The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21
PATENT oFFICE REPoRT.
Commissioners Seymour's Account OF
the Work of His Bureau.

the Work of His Bureau.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Commissioners
John S. Seymour, of the United States Pat
ent Office, has submitted report for the
year ending Dec 81. 1884, During 1894 there
were received 36S97 applications for pat
ents, 1857 applications for designs 95 APP
plications for reissues, 2,2S6 caveats, 1858
applications for registration of trade marks
and 371 applications for labels There were
ao.sOs patents granted, including designs. "a
patents reissued and 1906 trade marks reg
istered; the number of which expired was
1890. The number of patents which were,
by operation of law, forfeited for nonpay-
ment of the final fee 3,S12. The total
expenditures were SLIGO 047.12. The receipts
over expenditures were $S7, 392. As, and the
total balance to the credit of the Patent
Office in the treasury of the United States
amounts to $i.969,l3591.
In proportion to population more patents
were issued to citizens of Connecticut than
to those of any other State-one to every
sos inhabitants-and next in order in pro-
portion to population comes Massa chusetts,
the District of Columbia, with one . to every
1879 inhabitants, New Jersey Montana
Rhode Island. New York and Colorado fol-
patents in proportion to the number of in
habitants were. issued to citizens of South
Carolina, Mississippi, North Carolina Ar
kansas and Georgia, following in that or
der AS to foreign countries, more were
granted TO subjects of England than of any
other-6S9; to those of Germany, 5S2; of
the Dominion of Canada, 293: of France,
1876; some to subjects of Austria-Hungary.
Belgium, China, Cuba, Denmark, Finland,
Hawaii, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico Meth
erlands, New South Wales, New Zealand.
Norway, Queensland, Russia, Scotland, Ser
via, South Australia. Spain. Sweden, Swift
zerland. Venezuela and Victoria, and one
s to hs oGmgs Eaysoo Of British British
mala. Natal. New Providence, Peru and
Porto Rico.
The report says that an average of III
original cases and 1,643 amended cases were
received each week None of the thirty-
three examining divisions in the Office was
in arrears more than one month, 30 that
application for patents properly fled so as
to be Immediately available for adjudica-
ton, might be received and granted within
a month. After referring at some length
TO various practices by which applications
the bureau and recommending a remedy
against this practice, the Commissioner
says: II respectfully reiterate my former
recommendation that the working force of
the appropriation be Increased by 500 eco,
in order that the work of classification,
which now falls TO the present examining
corps, may be assigned to the increased
force Perfect classification is the ndispen-
sable condition on which reasonably accu-
rate examina lions on the question of nov
city may be made. If 1t were possible to
make this accurate examination en- the
question OF novelty very much litigation
concerning patents would be avoided
Labor Bills Favored by Gompcrs.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2O.-Three promi-
net labor leaders-Samuel Gompers. ex-
president Of the American Federation of
Labor. ard the legislative committee of that
organization. Messrs A. ursesh ,apd A.