 0-2

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K. —Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1933 and 1934, together with the Average for the Years 1928-32 (inclusive).

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I Class. Classification of Goods. 1928-32. j 1933. 1934. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 42-2 21 33 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 49 • 2 45 36 purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 89'8 81 85 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 17-8 4 3 manufactures not included in other classes 5 Unwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. .. 9'4 5 7 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 41 • 8 12 25 cultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. 7-4 4 6 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 55-0 35 60 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7-8 .. 3 10 Horological instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 4-0 2 2 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative 11-6 15 15 purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10-6 4 4 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. .. 35-6 24 28 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.), 2-6 4 3 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 8-6 2 4 16 Porcelain and earthenware . . .. .. .. .. .. 3-4 1 3 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 14-4 7 7 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. .. .. 15-6 7 12 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. .. .. 0-4 20 Explosive substances .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 0-4 2 1 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included in Classes . . . . I 19 and 20 22 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 14-8 7 6 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (b) sewing cotton .. .. .. .. .. 1-4 2 6 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. .. •• •• •• 24-8 5 17 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38 .. .. .. 6-4 5 5 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. .. .. .. .. 0-4 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods . . .. .. . . . • • • 1 ■ 8 1 1 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 .. .. 1-2 2 2 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included in Class 50 0-2 .. 1 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. .. .. .. •• •• 1 ■ 8 .. 2 31 Silk piece-goods .. .. .. .. •• •• 3-4 1 3 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. .. 0-4 .. 1 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-8 5 6 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. . . . . .. 5-6 3 6 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 . . 1 '4 . . 1 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. .. .. • • • • 3-8 3 3 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not 9-6 7 10 included in other classes 38 Articles of clothing .. .. .. •• •• 9'4 78 86 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. .. .. 38-2 19 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 18-2 22 11 classes 41 Furniture and upholstery .. .. .. •• •• 9'6 8 5 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients in food .. .. .. .. 210-4 155 176 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. .. .. •• •• •• 31'0 22 22 44 Mineral and ffirated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer .. 10-4 6 6 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. .. .. 23 0 37 11 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes .. .. .. .. 2-6 3 2 47 Candles, common soap, detergents; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils; 65*6 42 35 matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 51-8 45 58 perfumed soap 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included in other classes .. 13-2 11 19 50 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 77-0 50 56