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Show COUNTRY IS I PROSPEROUS I Patent Office Receipts . Show Big Increase M in Business. M Washington, Dec 31 The marked M prosperity of the country is reflected M In the reports of tho United States H patent office from fees from appllca- H tlons for patents, according to Charles VM B. Moore, commissioner ot patents, in H his annual report today to tho secre- H tary of the Interior. M The total receipts of the office for H the fiscal year ending June 30 were H $2,094,055, compared with $1,987,773 IH for thc previous fiscal year. The to- H tal expenditures were $2,025,912 and H the net surplus of receipts over ex- M penditurcs was $68,147. Thc grand H total of net surplsu over all expendl- H turesjs nowJT.lSCvHG. H lguTcs1fpr3tfcdDCommIssioner H Moore Indicate that the volume of H business of the patent office has ma- H lerially increased In the last fiscal H Tho number of applications for pat- IH ents for inventions aggregated 69.23G. H against 65,151 for the fiscal year ended H June 30, 1911. IH The total number of applications H for patents for inventions for designs. IB for reissue of patents, registration ot H -niCDS)p 'siu;jd 'soqi 'srcui epejj M ers to patents and appeals was SI,- H 459, compared with 70,333 for the fls- H cal year 1911, an Increase of 5,076. jH Tho establishment of the patent of- H flee as an Independent bureau of the H government Is recommended by Com- H mlssloner Moore. .H |