Nikola Tesla Patents
Tesla was granted nearly 200 patents worldwide
Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,119,732 - Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy Patent Wrapper Page 43
} T L T J 1 J T T # 371,817. corrected as indicated earlier in this letter. For example, in claim 9, line 3, "large" should be small; and in claim 15, line 2, "surfaces" should be a surface. 4. Objection is made to claims 13, 14, 28 to 34 and 36 to 45 on the ground that they are functional, that is, they attempt to define the structure sought to be claimed by stating its function rather than by stating the combination of structural elements. All the claims are rejected except claims 6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24 and 25, and of these, all but claims 6 and 8 are subject to correction before they may be allowed. Richmond com akiman Examiner, Division XVI. 43 37/- 739