Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-12-11
The Pnfent 0fficr.

Bv synoptical statement furnished to the Inte-
rior Department by the Commissioner OF Patents
which treats OF matters pertaining to that Office,
ar TO the 10TH of November, We are put in pos
session OF the following:
Previous TO the year 1853, the highest number
Of patents issued 10 any one year was ,076, which
was ia lS4g. La 1858, the number was only 95S
10 1854, u increased 10 ,902 and in 1855, il
augmented to 2024.
From small beginnings the Patent Office has
grown into proportions comparatively gigantic
Half century since the whole revenue of the Office
did not exceed $500 per snnum, which was all
appropriated TO the payment OF one clerk who
transacted the whole business Of the office. The
income Of the present year will be about $500 600
whSh will stiil be scarcely sufficient 10 defray
the contingent EXPENSES OF the Office with its
enc hundred exaInineis, clerks, and other em-
ployees.
Il We compare the present condition of the Of
flee with what it was lev years since we shall
hnd that during the -four wears previous 1853, the
average annual number Of applications Tor patents
WAS .a22 While tor tue four years from 1902 inclu
eve, such average annual number Nll fall but lii
lie short Of to,E ho'tsahti
The number OF patents Ennuslly increased du'
ring the former period averages 800 During the
latter il will be about 1850 For the current wear
7. the wholenumber OF applications made, the whole
number Of patents granted, and the whole a.
mount Of revenue received, will respectively be OF
least double to what they we're in any one yeal
prior TO 1853.
The number OF applications for patents IN this
Office in 1855, was greater Jhan those in the Office
of any other country on EARTH having been a. 35
against g5s in Great Britain ,056 in France
Tor tue present year. the numoer of applications
will probably not tail short OF Eve thousand
Ia addition 10 the business OF the Patent Office
proper, Congress has resolved upon the Commits.
sisner Of Patents toe supervision o. the National
Gallery and the control aud disposition OF the fund
annually Appropriated for agricultural purpo-es
The former OF these dudes is OF comparatively very
small moment-the latter il Of yeFy great aud rap
idly growing IMPORTANCE.
There seems no natural and immediate counec
ton between the proper business OF the Patent OF
fee and the subject of agriculture, except la theii
mutual relation 60 the industrial pursuits Of The
people But the revenue Of the Patent Office be-
ing somewhat 10 excess m 1899, the Commissioner
OF Patents was authorized 10 apply 81 ,O0e for the
purpose Of procuring agricultural Statistics. F0t
many years subsequent 10 that tine annual appro-
priatiOns were made from the same fund for sin.
liar purpose These we're Increased. from time to
time, until they reached the sam OF s. 600, when
they remained nearly stationary for several years
InIs5t the appropriation ~as increased 10 S35,
coo, and made payable oct Of the general treasury
and the approp ration Tor the present year has
been sselled 60 the sam oiSl96, 900. The objects
embraced in this appropriation are declared 10 be
the collection Of agricultural statistics, inFestigs-
lions for promoting agriculture and rural economy,
aud the procurement AMI distribution OF cutting
aud seeds"
10 pursuance Of che desigg Of Congress, meas
ures have been taken 20 procure cuttings aud seeds
from every quarter Of tae world where any new
product eau be found which Is likely 10 prove
= fol in any portion ofthe United States. May new
pro nctoas OF great probable utility have thus been
already introduced, aDd Others being sought lot
whersyertheFei s any prospect OF success. Among
other lhRgs a vessel has just been sent 20 South
= America 90 procure ifesh supply Of eaIgings o.
the sugar esne, 10 furnish oar Southern planters
xith leah stock % supply the place Of that which
Is supposed 90 have become 6eterioratsd by being
Transferred toa somewhat ineongenial climate.
- The benefits resulting from the appropriateness
alrea4y niade have doubtless been ~ more tbsn
10 flsfify the expenditures Incurred. Uniess there
be sone prisctions Of pofical sharaeseg the sys-
- tcsn !. behsyel 20 De founded N wisdom. u The
appropriate - esn be ja4lco1df applied aud rr,
ssraiasd 4ithin pepper iiaiis tbsy wil pfoge eni-
eoentiy ben fetal, aud theiF ecptin1enee VIZ he