The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-05-06
he PATENT OFFICE.
/ Only Department Of the Gov
rrnent that is Self-Supporting.
,pIEHDID BALANCE TO ITS CREDIT.
resting Items cullsd From the Re-
ort of Commissions Seymour fot
the Calendar Year 1895 Just
Sent to Congress.

.sutx6TON, May L.. 4.-Commissioner
|t.tents John S. Seymour has trans
Nod to congress are port Of the oper-
bus of the patent office for the cal.
lar year 1895. During the year there
Re 3o,l45 applications for patents
81, ,99s patents granted. The num-
of patents which expired was is,-
The receipts Of the office were
As. 2ie the expenditures were 81, ,Os.,.
n every year since 1851 there has
Ia surplus over all expenditures,
total balance in the treasury to the
dit Of the patent office being S4,52o,.
u the patents issued. 1929 were to
zens OF the Unitod States aud s,Oi9
titlzens Of foreign countries.
b proportion to population more
3ents were issued to the citizens of
pnecticut than to those of any other
he, aud next in order, in proportion
population, come the District Of
|umlia, Massachusetts,, Rhode
bnd, New Jersey, New York,
Intana and Colorado. The states
whose citizens fewest patents were
uted in proportion to the number
Inhabitants are Mississippi, South
|olina, North Carolina, Alabama,
brgia and Arkansas.
5 to foreign countries, 6li patents
BE granted to residents of England,
larger number than to residents OF
other foreign country; to those
Fmany, 500; Of the Dominion OF
bada, ao2; of France, 202; of Scot.
d, 50; Of Austria.IInngary, 4e; OF
tzerland, i2; of Sweden. 30; of Rus.
20; Of Victoria, 2l; of Mexico, II;
New South Wales, II; of Belgium,
OF the Netherlands, 16; Of Den
fk, II; Of Italy, II; Of Norway, If;
Ireland, 10; OF South Australia, 10;
New Zealand, o; of Hawaii, 5; OF In
5; of Cuba, 4; of the South African
public, 4; of the Argentine Republic,
bf Spain, 3; Of Venezuela, 3; OF AL.
la, 9; Of Brazil, Q; Of Chilli, 2, and
each to citizens respectively of
Fmuda, British Guiana, Cape Colony,
hador, Finland. Greece, Guatemala,
aragua, Peru, Porto Rico, San Sal
or, Tasmania and Turkey.
he commissioner recommended the
ctment into law of the bill pre-
led by the patent committee of the
erican Bar association, which has
fady been introduced in the house,
iting the time in which an applica-
may be made in this country, by
her foreign inventor or any other,
Two years after the matter has been
entcd or described in any printed
blieation in this or any for
n country, and reducing the
iod within which applications
u be completed and prepared for
mination from two years to six
nths. The latter provision, the COM
sioncr says, must certainly reduce
possibilities of intentional delay
he prosecution of applications for
tents.
Purlng the past 25 years the Office
granted to each OF 9s inventors
re than 100 patents. Thomas A.
son heads the list with I'll; Elihu
pmpson coming next, with 30i;
ncis II. Richards, with 343; Edward
ston, with 27I; Charles T.. Scribner,
h 24s; Charles J. vandepool, with
Randolph NJ. Hunter, with 22s and
orge Westing house, with 2l7.
Ruring the past year there has been
feptional inventive activity in bal
cotton in closely-compacted cylin-
cal bales instead of in rectangular
es; In pneumatic straw packers.
wing the straw on the stack and
klng 1t at the same time, thus dis
slng with disagreeable hand labor,
In the treatment of wool fat, until
|ently regarded as waste product.
ERE has been exceptional activity
excavators, possibly due to
beginning of several large
Ferprises, especially the Chicago
a. There has been actively in the
fraction of aluminium by electrelytic
ION and to some extent in the ex-
ctlon Of gold by the use of potassium
n dc. The class of pneumatic drills
cutting stone has shown cohsidera-
activity.
ne greatest activity has been dis
yea in detail inventions and access
les TO bicy lies and in machines and
Pceases for making the parts. Pneu-
'le tires have attracted the in
Tor, because of thier now almost
PVersal use on sulkies as well as
fyeles For some unknown cause
re has latterly been great activity
sole-leveling machines, used IN the
nulacture of shoes. There has re-
uy been great activity in inven-
us IN telephones due, as is supposed,
the expiration of pioneer patents,
not little in electric locks, a new
Alternating current motors and
er machines employing the alter
l,ng current, have latterly been the
Oleet matter of increased inventive
Pught.
ar lenders and car couplers and
rgiar-proof express cars have shown
eptional activity. Automatic mu
~ instruments have attracted at
elon. Games and toys, pearl but
=, wire glass for skylights, car
'eiing machine, central draft lamp.
curling irons have showr
at activity. Matchmaking ma
nss' calculating machines and vot
machines have shown special activ
notyping machines and ype
ing machines have latterly showr
,,raordinary activity. In the artia
carbonation of beer there has beer
o'aole development based upon thu
~ discovery that beer can be arti
ANY carbonated and second fer
a'atlon dispensed with.