Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — At the Patent Office. [ARTICLE]

At the Patent Office.

In 1963 there were 67,986 applications for patents, and 35,025 were granted; In 1914, there were 00,311 applications and 36,276 granted; in 1915, 66,497 applications and 42,734 granted; in 1916, 67,348 applications, antl_44,lS granted; in 1917, 68,690 applications, and 52328 granted.