THE COIN M A C H I N E J O U R N A L
May-June, 1932
Fewer Patent Applications
Awaiting Action by Examiners
of the Patent Office
OR the first time in more than
four years, the number of pat
ent applications awaiting action by
examiners of the Patent Office has
been reduced below the 80,000
mark, according to information
made public today (A pril 21) by
Commissioner Thomas E. Robertson
following his weekly check-up. The
number is now 78,890 cases, com
pared with 91,262 on January 9,
1932, when the force moved into
the new Commerce building, and a
maximum record of 120,000 on
July 1, 1930, the Commissioner
said.
Larger inroads on the patent ap
plications awaiting action would be
made if it were not for the large
number of amended patents being
filed, he said. This number has
been increasing steadily for several
weeks. The number of these cases
filed in the week ended A pril 16
was 4,686 compared with 4,538,
4,221, 4,481, 4,499, and 4,221 in
previous weeks.
Patent applications have fallen
somewhat from the levels of a year
ago. The weekly average in the last
fiscal year was about 1,600 applica
tions. There were 1,511 applica
tions last week, 1,442 the week be
fore and 1,574 a month ago.
Along with the reduction of the
number of patent applications
awaiting action, is a reduction of
the time an inventor must wait for
a decision. Of the 65 patent divi
sions, there are now two divisions
less than two months behind with
their work; one division three
months in arrears; 14 are four
months; 30 are five months; 48 di
visions are six months, and the rest
under seven months behind. The
Trade-Mark and Design Patent di
visions are both under one month.
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