Nikola Tesla Patents
328 will bocomo abandonod, In every application for a patont fled subsequent to Dooombor 31, 1807, roeponsivo action must bo mado by the luot ofleo notion or th Room No... dicatione ahorld be addressed to "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." Nikola Tesla, Care, Kerr, Page & Cooper, 120 Broadway, 2-246. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, New York, N.Y. All communications respecting this application should give the serial number, date of filing, and title of invention. WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 15, 1900. Please find below a communication from the EXAMINER in charge of your application. filed June 24, 1899, Ser. No. 721, 790, for Methods of and Apparatus er Utilizing Effects or Disturbances Transmitted through Natural Media. C. H.Duell Commissioner of Patents. This application has been withdrawn from issue in view of Scertain newly discovered references. Claims 1 to 7, inclusive, are rejected on the patent to Weston, $369,124, Sep. 4, 1888, Electricity, Generation, Batteries, Thermal. As regards claims 3, 4 and 5 it is said that the devices shown in the eston patent might be used to carry out the steps set up in these Eclaims and to so use them would involve no invention. Claims 1 to 7 are also rejected on the patent to Dewey, 414,943, Nov 12, 1889, Electric Lighting, Lights, Systems, Secondary Battery. Claims 6 to 21, inclusive, are each rejected on the patent to Dewey above cited. As regards those claims which include as a step the charging of the condenser it is said that it would involve no 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 erasure or insertion is to be made. All such amendments must be on sheets of paper separate from the papers previously filed, and written on but one side of the paper.
