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Show The following will give somo ide.t of the geni is of the American nnd how lie outstrip: all other nationswhen It roincs to Inven ions: Tho bt sincss of the patent office for the yeni 1803 shows total net receipts of $1,2 12, 871. 01, against an expenditure of 845.J0.V3O under tlio appropriation, with approximately 1205,035.09 additional, addition-al, giving a balance In tho office's favor of 10ip33.10. Thcro was 38.-J73 np-pllcatlop's np-pllcatlop's for patents, including 1,000 applications for designs and 120 for re-tssae. re-tssae. jTwenty-three thousand l,i hundred hun-dred arid seventy patents were Issued and SBlreissued. Tho patents Issued and reAsues granted during the jenr wctelcvs than those In 1885, 18.80, 1800 rcspccjitely. Up to Jan. 1, 1801, 521,701 patents have been granted by the UniteiJStateH, against 817,302 by nil other i Jntrles. The year 1890 with 20,202 Jjentsand reJ:sues K'flr.ted re mains ,(j banner year of the office. Siii-k Ho AvuHcan, I 1 |