Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,119,732 - Apparatus for Transmitting Electrical Energy Patent Wrapper Page 60

756 371,817 - 2. applicant refers to the small elements p as being surfaces of large curvature. This expression is correct, but the former is not. Applicant is urged to carefully review the specification and claims with this understanding of the meaning of the terms used clearly before him. The present inconsistencies are such as to make an action on the merits of the claims very difficult and unsatisfactory since different interpretations must be given to the same expression in different places. Attention is called to such clains as 22 and 23. These claims are for different specific forms. If applicant elects as his specific form that shown in Figure 5, he certainly cannot be allowed to claim outermost boundaries arranged in surfaces of large radii of curvature, for certainly the outermost boundaries are surfaces of small radii of curvature or large curvature as called for in claim 23. Applicant should maintain a proper line of division in regard to this. With the claims and specification in their present condition the Office does not feel justified in taking further action on the merits of the claims at this time. Cold 60 Home Akiiman Examiner, Division XVI. 371-58