The state herald., 1896-05-08
PATENTS ISSUED.
TINS COUNTRY LEADS ALL.
It Has Secured More Than Half Issued In
the World. and Connecticut Ieads
the States

Washington. May 5.-The report of
the commissioner Of patents, John 8.
Seymour, for the year ending Deem
Der 81, 1895, was submitted to Congress
today. 1t shows that aggregate re.
oeipts from all sources during the year
We're $1.245,2i7, expenditures $l,Os4,-
49G. In every year since 1861 there
has been surplus over all expenditures.
During the year there were issued 81.
09S patents and designs, exclusive of 50
reissues. and inclusive of 2,O40 issued
to foreigners, 1890 trade marks and
three prints registered and 1850 appll-
cations filed for patents, trade marks,
labels, prints, etc. There were also IL,
$40 patents which expired and 3,42S
patents forfeited for non-payment of
final fees. The four foreign countries
| leading In the number of patents issued
TO their citizens by the government are
England. Gl4; Germany, $50; Canada,
302, and France, 202. In the United
States the states leading In the number
OF patents Issued to their citizens are:
New York. 3,520; Pennsylvania, 2,2iG:
Illinois, 2,130: Massachusetts, 1850, and
Ohio, 1,233.
In proportion to population, however,
+ Connecticut heads the list with one to
srr9ry 1927 people. The commission rec.
ommc1lds the enactment into law OF Ger.
tain rules made year ago TO prevent
more than six months delay by appli.
cants In paying further attention to
their cases already acted on by the Of
flee and allowing examiners to reject
claims where there have been inten-
tlonal delays In cases pending more than
five years. The rules are, he says, open
to attack in the courts. lie also recon-
mends the enactment of the bill amend
ing the patent laws prepared by the pat
ent committee of the American Bar AS
ISOLATION and introduced In Congress
Concerning the publication of the office
gazette. which has In recent years in
volved many complications. and last
year resulted in n Congressional in.
quiry. the commissioner decrics the lack
OF modern process in its production.
the entire work not being done by one
firm and urges in event Of change be.
Ing inadvisablc that contract be auth.
orized for printing 1t for longer term
than one year, In view OF the expensive
plant required
Reports have been received from thir-
ty-two foreign countries. including Great
Britain, Germany, Russia and France,
and the total number of patents issued
by these governments from the earliest
period up 10 December 81. 1898. aggre.
gate asl,9Gl against jG2,i5s so far is
sued by the United States.
Prior 10 1870 the United States issued
nearly half as many patents as all for.
eign nations combined. Since 1870 II
has Issued more than half as many rs all
foreign nations combined.
The establishment Of a classification
division is again urged. The commits
sioncr speaks unfavorably Of the suggcs.
ton that 1t would he better 10 issue all
patents without examination as to nov
city. leaving the Sitting Of records OF
priority 10 the courts.
During the past twenty-five years,
twenty-five inventors have been granted
more than 100 patents each. the whole
number granted to them within that per.
lod being 1881. In these wizard
Thomas A. Edison Of Orange. New .Ier-
sey leads with III: Ellhu Thompson, the
electrician. coming next.
The greatest activity OF the year was
shown In detail inventions and acccs.
sories 10 bicycles and In machines and
processes for making the parts Pneu.
matte tires have attracted the Inventor
because OF their now almost universal
use on sulkies as well as bicycles.