Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,119,732 - Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy Patent Wrapper Page 84

780 371,817 3. Claims 11 to 21, inclusive, are rejected upon Kinraide. In this reference is disclosed the edvantage of surfaces of a large radii of curvature at terminal points to permit of the accumulation of a large charge without leakage. There can be no invention, then, in employing this device with a circuit which is tuned. Claims 13, 14, 28 to 34, inclusive, 36 to 43, inclusive, are objected to as functional. In each of these claims means must be included nositively for performing the functions indicated; otherwise the claims do not distinguish structurally from the references and are not petentable thereover. Claims 22 to 27, inclusive, are rejected upon Shoemaker, Lodge or Stone. Claims 28 to 34, inclusive, 36 and 37 are met by and rejected upon Stone. Change "a", line 1, claim 28, to an. Correct the spelling of "circuit", line 2, claim 26. The expression "coil or conductor" of claim 39 is objected to as alternative. Claims 40 and 41 are rejected upon Marconi. Claims 42 and 44 are rejected upon Ducretet. Many of these claims are functional, as pointed out above, these functional expressions being insufficient to carry the claims over the references. Claim 43 is met by any circuit. The terms "reletively large" and "small" are relative terms and do not limit the claim. Thet elements have a small radii of curvature as stated in lines 4 and 5 of this claim? It is noted that when the claims in this case have 86 371