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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1936 Session I, H-10

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1936. NEW ZEALAND.

PATENTS, DESIGNS, AND TRADE-MARKS. FORTY-SEVENTH 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 number of applications received during the year for the grant of letters patent and for the registration of designs and trade-marks was 2,858, which is the highest total since 1932, and is a continuation of the steady rise that has occurred in the last three years. During the year the total fees received by the Office in respect of patents, designs, and trade-marks amounted to £12,868 19s. 4d., showing an increase of £492 on the amount received in the previous year. Expenditure during the year amounted to £4,476 13s. 3d., the principal item under this head being salaries, amounting to £3,709 15s. The excess of receipts over expenditure for the year was £8,392 6s. Id., which constitutes a record for any one year since the inception of the Patent Office. The total surplus of the Office since Ist January, 1890, is £205,137 14s. 7d. Patents. There were 1,730 (1,766)* applications for the grant of letters patent received during the year, of which 887 (928) were filed with provisional specifications and 843 (838) were accompanied by complete specifications. The number of complete specifications lodged in respect of applications for which a provisional specification had previously been lodged was 233 (232). The total number of applications received up to 31st December, 1935, was 75,402, and the number of patents in force at that date was 7,758, made up as follows : Patents sealed and third-year fees paid from 31st December, 1932, to 31st December, 1935, 2,531 and 1,838 respectively ; sixth-year fees paid from 31st December, 1925, to 31st December, 1935, 3,388 ; and 1 patent in respect of which an extension of its term has been granted by order of the Supreme Court. The number of applications received in connection with telephony and telegraphy (including phonographs, &c.) show a further increase on the number recorded during the year 1934, 319 (306). Other increases noted were inventions relating to dairying, 50 (47) ; fibre-dressing (including ropemaking), 26 (17) ; heating and fuel-manufacture, 49 (33) ; illuminating (except gas-manufacture), 72 (59) ; kitchen utensils and cooking-appliances (including ovens), 53 (35) ; and metal-working (including welding, stamping, and plating), 29 (16). Decreases occurred in the number of applications recorded in the classes of invention relating to building-construction, 52 (61) ; engines (air, gas, and oil), 46 (60) ; marine and submarine (including lake and river engineering), 12 (24) ; medicine and surgical appliances, 21 (32) ; milking-machinery, 27 (44) ; and printing and photography, 17 (22). The widespread activity that is manifest in the realm of radio in so many countries of the world to-day is somewhat vividly reflected in the number of proceedings for the grant of letters patent that have been instituted in the New Zealand Patent Office during recent years in respect of inventions relating to wireless. The number of proceedings commenced in 1935 in the radio class not only constitutes a record in that class, but also greatly exceeds the number of inventions received in any other class in any year. It is consequently particularly interesting to note that according to present indications the peak has not yet been reached, and that an even more significant record should be established this year. Large and powerful organizations in various parts of the world are busily seeking to consolidate and widen their fields of operation by scientific research and by efforts to secure amendments advantageous to themselves in the international conventions relating to patents and copyright. It is of course obvious that manufacturers who have expended large sums of money in equipping up-to-date research laboratories and work-shops, and in maintaining a highly skilled staff, will expect an adequate return for the capital outlay involved. To safeguard this return, the manufacturer will naturally have recourse to the protection afforded by patent law, as a result of which he is able to produce and sell his improved article at a price that will recompense him personally and at the same time act as a reasonable encouragement and incentive to others. Patent law is primarily intended to benefit the public by fostering industry, and it is unnecessary to stress the extraordinary benefits that have already been enjoyed by the public as a result of the introduction and improvement of radio. The whole question of broadcasting has in fact become one of such importance to the public, from both the patent and the copyright point of view, that it has become increasingly necessary to see that national laws and international conventions in regard, to patents and copyright keep pace with the extraordinary progress

* The figures in parentheses are for 1934.

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that lias recently been made in radio invention. This aspect of the matter is receiving close attention both by New Zealand and by the other members of the international unions to which this country belongs. Designs. Applications for registration of designs during the year totalled 185, which, it is satisfactory to jiote, is the highest number of applications received in any one year since 1927. The total number of applications as at 31st December, 1935, was 3,779. There were 923 design registrations in force at that date, there being 146 registered during the year, while 96 design registrations became void owing to the non-payment of the renewal fees. In 43 cases renewal of the term of copyright for the second term of five years was effected, and in 9 cases for the third term of five years. Applications from persons resident in New Zealand totalled 81 (68) ; the next greatest number of applications came from Australia, 58 (32) ; 36 (18) were from Great Britain ; 8 (4) from the United States ; and 3 (nil) from France. There were 63 (70) applications in Class 1, while 42 (20) were lodged in Class 3, 30 (2) in Class 13, and 15 (19) in Class 4. The remaining applications were spread over eight classes. There were three classes in which no applications were lodged. Trade-marks. During the year under review the number of applications received was 943, being the largest number of applications received since 1931. There was a slight decrease in the number of applications from persons resident in New Zealand, the figures being 447 in 1935 as against 459 in the previous year. There was again an increase in the number of applications from the Commonwealth of Australia, the figures being 122 for the year 1934 and 160 for 1935. The number of applications from the United States of America, 77, was 15 in excess of the number received from the same country in 1934. Germany was the source of 21 applications, which number showed a slight increase in the number for the previous year, when there were 15 applications. Two applications were received from Italy during the year under review. The number of applications received from Great Britain was 218, being 2 more than the number received from that country in 1934. As in the previous year the amount received in respect of trade-mark fees was again slightly in excess of the amount received in the year last reported on, the respective amounts for the years 1934 and 1935 being £3,296 15s. 2d. and £3,386 14s. lid. While there were slightly fewer applications in Class 42 (substances used as food, or as ingredients in food) than there were in the same class in the previous year, this class again had the greatest number of applications in any one class. The next greatest number of applications was in Class 3 (chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy), there being 121 as against 85 in 1934. Next in order of the greatest number of applications was Class 38 (articles of clothing) 77 (86). The number of applications in the other principal classes are as follows : Class 8 (philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching), 54 (60) ; Class 1 (chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical research, and anti-corrosives), 52 (33) ; Class 39 (paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding), 47 (22) ; Class 47 (candles, common soap, detergents, illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes), 45 (35). Patent Agents. The number of Patent Agents on the register as at 31st December, 1935, was 17, one name having been restored to the register during the year. Conclusion. The appendix hereto contains the following tables, lists, &c., viz. : — A. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1935. B. Table showing Receipts and Payments for each of the Last Ten Years. C. Particulars of Fees received from Ist January to 31st December, 1935, together with the Corresponding Figures for the years 1933 and 1934. D. Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trademarks recorded for the years 1912 to 1935 (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 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (inclusive). G. Number of Applications for Patents for the Different Classes of Inventions in each of the Years 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (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 tô|3lst'jjDecember, 1935 (inclusive). I. Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1933, 1934, and 1935. J. Number of Applications for Registration off Trade-marks from Persons residing in New Zealand or Dependencies, &c., and in other Countries in each of the Years 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (inclusive). K. Number of Applications to register Trade-marks in the Fifty Different Classes in each of the Years 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (inclusive). H. T. Atktnson, Commissioner of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks. The Patent Office, Wellington, sth August, 1936.

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APPENDIX.

PATENT OFFICE. A. —Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1935. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Patent fees .. .". .. .. .. 9,256 5 8 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 3,709 15 .0 Design fees .. .. .. .. .. 153 4 9 Fuel, light, &c. .. .. .. .. 39 13 7 Trade-mark fees .. .. .. .. 3,386 14 11 Postage, telegrams, and telephones .. .. 88 17 5 Sales of Acts, Journals, &c.— £ s. d. Printing and stationery .. .. .. 110 2 10 At Government Printing Office .. 64 22 Patent Office Journal .. .. .. .. 496 3 11 At Patent Office .. .. .. 811 10 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. .. 115 11 72 14 0 Contingencies .. ... .. .. 1118 Office fittings .. .. .. .. 2 4 6 Refunds .. .. .. .. .. 26 8 5 Balance : Cash in Public Account .. ".. 8,392 6 1 £12,868 19 4 £12,868 19 4 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.—G. F. C. Campbell, 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, 1935, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1933 and 1934.

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Year. Beceipts. Payments. Surplus. j Year. Beceipts. Payments. Surplus. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 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 1 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 1930 14,195 15 7 5,832 7 2 8,363 8 5j 1935 12,868 19 4 4,476 13 3 8,392 6 1

1933.* 1934.* 1935. Patents. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Applications for patents with provisional specifications .. .. 978 0 0 920 10 0 882 1 7 Applications for patents with complete specifications .. .. 1,374 0 0 1,690 0 0 1656 0 0 Complete specifications left after provisional specifications .. 502 0 0 464 0 0 435 10 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 179 10 0 180 0 0 140 15 6 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. . . .. 300 5 10 0 400 On hearing opposition On request for sealing letters patent .. .. .. .. 748 0 0 937 0 0 979 0 0 On request for duplicate deeds of letters patent .. .. .. 200 100 10 0 On request for sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. 300 900 On sealing letters patent after prescribed time .. .. .. 2 10 0 3 10 0 18 10 0 Renewal fees paid before end of third year .. .. .. 1,881 0 0 1,769 5 11 1 964 1 6 Renewal fees paid before end of sixth year .. .. .. 2,061 0 0 2,592 0 0 2 785 0 0 Applications for restoration of lapsed patents .. .. .. 12 00 600 67 00 On restoration of letters patent .. .. .. .. 38 0 0 36 0 0 12 0 0 On request to enter name of subsequent proprietor, &c., on register.. 48 10 0 67 0 0 76 15 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. .. .0 10 0 100 1 15 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 42 15 0 38 0 0 43 5 0 Copies of specifications and drawings .. .. .. .. 43 12 6 53 3 1 73 14 11 Application for registration as patent agent Patent agents' renewal fees .. .. .. .. .. 50 8 0 37 16 0 16 16 0 • Patent agents'examination fees Searches .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 3 9 36 7 6 48 11 6 Amendment of letters patent .. .. .. .. .. 3 0 0 1100 18 00 Request to enter change of name .. .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 150 Request to enter change of address .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 0 10 0 1 6 0 Application for endorsement of letters patent " Licenses of Right . 3 0 0 .. 5 0 0 Advertising in Journal, &c., under Supreme Court Rules Application for entry of order of Supreme Court in register Weekly lists .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 4 0 5 12 0 22 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 0 1 14 18 9 2 18 8 1 _ 9,256 5 8 * For a complete analysis of tees received in 1933 and 1934 see reports for those years respectively.

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C. —Particulars of Fees received from 1st January to 31st December, 1935, together with the Corresponding Figures for the Years 1933 and 1934 —continued.

D. —Total Number of Applications for Patents and for Registration of Designs and Trade-marks recorded for the Years 1912 to 1935 (inclusive).

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1933.* 1934.* 1935. Designs. " £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration of "designs .. .. .. .. 66 00 6150 7900 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (2) 1. .. 32 0 0 28 0 0 41 0 0 On extension of period of copyright under section 56 (3) .. .. 34 0 0 28 0 0 22 0 0 Searches (Regulation 42) .. .. .. .. .. 0 12 6 .. 010 Searches (Office) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 14 0 1 7 0 1 19 0 Certificates of Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 10 0 2 15 0 Assignment of designs .. .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 100 1 10 0 Copies of drawings .. .. .. .. .. •• 190 0 13 0 1 14 9 Change of name .. .... Change of address .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 0 10 0 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. •• •• 0 17 8 160 250 153 4 9 Trade-marks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Application for registration .. .. .. .. •. 610 10 0 700 2 6 706 10 6 On registration .. .. .. .. .. .. 921 15 0 971 15 6 1,048 19 0 On association .. .. .. .. .. • • 9 10 0 14 16 0 8 15 0 On renewal of registration .. .. .. .. .. 1,386 9 0 1,327 9 4 1,317 11 5 Applications for extension of time .. .. .. .. 15 15 0 11 15 0 14 10 0 On giving notice of opposition .. .. .. .. . • 500 400 500 On hearing opposition On assignment of trade-marks .. .. . . .. • • 109 16 0 110 10 6 126 13 0 Amendment of trade-marks .. .. .. •• •• 100 250 4 10 0 On cancellation .. .. . . . . . • • • 4 10 0 3 11 0 15 10 0 On request under section 73 (6) .. . . . . . . 1 0 0 .. 2 0 0 Extra space in Journal .. .. .. .. • • 14 16 0 20 11 0 11 16 0 Copies of trade-mark certificates .. .. .. •• 3 1 0 2140 1130 On request to enter change of address .. . . .. . • 19 15 0 12 10 2 13 15 3 On request to enter change of name .. .. .. •• 5110 4 18 0 840 On request under section 99.. .. •• •• •• 200 7 10 0 200 Certificates of Commissioner .. . . . • • • •. 15 8 0 16 5 0 11 17 0 Searches (Regulation 84) .. .. .. .. .. 29 6 6 26 4 0 24 12 0 Searches (Office) .. .. .. . • • • • • 32 9 0 30 5 3 34 11 0 On request to correct clerical errors .. .. .. •• 050 0150 1 10 0 Entry in register of rectification thereof .. .. .. 100 100 0100 Request to strike out goods .. .. • • • • • • 4 10 0 1 15 0 2 10 0 On restoration of trade-mark .. .. .. .. .. 500 14 00 12 00 Miscellaneous .. .. •• •• •• •• 13 17 9 12 2 11 11 17 9 3,386 14 11 * For a complete analysis of fees received in 1933 and 1934 see reports for those years respectively.

Year. Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1912 1,737 44 779 2,560 1913 1,775 65 787 2,627 1914 1,574 55 687 2,316 . 1915 1,299 89 565 1,953 1916 1,261 113 666 2,040 1917 1,329 83 619 2,031 1918 1,386 53 695 2,134 1919 1,880 74 1,272 3,226 1920 2,193 109 1,391 3,693 1921 2,115 141 994 3,250 1922 2,183 214 1,103 3,500 1923 2,075 183 1,163 3,421

I I Year. ! Patents. Designs. Trade-marks. Total. 1924 2,085 185 1,338 3,608 1925 2,046 203 1,332 3,581 1926 2,137 204 1,143 3,484 1927 2,052 145 1,325 3,522 1928 2,070 163 1,201 3,434 1929 2,251 125 1,359 3,735 1930 2,103 169 1,265 3,537 1931 2,065 151 999 3,215 1932 1,845 164 925 2,934 1933 1,761 143 814 2,718 1934 1,766 146 915 2,827 1935 1,730 185 943 2,858

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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 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (inclusive).

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Applications Applications Applications for Applications with which with which which Complete abandoned, p , , Complete Specifica- Provisional Specifica- Specifications sub- lapsed, or "atents sealed. Total tl tions lodged. tions lodged. sequently lodged. refused. Number S of New Zea- , New Zea- New Zea- ' 8 New Zea- $ New Zea- t Appliland or Other land or Other land or j| "J land or J£ land or J> cations. Depend- Countries. Depend- Countries. Depend- g g Depend- g g Depend- g § encies, &c. encies, &c. encies, &c. g encies, &c. - £ 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 l'ō74 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 l'880 1920 .. 250 890 949 110 249 37 725 123 330 1,030 2J99 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'o75 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'o65 1932 .. 95 559 1,120 71 265 27 951 61 263 570 1 845 1933 .. 96 688 909 69 217 24 1 762 1934 .. 86 752 857 71 210 23 .. I'766 1935 .. 91 755 805 83 1^730 Note. — Applications are sometimes received from joint applicants resident in different countries, and from appli cants giving two addresses; the figures may therefore total more than the actual number of applications received.

1929-33. 1934. 1935. I New Zealand.. .. 1,134-4 921 888 Argentine Republic .. 1-4 Austria .. .. 4-0 1 Belgium .. .. 5-0 .. 2 British Solomon Islands .. .. 1 Canada .. .. 8-6 4 4 Cuba Czecho-Slovakia .. 0-4 1 Denmark .. . . 5-6 7 6 Dutch East Indies .. 0-2 Egypt •• Esthonia . . . . 0-2 Federated Malay States Finland. .. . . 0-6 Fiji .. .. .. 0-2 France .. .. 17-2 14 13 Germany .. .. 70-0 112 103 Greece .. .. .. . . 1 Guatemala .. .. 0-2 Great Britain .. 335-8 367 351 Hungary .. .. 0-6 5 India .. .. .. 2 Irish Free State .. 1-5 3 Italy .. .. 7-4 1 Japan .. .. 0-8

1929-33. 1934. 1935. Kenya .. .. 0-2 Lichtenstein .. .. . . .. ] Luxembourg .. .. 0-2 Mauritius Mexico .. .. .. 1 Netherlands .. .. 13-6 31 34 New South Wales .. 94-2 79 86 North Nigeria .. 0-2 Norway .. .. 2-6 .. 2 Peru .. .. 0-2 Philippine Islands .. 0-2 Queensland .. .. 17-8 13 15 South Australia .. 9-8 12 16 South West Africa .. 0-2 Southern Rhodesia .. 0-2 Spain .. .. 1-0 Straits Settlements .. 0-2 Sweden .. . . 7-6 10 8 Switzerland .. .. 5-2 8 1 Tasmania .. .. 2-4 3 2 Union of South Africa .. 5-6 .. 5 United States of America 138-0 79 105 Victoria .. .. 110-6 97 84 Western Australia .. 4-6 3 2 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 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (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.

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, 1935 (inclusive).

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Class. 1929-331 1934. 1935. Class. 1929-33 1934. 1936. Advertising and displaying signs, 25-2 25 18 Illuminating (except gas-manufac- 56-6 59 72 &c. ture) Aeronautics .. .. 15 • 6 14 15 Indicating, calculating, and measur- 62-6 40 48 Amusements, music, exercisers, 61-0 51 50 ing (including moisture-testers) games, &c. Attaching and securing (including 24-0 25 16 Kitchen utensils and cooking 54-4 35 53 bolts, ties, &c.) appliances (including ovens) Boilers (steam) .. .. .. 9'8 4 2 Lifting, hauling, and loading .. 59-4 22 22 Boots and shoes .. ..24-6 26 17 Locks, latches, and hinges .. 25'8 22 18 Bottles, bottling, and glass-working 34-0 29 33 Boxes, cans, and casks .. 83'0 80 62 Marine and submarine (including 18'6 24 12 Brewing, distilling, &c. .. .. 15'4 10 11 lake and river engineering) Brooms and brushes (including 17-4 11 16 Marking (tickets, labels, &c.) .. 12-8 9 8 mops) Medicines and , surgical appliances 34-2 32 21 Building-construction .. .. 41- 8 27 21 (including ear-instruments, dental Building - construction (brick and 33-0 19 17 work, &c.) \ cement compositions and mould- Metal-working (including welding, 24-0 16 29 ing) stamping, and plating) Building-construction (windows and 29-0 15 14 Milking-machines* .. ..44-2 44 27 doors) Minerals (including filtration, lixi- 19'4 15 19 viation, screens, &c.) Chemicals ... .. ■■ 16'8 6 12 Minerals (magnetic separators) .. 1-0 .. 1 Cleaning, polishing, &c. .. .. 23'8 23 14 Minerals (stampers and pulverizers) 3-2 6 4 Closets and urinals .. 26-0 13 22 Coin-freed mechanism .. .. 14-2 ,10 15 Oils and lubricators .. ..19-4 20 14 Cooling and freezing .. .. 32'0 19 22 Cultivating and tilling .. 49 • 8 41 40 Paints and painting (including 14-4 12 3 Cutting and sawing, and tools .. 55-4 52 50 kauri-gum) Pipes, tubes, and hose .. 23 • 8 21 14 Dairying* .. ..52-0 47 50 Preserving .. .. 16'0 16 16 Drains and sewers .. .. 3-8 1 2 Presses .. .. .. 9-6 3 4 Dredging and excavating (including 7-8 7 7 Printing and photography . . 32-4 32 1.7 rock drills) Pumps and sprayers (except rotary 25-4 20 25 Drying .. •• ..17-4 15 20 pumps) Electricity and magnetism .. 102-8 84 76 Railways and tramways .. 24-8 13 9 Engines (air, gas, and oil) .. 54-0 60 46 Roads and ways (including road 17-8 7 15 Engines (steam), including rotary 15-6 12 13 watering) pumps Engines (miscellaneous and engine 37-0 36 26 Seed-dressing, chaff - cutting, and 6-6 6 6 accessories), including current threshing motors, solar motors, tide motors, Seed-sowers .. .. ..20-2 9 12 wave motors, windmills, miscel- Sewing and knitting .. .. 21-0 23 17 laneous motors Sheep and cattle (including veteri- 32-4 27 28 Explosives, firearms, and targets .. 4-8 5 8 nary appliances) Exterminating (including trapping 20-0 20 33 Sheep shearing and clipping .. 3-8 3 3 animals) Shop and hotel fittings .. .. 27-4 25 25 Stationery and paper .. 40 • 6 34 35 Fencing •• •• 18'0 10 12 Fencing (strainers) .. .. 2-8 2 1 Telephony and telegraphy (including 235• 6 306 319 Fibre-dressing (including rope- 23-4 17 26 phonographs, &c.) making) Tobacco .. .. ..16-6 25 7 Filters . • • • • ■ 6-8 3 2 Fire alarms, escapes, ladders, and 14-8 13 9 Valves and cocks .. ..16-6 17 18 extinguishers Vehicles .. .. .. 94-2 57 61 Food .. •• •• ..21-0 14 18 Vehicles (velocipedes) .. ..22-6 21 17 Furnaces and kilns (including smoke- 18-8 15 18 Ventilating .. .. .. 7-6 5 12 consumers) Furniture and upholstery, desks, 49-2 35 38 Washing and cleansing .. ..36-0 25 27 blinds, curtains, &c. Water-supplying .. .. 8-0 7 9 Wearing-apparel .. ..46-0 53 56 Gas-manufacture for lighting, heat- 7-0 8 5 Wools and hides .. ..14-8 9 10 ing, or power purposes Miscellaneous inventions not in 22-4 18 12 Harness (including horse, &c., covers) 3-8 5 8 other classes, as indiarubberHarvesting and grading .. 35 • 0 24 22 manufacture, fishing-appliances, Heating, and fuel-manufacture .. 49-2 33 49 &c. * Prior to 1911 milking-machines were included in class " Dairying," but are now a separate class.

Number , T , Total on which I Number of Letters Patent , . , ej īf. s °? Applications. have been w £ Ioh F ™ al sealed. *eepaid. Act of I860 .. • • 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 .. .. 1st July, 1922, to 31st Dec., 1935 27,073 j 14,464 2,781 Grand totals .. 75,402 37,501 7,974

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I. —Number of Applications for Registration of Designs in each of the Fifteen Classes in each of the Years 1933, 1934, AND 1935.

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 1934 and 1935, together with the Average for the Years 1929-33 (inclusive).

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1933. 1934. 1935. Class 1,—Articles composed wholly of metal or in which metal predominates, 74 70 63 and jewellery Class 2. —Books and bookbinding of all materials .. .. .. .. ., 1 Class 3. —Articles composed wholly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mache, or 33 20 42 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 (burnt or baked), or cement, or in which such materials pre- 6 19 15 dominate Class 5. —Articles composed wholly of paper, cardboard, millboard, or straw- 14 14 9 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 .. 1 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 1 10 Class 11.—Millinery and wearing-apparel (except boots and shoes) .. .. 2 3 Class 12.—Goods not included in other classes .. .. .. .. 5 13 5 Class 13.—Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods (other than checks 4 2 30 or stripes) Class 14— Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and. shawls (other .. 4 2 than checks or stripes) Class 15. —Printed or woven designs on textile piece-goods or on handkerchiefs 1 3 4 or shawls being checks or stripes 143 147 185

1929-33. 1934. 1935. New Zealand . . .. 507-0 459 447 Austria . . .. 1-2 Belgium .. .. 2-6 Canada .. ..12-8 7 9 China .. .. 0-2 Cuba . . . . 0-8 .. Czecho-Slovakia .. 1-4 4 Denmark . . . . 0-6 .. 1 Egypt .. .. 1-2 Finland .. .. .. 3 2 France .. ..13-6 9 8 Germany .. 24 • 6 15 21 Great Britain .. 252-4 216 218 Hawaii Holland .. .. 0-4 7 2 Hungary .. . . 0-2 India .. .. .. 6 Italy .. . . 1-4 .. 2 Jamaica .. .. 0-2 Japan .. .. 2-4 ,2 ■ : 1 ■ '

1929-33,1 1934. 1935. Netherlands .. 11-6 New South Wales ..73-2 57 78 N orthern Ireland . . 2-4 2 3 Norway .. .. 0-6 Palestine Poland .. . . 0-2 j Portugal .. .. . . .. 1 Queensland.. .. 2-2 5 2 Singapore .. .. .. .. 1 South Australia .. 2-8 1 1 South-west Africa .. 0-2 Spain . . . . 0-2 Sweden .. .. 2-0 6 Switzerland . . 2-4 2 Tasmania .. .. 0-2 2 1 Union of South Africa 1-0 United States of Ameri- 121-8 62 77 ica Victoria .. ..34-8 57 78 Western Samoa . . .. . . 1

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Class. j Classification of Goods. J 1028-33. 1934. 1935. 1 Chemical substances used in manufactures, photography, or philosophical 38-8 33 52 research, and anti-corrosives 2 Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary, and sanitary 48-4 •«> •>> purposes 3 Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy .. .. 89-b so i^i 4 Raw or partly prepared vegetable, animal, and mineral substances used in 14-0 3 9 manufactures not included in other classes 5 tinwrought and partly wrought metals used in manufacture .. ■■ • • 8-8 7 / 6 Machinery of all kinds, and parts of machinery, except agricultural and horti- 30-8 2o 1 / cultural machines included in Class 7 7 Agricultural and horticultural machinery, and parts of such machinery .. b-4 b / 8 Philosophical instruments, scientific instruments, and apparatus for useful 50-6 bO 54 purposes ; instruments and apparatus for teaching 9 Musical instruments .. .. •• •• •• •• j* 10 Horological instruments.. .. •• • • • • •• ~ " 11 Instruments, apparatus, and contrivances, not medicated, for surgical or curative lZ-o purposes, or in relation to the health of men or animals 12 Cutlery and edge tools .. .. •• •• ■■ 13 Metal goods not included in other classes .. .. ... t't t l 14 Goods of precious metals (including aluminium, nickel, Britannia-metal, &c.), 2-2 >5 and jewellery, and imitations of such goods and jewellery 15 Glass ... •• •• •• •• •• •• „ 2 16 Porcelain and earthenware .. •• o n 1 'i 17 Manufactures from mineral and other substances for building or decoration .. 12-Z I 18 Engineering, architectural, and building contrivances .. •• •• 10-8 12 IZ 19 Arms, ammunition, and stores not included in Class 20 .. • • • • 0-4 .. 1 20 Explosive substances .. . . ■ • • • ° 21 Naval architectural contrivances and naval equipments not included m Classes 19 and 20 11 . s 6 6 22 Carriages .. •• • ■ • ■ • • . •• " ' ' . » fi 2 23 (a) Cotton-yarn; (b) sewing cotton .. .. •• •• •• J'" " 24 Cotton piece-goods of all kinds .. .. • ■ • ■ • • • • L> -'" ' „ 25 Cotton goods not included in Classes 23, 24, and 38. . .. •• •• 26 Linen and hemp yarn and thread .. •• •• U • 4 ■ • ' j 27 Linen and hemp piece-goods .. • • n • • • • '' , i ■> 28 Linen and hemp goods not included in Classes 26, 27, and 50 •• . 29 Jute yarns and tissues, and other articles made of jute not included m Class 50 0-4 30 Silk, spun, thrown, or sewing .. .. •• •• •• 9 ' j 31 Silk piece-goods .. • ■ •• " '" " " n . , 32 Other silk goods not included in Classes 30 and 31 .. .. •• '' * * 33 Yarns of wool, worsted, or hair .. .. •• •• •• •• ' 34 Cloths and stuffs of wool, worsted, or hair .. •• •• •• 35 Woollen and worsted and hair goods not included in Classes 33 and 34 .. l-u 36 Carpets, floorcloth, and oilcloth .. .. •• •• , /' , ' ' 1A 'A 37 Leather, skins (unwrought and wrought), and articles made of leather not included in other classes __ 38 Articles of clothing .. . ■ •• " " " oka 09 47 39 Paper (except paperhangings), stationery, and bookbinding .. • • ■■ ~ 40 Goods manufactured from indiarubber and guttapercha not included in other 20-0 11 classes „0 k j 41 Furniture and upholstery .. '' '' ' oaf; 9 176 161 42 Substances used as food or as ingredients m food .. .... .. zuo 110 43 Fermented liquors and spirits .. . . • • . •• •• „ 44- Mineral and aerated waters (natural and artificial), including ginger-beer •• 10 2 45 Tobacco, whether manufactured or unmanufactured .. •• •• 25 •» ' . 46 Seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes . . _ -«« J 4S 47 Candles, common soap, detergents ; illuminating, heating, or lubricating oils ; matches ; and starch, blue, and other preparations for laundry purposes 48 Perfumery (including toilet articles), preparations for the teeth and hair, and 50-4 perfumed soap , - 11 a i q 11 49 Games of all kinds, and sporting articles not included m other classes .. 11 b 1J 50 Miscellaneous .. • • • •