Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 32 N. 7 - Page 31
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THE MUSIC 1*RADE REVIEW
Progress of Invention.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PAT-
ENTS FOR THE YEAR FURNISHES PROOF OF
THE INVENTIVENESS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AS WELL AS THEIR INDUSTRY.
The patent office has long been consid-
ered a key to the progressiveness and in-
ventive ability of the nation. A perusal
of the annual report of the Commissioner
of Patents shows that not only are the af-
fairs of the Patent Office in a thoroughly
satisfactory condition, with a steadily in-
creasing business, but the American mind
is as active in the inventive field as ever,
for the total number of patents and issues
for the year was the greatest in the history
of this institution.
In the year 1900 there were received
39,673 applications for patents, 2,225 appli-
cations for designs, 82 applications for re-
issues, 2,099 f ° r registration of trade-
marks, 943 for labels and 127 for prints.
Including designs, there were 26,418 pat-
ents granted, 81 patents were reissued,
1,721 trade-marks registered, besides 727
labels and 93 prints. The total expendi-
ture for the year was $1,260,019.62; the
receipts exceeded the expenditure by $90,-
80891. The total balance to the credit of
the Patent Office in the Treasury on the
first day of this year was $5,177,458.55.
The number of patents issued in pro-
portion to the number of citizens was
greatest in the case of the District of Co-
lumbia, in which one patent was issued to
every I>IIO inhabitants. Then followed
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New Jersey and New York, the ratio in
the last-named State being 1 to every 1,-
918. The State to which the least number
of patents was granted in proportion to
its inhabitants is South Carolina, in which
only one out of every 28,517 inhabitants
received a patent.
With regard to foreign patentees, the
greatest number of patents was granted to
Great Britain, which received 1,088; then
came Germany with 1,070, Canada 367,
France 341, Austria-Hungary 117, and
Switzerland 79, the total number of foreign
patents granted being 3,483. The first
patent to be granted by the United States
Patent Office under the present series num-
ber of letters bore date July 28, 1836, and
in that year a total of 109 patents was is-
sued. In 1840 the number of patents and
re-issues was 473; in 1850, 993; in i860,
4,819; in 1870, 13,321; in 1880, 13,947; and
in 1890, 26,292. There was a decline in
the number of issues during the decade un-
til it fell to 20,867 in 1894.
From that time on there was an increase
in the total number until it reached the
figure, in 1900, of 26,499. T n e largest
surplus of any year was in 1883, when it
amounted to $471,005. The smallest sur-
plus since 1861 occurred in 1898, when it
amounted to only $1,538. In 1899 it was
$113,673, and in 1900 it was $90,808.
POOLE
It is interesting to know that the total
number of patents issued by foreign coun-
tries up to the close of the nineteenth cen-
tury was [,328,309, while the total number
of patents issued during the same period
by the United States was 674,944, making
a grand total of 2,003,253 patents issued in
the whole world.
The Graphophone Grand.
A PATENT GRANTED IN GERMANY AFTER A
LONG DELAY
DECISION QUICKLY
REACHED AT THE FINISH A DRA-
MATIC INCIDENT IN COURT.
To Secure More Capital.
CHAS. HAGEN OF HAGEN & ^RUEFER CHATS
WITH THE REVIEW REGARDING SOME
PLANS IN VIEW TO EXPAND
THIS BUSINESS.
Hagen & Ruefer, of Peterboro, N. H.,
are contemplating enlarging their capital
with the view of conducting business on a
much larger scale than heretofore. In the
course of a chat with Mr. Chas. Hagen of
the firm in The Review sanctum this week,
he said : "Yes, it is true we are planning
to branch out on a broader plane and in
that connection must get ample capital in
our business. With our splendid manu-
facturing facilities we can conduct a busi-
ness ten times the volume of that we are
doing now and we feel that it is essential
in view of the keen competition to-day to
secure a large output in order to make
satisfactory profit.
"Our proposition to secure more cap-
ital, has, I am pleased to say, been favor-
ably received by those with whom we are
now doing business, and the merchants of
Peterboro are willing to take eight or
nine thousand dollars worth of stock in a
new corporation. The Peterboro Improve-
ment Co., who own the factory, which was
erected at a cost of $33,000, have also voted
to sell it to the new corporation for $5,000.
"That the investment will be a safe one
is apparent in view of the fact that al-
though we have conducted a very small
business on a conservative plan, yet we
have paid off practically all the old in-
debtedness and the amount of money we
owe to-day is comparatively small. The
people on whom I have called," added Mr.
Hagen "have approved very highly of the
move and while the matter is not defi-
nitely concluded yet I feel confident it
will go through all right."
It was recently announced, by cable,
that a patent had been granted in Ger-
many on the Graphophone Grand. Later
information discloses that quite a dramatic
incident occurred in connection with the
granting of this patent, for which applica-
tion was made about two years ago. After
all the customary delays, the case finally
reached a hearing, in Berlin, before the
Board of Patent Commissioners, consisting
of six judges. Everything was done, by
the German dealers in talking machines, to
prevent the granting of the patent and
they expected to carry the day, for their
combined opposition was very strong.
Their contention was that no new princi-
ples were involved in the Grr.phophone
Grand, and that it was practically the same
as the type of machine using the small
cylinders. The trial proceeded in the
usual course and the representatives of
the opposing parties were all heard.
At a critical moment in the proceed-
ings, Mr. Maxmillian Mintz, counsel
for the Columbia Phonograph Company,
offered to show the weakness of his op-
ponents by introducing the Graphophone
Grand and permitting it to speak for itself.
This offer was favorably received and the
machine proceeded to make a most elo-
quent plea, in German, for its own pro- Hr. Laffargue's Western Trip.
tection against piracy. Everybody in the
J. G. Laffargue, of Laffargue & Oktavec,
court room was familiar with the talking
who
returned on Tuesday from a three-
machines, using the small cylinders, but it
weeks
Western trip, met with gratifying
was evident from the expression on the
success.
He received a number of orders
judges' faces that they, at least, had no
for
the
latest
Laffargue & Co. uprights and
idea what an advance on the earlier ma-
established
several
important new agen-
chines bad been made with the invention
cies.
of the Graphophone Grand.
During a chat with The Review on Wed-
"This is not my first effort at public
speaking, but the first in which I have had nesday, Mr. Laffargue said : "We are get-
to plead my own cause for justice and rec- ting a fair share of business and the vol-
ognition," said the machine, and the ume of our trade is steadily growing. The
judges looked at each other significantly. latest styles have met with general ap-
"The world has rejoiced at my coming,"
the machine continued, "and I have a high proval and we shall do a big business with
place to sustain, an important position to them.
maintain which can only bs accomplished,
"Our recent factory move, bringing our
in Germany, by an acknowledgment of my two buildings within easy distance of each
claims." This was another striking sen- other, has been very helpful. We can con-
tence which made a distinct impression on centrate our energies better. We shall
all who were present. The talk lasted for have more space, with room for more ma-
several minutes, and was most attentively terial and a larger force, and there is every
listened to with the result that at the end prospect of our doing a much larger busi-
of five minutes, after the case was taken ness."
under final consideration, the President of
the Court dashed the hopes of his country-
Otto Heinzmann, Weser representative,
men by granting a patent on the American left town on Saturday for a lengthy tour
invention.
in the Weser interests.
PIANOS
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design
Durability and Value.
6 and 7 APPLETON STREET, BOSTON, MASS,
.
c
.
33
THE MUSIC 1*RADE REVIEW
Progress of Invention.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PAT-
ENTS FOR THE YEAR FURNISHES PROOF OF
THE INVENTIVENESS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AS WELL AS THEIR INDUSTRY.
The patent office has long been consid-
ered a key to the progressiveness and in-
ventive ability of the nation. A perusal
of the annual report of the Commissioner
of Patents shows that not only are the af-
fairs of the Patent Office in a thoroughly
satisfactory condition, with a steadily in-
creasing business, but the American mind
is as active in the inventive field as ever,
for the total number of patents and issues
for the year was the greatest in the history
of this institution.
In the year 1900 there were received
39,673 applications for patents, 2,225 appli-
cations for designs, 82 applications for re-
issues, 2,099 f ° r registration of trade-
marks, 943 for labels and 127 for prints.
Including designs, there were 26,418 pat-
ents granted, 81 patents were reissued,
1,721 trade-marks registered, besides 727
labels and 93 prints. The total expendi-
ture for the year was $1,260,019.62; the
receipts exceeded the expenditure by $90,-
80891. The total balance to the credit of
the Patent Office in the Treasury on the
first day of this year was $5,177,458.55.
The number of patents issued in pro-
portion to the number of citizens was
greatest in the case of the District of Co-
lumbia, in which one patent was issued to
every I>IIO inhabitants. Then followed
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New Jersey and New York, the ratio in
the last-named State being 1 to every 1,-
918. The State to which the least number
of patents was granted in proportion to
its inhabitants is South Carolina, in which
only one out of every 28,517 inhabitants
received a patent.
With regard to foreign patentees, the
greatest number of patents was granted to
Great Britain, which received 1,088; then
came Germany with 1,070, Canada 367,
France 341, Austria-Hungary 117, and
Switzerland 79, the total number of foreign
patents granted being 3,483. The first
patent to be granted by the United States
Patent Office under the present series num-
ber of letters bore date July 28, 1836, and
in that year a total of 109 patents was is-
sued. In 1840 the number of patents and
re-issues was 473; in 1850, 993; in i860,
4,819; in 1870, 13,321; in 1880, 13,947; and
in 1890, 26,292. There was a decline in
the number of issues during the decade un-
til it fell to 20,867 in 1894.
From that time on there was an increase
in the total number until it reached the
figure, in 1900, of 26,499. T n e largest
surplus of any year was in 1883, when it
amounted to $471,005. The smallest sur-
plus since 1861 occurred in 1898, when it
amounted to only $1,538. In 1899 it was
$113,673, and in 1900 it was $90,808.
POOLE
It is interesting to know that the total
number of patents issued by foreign coun-
tries up to the close of the nineteenth cen-
tury was [,328,309, while the total number
of patents issued during the same period
by the United States was 674,944, making
a grand total of 2,003,253 patents issued in
the whole world.
The Graphophone Grand.
A PATENT GRANTED IN GERMANY AFTER A
LONG DELAY
DECISION QUICKLY
REACHED AT THE FINISH A DRA-
MATIC INCIDENT IN COURT.
To Secure More Capital.
CHAS. HAGEN OF HAGEN & ^RUEFER CHATS
WITH THE REVIEW REGARDING SOME
PLANS IN VIEW TO EXPAND
THIS BUSINESS.
Hagen & Ruefer, of Peterboro, N. H.,
are contemplating enlarging their capital
with the view of conducting business on a
much larger scale than heretofore. In the
course of a chat with Mr. Chas. Hagen of
the firm in The Review sanctum this week,
he said : "Yes, it is true we are planning
to branch out on a broader plane and in
that connection must get ample capital in
our business. With our splendid manu-
facturing facilities we can conduct a busi-
ness ten times the volume of that we are
doing now and we feel that it is essential
in view of the keen competition to-day to
secure a large output in order to make
satisfactory profit.
"Our proposition to secure more cap-
ital, has, I am pleased to say, been favor-
ably received by those with whom we are
now doing business, and the merchants of
Peterboro are willing to take eight or
nine thousand dollars worth of stock in a
new corporation. The Peterboro Improve-
ment Co., who own the factory, which was
erected at a cost of $33,000, have also voted
to sell it to the new corporation for $5,000.
"That the investment will be a safe one
is apparent in view of the fact that al-
though we have conducted a very small
business on a conservative plan, yet we
have paid off practically all the old in-
debtedness and the amount of money we
owe to-day is comparatively small. The
people on whom I have called," added Mr.
Hagen "have approved very highly of the
move and while the matter is not defi-
nitely concluded yet I feel confident it
will go through all right."
It was recently announced, by cable,
that a patent had been granted in Ger-
many on the Graphophone Grand. Later
information discloses that quite a dramatic
incident occurred in connection with the
granting of this patent, for which applica-
tion was made about two years ago. After
all the customary delays, the case finally
reached a hearing, in Berlin, before the
Board of Patent Commissioners, consisting
of six judges. Everything was done, by
the German dealers in talking machines, to
prevent the granting of the patent and
they expected to carry the day, for their
combined opposition was very strong.
Their contention was that no new princi-
ples were involved in the Grr.phophone
Grand, and that it was practically the same
as the type of machine using the small
cylinders. The trial proceeded in the
usual course and the representatives of
the opposing parties were all heard.
At a critical moment in the proceed-
ings, Mr. Maxmillian Mintz, counsel
for the Columbia Phonograph Company,
offered to show the weakness of his op-
ponents by introducing the Graphophone
Grand and permitting it to speak for itself.
This offer was favorably received and the
machine proceeded to make a most elo-
quent plea, in German, for its own pro- Hr. Laffargue's Western Trip.
tection against piracy. Everybody in the
J. G. Laffargue, of Laffargue & Oktavec,
court room was familiar with the talking
who
returned on Tuesday from a three-
machines, using the small cylinders, but it
weeks
Western trip, met with gratifying
was evident from the expression on the
success.
He received a number of orders
judges' faces that they, at least, had no
for
the
latest
Laffargue & Co. uprights and
idea what an advance on the earlier ma-
established
several
important new agen-
chines bad been made with the invention
cies.
of the Graphophone Grand.
During a chat with The Review on Wed-
"This is not my first effort at public
speaking, but the first in which I have had nesday, Mr. Laffargue said : "We are get-
to plead my own cause for justice and rec- ting a fair share of business and the vol-
ognition," said the machine, and the ume of our trade is steadily growing. The
judges looked at each other significantly. latest styles have met with general ap-
"The world has rejoiced at my coming,"
the machine continued, "and I have a high proval and we shall do a big business with
place to sustain, an important position to them.
maintain which can only bs accomplished,
"Our recent factory move, bringing our
in Germany, by an acknowledgment of my two buildings within easy distance of each
claims." This was another striking sen- other, has been very helpful. We can con-
tence which made a distinct impression on centrate our energies better. We shall
all who were present. The talk lasted for have more space, with room for more ma-
several minutes, and was most attentively terial and a larger force, and there is every
listened to with the result that at the end prospect of our doing a much larger busi-
of five minutes, after the case was taken ness."
under final consideration, the President of
the Court dashed the hopes of his country-
Otto Heinzmann, Weser representative,
men by granting a patent on the American left town on Saturday for a lengthy tour
invention.
in the Weser interests.
PIANOS
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design
Durability and Value.
6 and 7 APPLETON STREET, BOSTON, MASS,
.
c
.
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