ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, Washington, D. C., August 29, 1919. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the following report of the business of the United States Patent Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919: Applications received during fiscal year ended June 30, 1919. Total applications, disclaimers, appeals, and notices of oppo- 62, 755 2,787 226 8, 561 934 394 75, 657 19 1,915 144 77, 735 Application for patents, including reissues, designs, trade-marks, labels, and Patents expired... 24,593 26,630 Applications in which issue of patent is deferred under section 4885, Revised Statutes. Patents granted and trade-marks, labels, and prints registered. Receipts from all sources, fiscal year ended June 30, 1919. Oldest case awaiting action, Mar. 11, 1919. Appeals to examiners in chief in interference cases. Total____ Appeals in interference cases disposed of... Total Interference cases awaiting action. Ex parte cases awaiting action___ Total Expenditures. Surplus. $1,953,549.76 $68, 493.50 30, 776.73 74,823.49 158, 030.81 240, 856. 43 183, 356. 42 282, 373.69 222, 381.40 -27, 955.63 -65, 228. 12 1, 264 930 302 277 52 168 1, 280 1, 448 185 1,175 1,360 95 408 503 Oldest interference case awaiting action, Nov. 19, 1918. Appeals to commissioner in interference cases. 140922°-INT 1919-VOL 1—28 During the year 65,768 applications for patents, including reissues and designs, and 143,778 amendments in pending cases were filed. The number of letters constituting the miscellaneous correspondence received and indexed was 250,262. The number of printed copies of specifications of patents sold was 2,163,057, for which a revenue of $107,152.85 was received by the Office, this amount being a decrease of $19,941.15 from the receipts of last year. A total of 991,976 copies of patents were shipped to foreign Governments. The whole number of copies of patents furnished for sale for governmental use and for foreign Governments was 3,411,833. The Office received for record 29,973 deeds of assignment, containing on an average 466.29 words per deed. Typewritten copies of 18,253,700 words and photostatic copies of 9,196,900 words of records aggregating 27,450,600 words were furnished at 10 cents per hundred words, and for certifying to these copies $1,502.50, for which the Office received $28,953.10. For 6,616 certified printed copies, etc., the Office received $5,267.40. For 107,496 photostatic copies of foreign patents etc., the Office received $21,015.90, and for 56,307 photographic copies $8,906.45. For all of this class of work the Office received a total of $64,142.85. The Office furnished to other departments, without charge, 5,062 photostatic copies, and made for its own use 22,389. Respectfully submitted. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. J. T. NEWTON, Commissioner of Patents. |