The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-08
Patent Omes Report for Is4s.

ed from the Patent Office Report for is4s, from Bickne
Reporter The report although published in ls4s contain
information IN relation to the state of the country for tn
year ending December 81, ls4s The report was the las
which was made by the junior editor Of this paper Will
he was at the head Of the Patent Office The informa
ton embodied in the following article is interesting an
valuable: #rq.,.ss#.e
@ From Bicknels Reporter.
Our country-Its Agricultural Wealth and Resources
The Patent OGes.-1he Products of Great Britain
We are indebted to the Hon Joseph r. Ingersol for
copy OF the Report Of the Commissioner Of Patents TO
ls4S. II is dated January, lS49, and although few
s statements have already been made public BY means
Washington letters, yet we find, examining its pages
tia, they comprise vas. mass q highly interesting in
from time TO time to lay before our readers
The whole number Of patents issued in ls4s was $50
nouans three S6 len in
year oae patents expired TIE receipts Of the Of
fee during the year amounted to $e7,576 the ex
Pensses 70 We ssl The rigid examinations now made
patenabiy OF new discoveries and improvements resul
in the rejection Of much larger proportion OF the app
Gallons than formerly, when less scrutinzing system Of
tons patented 10 those rejected Is about two 10 three
The Commissioner says
"The experience of every day. and the prolific crop OF
gatlon which has recently sprung from The unscruFu
per sons who have no claim preension to the
inventor, nor to the fruits of inventive genius point with
impressive force TO the necessity of reform in The
vested In paenees The facilities eyading punishment
or reuibuon for wul infringement oil the property OF
Patenees is great, thar the whole term during
which patent runs not sufficient lift be for very va-
able invention, to vindcate and establish the claims
Of the inventor. This evil could be remeded by few
simple amendments to the existing law OF patents "
Atpresent the subject Of foreign government, who
applies 10 the American Office for patent, is required to
pay the sum Of $780, if OF Great Britain and $500 if
subject citizen OF any other foreign power before his
application can be received while an American citizen
is only required TO pay 800 The Commissioner thinks
this policy injurious 10 the interests Of this country and
therefore not expedient.
The agricultural feature of the report is especially al
actve. According to the best estimates, the quantity
OF wheat raised in the United States during the year ls4S
was not less than 100000 bushels; the quantity Of
potatoes 1l4,OoO. 900 bushels rye 30O000O bushels
buckwheat 900 bushels; barley 900 bushels
hay l5.735o0O tons; hemp 20,33o tons; cotton 068
000, 900 pounds tobacco 2l9oO0000 pounds; rice 49,
100000 pounds; and sugar lin Lcusiana) 2OooOo,O0o
pounds.
There is, probably, says the Commissioner no country
in the world whose agricultural industry exhibits more
rapid and steady progress than that OF the United States
Its population is rapidly augmenng by natural increase
and immigration; and every year large quantities OF
land reclaimed from the wilderness, and subjected TO
OF soil fast increasing with each succeeding year and
Providence yet spares our favored country from the
visitaons OF dearth and famine, which have afflicted less
favored countries, the amount OF agricultural products
must necessarily increase in equal proportion.
One OF the tables exhibits estimate OF the products
of labor and capital in the United States for the year
ls4s; and from it we gather these results: