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1945 Comm'r Rep. [i] (1945)

handle is hein.intprop/corep0194 and id is 1 raw text is: Patent Office Report for 1945 The Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, includes the Patent Office Report covering the same period, has not been made available in printed form for the past few years. The entire Patent Office Report is here printed. It should be kept in mind that this Report covers only the year July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945 and that events occurring after the latter date are not included. Applications More Numerous Applications for patents, including those covering plants, designs and reissues, filed in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1945, numbered 66,037, as against 54,165 in 1944, and exceeded the total received in any corresponding period since 1940. In the same twelve months there were filed 18,623 applications for the initial registration and for the renewal of trade marks, com- pared with 14,403 in the preceding year. There were granted in the latest fiscal year 30,535 patents, among them 26 for plants; 3,552 for designs, and 145 for re- issues. This was 1,248 fewer than those issued in 1944. The decline in the total granted was owing to a rise in the number of applications received and requiring action and to a shortage of technical help. On June 30, 1945, there were awaiting action 61,875 applications, that is, 15,667 more than on the same date of 1944, or of any other previous year since 1930. Interest in Patents Shown Interest in patented inventions was evidenced by the larger purchases of printed copies of patents. These were obtained by inventors, industrialists and others. In the interval from July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945, a total of 4,302,423 copies were sold. That was 101,590 above the sales in 1943-44 and 679,685 more than in 1942-43. Public Register Initiated To encourage and facilitate the wider use of patented inven- tions in the postwar period, the Secretary of Commerce on May 15, 1945, authorized the establishment in the Patent Office of a register of patents, the owners of which were willing to sell or to license them for use by others. This registration began on June 1, 1945. In the course of thirty days, more than 400 inquiries reached the Office from all sections of the country. There were offered for registration 192 patents. Scientific journals, commercial publications and daily newspapers have Reprinted from 28 J. P. 0. S. 308. Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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