Show I BIG BUSINESS DONE IN PATENTS W WASHINGTON Aug 19 Patent n Patent applications flied filed with the thc patent pat pat- ent office during the loot last fiscal Year nl r showed the tho greatest increase In n hl history tor totaling ns as compared com corn p pared wi with h the tho preceding ye year r. r The Tho report of or f the CIte sinner of ot patents also showed business of ot tho office was further swelled by an Increase of oC in the number of applications I for tor ro registration of ot trade trademarks marks and nd labels grant grant- grant 1 0 ed and trade marks and an l labels registered totaled f 09 an nn In In- crease of ot 1050 l' l For or tho first time since 1917 1117 patent office receipts exceeded expenditures tho the not surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus being |