Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,061,206 - Turbine Patent Wrapper Page 23

Div.18. Room 325 Address only "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." Nikola Tesla, 3-200 R/Q₂ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON Reynolds, The claims are all rejected. Paper No........... All communications respecting this application should give the se e serial number, date of filing, and title of invention. c/o Kerr, Page, Cooper & Hayward, New York, N.Y. Please find below a communication from the EXAMINER in charge of your application. #603,049, filed Jan. 17, 1911, for Rotary Engines and Turbines. EBMoor Feb. 4, 1911. This case has been examined. Claims 1 to 14. It is not believed that there is any ground for method claims in this case, the alleged method being nothing more than the function of the machine; however, all of the claims are substantially met by the German patent 35,783, in view of the "discs with plane surfaces" shown in Thrupp, 699,636, May 6, 1902 (121-56 b). 2.2 Commissioner of Patents. 0.6. Pantier. Examiner, Div.18. 887