§ Mr. A. Edwardsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish statistics showing how many claims for inventions, processes and designs have been admitted and how many rejected since the beginning of the war.
§ Captain WaterhouseThe information is as follows:
Patents. Designs — Applications. Granted. Applications. Registered. 1939 … 33,109 17,605 11,588 10,595 1940 … 18,254 11,453 4,473 4,632 1941 … 16,847 11,179 3,118 2,576 1942 … 18,624 7,969 2,301 2,254 1943 … 21,944 7,945 2,824 2,049