Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 649,621 - Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical Energy Patent Wrapper Page 16

J 1 3 In every application for a patent fled subsequent to December 31, 1897, responsive action must be made by the inventor within one year after the last offloe action or the caso will become abandoned. Room No..85... All communications should be addressed to The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." Nikola Tesla, % Kerr, Page & Cooper, 2-246. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, 120 Broadway, New York City. cation. All communications respecting this application should give the serial number, date of filing, and title of levention. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20, 1900. PAR20 1000 MAILED Please find below a communication from the EXAMINER in charge of your application. for Apparatus for the Transmission of Electrical Energy, filed Peb. 19, 1900, Serial No. 5780. 2-3 C. H.Duell Commissioner of Patents. The original application containing the method claims for this invention should have inserted in it a reference to the present appliClaims 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 12 are rejected on Edison 465,971, Deo, 29, 1891, Telegraphy, Circuits and Systems. This reference shows all the structural elements included in the different claims The more recital of the fumetion of those elements or the alleged mode of operation does not distinguish therefrom. Para Santiyen FR 150 RULE 73. In every amendment the exact word or words to be stricken out or inserted in the application must be specified and the precise point indicated where the emasure or insertion is to be made. All such amendments must be on sheets of paper separate from the papers previously sled, and written on but one side of the paper. 213