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Nikola Tesla Patents
Tesla was granted nearly 200 patents worldwide
The Honorable Sir: Commissioner of Patents. Approved: United States Patent Office, I have the honor to request that the application of Nikola Tesla, for Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted from a Distance to a Receiving Device through the Natural Media, Ser. No. 729,812, filed Sept. 8, 1899, allowed Nov. 2, 1899, final fee not paid, be withdrawn from issue for the purpose of citing a newly discovered reference. March 14, 1900. Washington, D.C., March 14, 1900. Commissioner. Respectfully, Gred & Fish Assistant in charge, Div. 16. CASE WITHDRAWN FROM FILES OF ISSUE AND GAZETTE DIVISION Mel 14. AD Her 375