Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-25
THE PATENT OFFICE
ANNUAL REPORT OF co1GEIs-
sIoNER ALLEN.

In the annual report OF Frederick !. Allen
commissioner Of patents. which has beer
submitted to the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, It Is shown that the tota
receipts. from all sources, Of the patent
ONCE for the calendar year 1905 were 81
100 921.3S. or q greater aggregate than In
any other year since the Office was estab-
lished, the twelve months Of 1905 alone ex-
cepted. The expenditures Of the ONCE dur
ing the same time were 81, 554. 89l. 20, 50 that
the surplus for the year was $685. o0O.1S.
Commissioner Aliens summary shows that
the balance to the credit of the patent fund
in the United States treasury Is 6.427. Oh ID,
as against IS, 100 SO last year.
Altogether there were SO. 1852 app.,cations
for patents for inventions, designs and re-
issues, and the total Of patents issued was
81 1885, Trademark, labels and prints regis
tered aggregated IL .933, and there were II.
800 patents expired during the year, and
5.021 were withheld for non-payment OF
final fees. OF the patents issued residents of
the state Of New York. with 4642. claimed
more than any other state. which was on a
ratio Of one to every 1855 of the popuia-
ton.
Illinois was second. with 3.1O7 patents
issued. or one to every 1,551 OF the popu-
lation. A total Of 236 patents were issued
to residents of the District of Columbia
one to each 1,1SO Of the population. The
statistics would tend to show that the peo-
pie of South Carolina are most lacking
in inventive genius, for the patents issued
showed an average of only one inventor
to each S,11O of the population. Missis-
sippi was next to last, with one to each
1858.
Alabama third from the tail end Of the
procession, with one to each 1880, and
North Carolina fourth. with one to each
1914. Patents granted to residents of for
eign countries totaled SAT-, and of this
CuhQn
ventors.
More Patents Than in Any Year.
In the comparative tables of the report it
is shown that more patents were granted
during the year than in any similar period
since 1897. The grand total of patents, 1887
to 1906, inclusive, has been S40,5S3.
Commissioner Allen states the work Of his
Office has never been in such good condition
as at the present time, and to the accom-
plishment of this end he attributes the in
crease In the working force allowed the pat
ent Office with the beginning Of the new
fiscal year, July l. 1906. The number Of ap-
plications and caveats filed last year. the
commissioner declares. has increased by
4S.1 per cent within seven years, and the
number of trade marks, prints and labels
registered, $40 per cent. t7
He recommends as very necessary. In or
der to check the frequent designations of
patent examiners and to maintain the eff
cheney Of the office. that the salaries be
increased so that the services of competent
men may be retained.
IF the patent Office could occupy the
whole of the building which 1t now occu-
pies in part it would no more than suf-
flee for its necessities" Commissioner AL
len declares, and in conclusion he strongly
recommends that an amount equal to the
accumulated surplus derived from the
operations of the Office. which is shown
by the report to be little less than SO. 800, :
600. might we'll be expended in the erection
of permanent satisfactory building
adapted to the requirements of the serv-
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