The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-03-02
THE PATENT OFFICE REPORT
Over 10000 Privileges on lnven.
tons Granted.
In Proportion to Population Connccticup
Received More Patents Than Any
Other state In the union-
Foreign Grants.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Commissioner
of Patents Sohn S. Seymour has snb-
mitted q report for the year ending De.
cember 81. 1e94.
During 1894 there were received 49,
es7 applications for patents, 1857 ap.
plications for designs, 95 application
for reissues, 2,2s6 caveats, Z, 053 appl.
cations for registration of Trademarks
and al applications for labels. There
were 20,sO3 patents granted, including
designs; "a patents reissued, and 800
trademarks registered. he number oil
which expired was L, 320. The nun.
Der of patents which were, by opera.
ton of law forfeited for nonpayment
of final fee was 3,sl2. The total ex-
penditures were 81, 100, 047.l2. The re-
ceipts over expenditures were $751;
392. 46, and the total balance to the
credit of the pntent Office in the trens-
nry of the United States amounts to
"a, $3.50, 1885 81.
In proportion 20 population more pat.
ents were issued to citizens OF Connec.
ticut than to those of any other state,
one to every 993 inhabitnuts' and next
in order in proportion to population
comes Massachusetts,, with one to every
1913 inhabitants, and the District o,
Columbia, New Jersey, Montana,
Rhode Island, New York and Colorado
follow in the order named. The few
est patents in proportion to number o,
inhabitants We're issued ito citizens OF
South Carolina, Mississippi. North Car,
Dina, Arkansas and Georgia, following
in that order.
AS to foreign countries, more were
granted TO subject" Of England than to
any other. $50; to those OF Germany,
5s2; Canada, 293; France. 1906; some tc
subjects of Austria-H Hungary. Belgium,
China, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Ha.
waii, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico,
Netherlands, New South Wales, New
Zealand. Norway, Queensland, Russia,
Scotland, Servia, South Australia.
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, NenezH
ella and Victoria. and one one zach to
citizens respectively of British Guinea,
Chilli, Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Natal, New Providence, New Peru and
Porto Rico.
The report says an average of til
original cases and l,643 amended cases
were received each week. None of the
thirty-three examining divisions in the
office was in arrears more than one
month, SO that application for patents
properly signed, sons to be im%mediate-
ty available for adjudication might DO
received and granted within n month.
After referring at some length to va.
rious practices by which Applicant ms
without merit were kept for years be-
fore the bureau and recommending
remedy against this practice. the com.
missioner says: II respectfully reiter-
rate my former recommendation that
The working force of the patent office
be increased and that the a%ppropria.
ton be increased by S64, loco, in order
that the work of classification which
now falls 10 the present examining
corps may be assigned to the increased
force. Perfect classification is tho in.
dlspeEsable condition upon which reas.
Dnably accurate examinations upon the
question of novelty may be made.
"lf it We're possible to make this nc'
curate examination upon the question,
Of novelty. very much litigation con.
corning patents would be avoided"