Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 723,188 - Method of Signaling Patent Wrapper Page 29

586 practicable plan at best, but in any event it differs essentially from the Tesla plan in that the circuits of the receiver are both alike, and whether they be tuned or not is immaterial, since if tuned at all they would both be tuned to respond to the same impulses. From what has been explained in connection with the present case, it is now believed that the radically novel conception on Tesla's part of using a plurality of tuned circuits in the receiver will be recognized by the Examiner as a departure in the art which is entitled to protection in the broadest terms. We now notice for the first time that our use of the word "phase" was misleading. What we intended to convey by the word was the time of discharge in the primary circuit, and did not have reference to the wave form of the oscillations produced in the secondary. We think that the arendrent in this respect makes the matter clear. We ask now for a reconsideration of the application, and hope that the claims as drawn will be allowed. Kun. Page & Cooker attes for hesla. -12