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Show (MILLIONTH PATENT IS ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT Washington, Aug. 5. The millionth patent Issued by the United States was announced by Commissioner of ft Patents Moore today. It is for a ' puncture proof tire for automobiles h and other vehicles, depending on rubber springs for ite resllency anl is the invention of an Akron, Ohio, i man So much Interest had been displayed dis-played In the completion of number one million that Commissioner floors consented to announce the paten- ahead of publication In the next Issue j of the official gazette, on August S .( Althugh this patent bears the number num-ber 1,000,000, It Is really number 1.- 009,957. Until 1S36 when the present bureau was organized, patents were Issued without being numbered. Between Be-tween 1790 and 133C, during which time Tatents were under control of the state department, 9.957 were issued. is-sued. A steady growth has been shown in inventive genius In the United States since the formation of the present bureau In 1S3G only 109 patents were issued and In 1910, the number reached 35.11S It Is believed this year will show an even greater Increase. In-crease. These figures do not Include reissues In announcing the millionth patent today. Commissioner Moore, said no application had been selected to receive re-ceive this number. Pie said the application appli-cation came up In the regular order of business, and numbered and cav-rled cav-rled through the regular channels and was signed without ceremony. 'Numerous 'Nu-merous requests were received from various inventors for this distinction, but all were denied |