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Amln•a <•nlu 

••Th~ Comn1J.HBionC"I" or Pat~a&-. 

Wiaehin,l!tun. H .. C.,'' a:::id UIJot any offidnl l,y nnmc 

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DEPARTivi ENT OF COM MEFllWE 

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 

WASHINGTON 

PfC'asc find below a commm1i!:!liion from the EXAMINER in 

c1ir1rr1e or this application. n QC) 

Paper No. 15 

\~~ : '.J . ~If"\ .. ·. lc .. m111i."ioncr of Pat.:n!J. Appl i can-t William F. Priedman, ,. / --·-. . ---·-- --·- ------~ •t al. 

F H V d 2"We l & C A R \ s er . No : 588' 344 

• • an e r cer • • owe F'i l ·:d January 23, 1932 

c/o Chiet ot The Air Corpa ) Ye)~·-~ c,._tograpbj:c· ··Svatem. Muni tiona Building / • ,., ., Waahington, D. c. / 

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Responsive to e.mendment filed July 31, 1934· 

Cla!Jna 3-17, 19-2;, 2&-32, 34-50 are the claima 

1n the oe.ee. 

Clairus 3-17, 19-23, 25-32, 38 and 39 appear 

allowablti. 

Claim '4 would appear allowable if there were 

antecedent baaia for "connectiona" 1n 11ne 5, ar-d 11' the 

kind ~ signals and connect101u1 used were aet i'orth. In 

line ;, ''awitching" refers possibly to electrical connection• 

but not neceaaarlly eo nnd the signals may be electr1o lights 

or poaaibly mechanically operated slides, to mention a few 

poaa1b1lit1ea. 

Claim 35 is subject to similar criticiam. In line 6, 

"key" 1a so broad as to apply to a great many mechanical 4ev1cea, even more aptly than to the tape. "key" 1a app11e4 

verrr frequently to intangible• auoh aa a paaa word. The 

a1gn1t1oanoe or "external" 1a not apparent. The tape appeara 

to be part ot the meohaniam. It ••mq 1Jmnater1al• howeY•r• 

where or how it is arranged, a1nce the impulaea oooaa1oned 

by it are carried by electrical connections. The claim appear• 

allowable subject to amendment. 

Claim 36 1a aubject to cr1t1o1m above noted, 1n •oon• 

neetion•", line 3. Line 7, "aequenoe" hae prev10U817 been 

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REF ID:A52177. 

Serial Ho. 588,344 -acr1t1o1aecl. The or1t1oim 1• repeated. "ke7" ha• alao 

been ~1tic1zed above. The ke7 1• 1n tact • tape with 

perf'oraticms arrange4 1n random order. Thia perforated 

tape operatlns through the aaaoo1ated mechan111J11 produces appli• 

cant• a re11Ulta. For aught the claim atatea to the contr1lr7 

the k97 m&J" be no 111Gre ta.ng1bl• than the well lmown "open 

aelllllll9" Gr Arabian Jflghta tame. A dirterent aequenoe of aounda 

1n the tale was related to pt'o4uoe no reaulta. The lettera 

making up "open aeaame" are all cryptographio charactera 1t 

uaed tor cr,ptograpb.10 purpoaea. It ia evident thnt applicant'• 

4n1oe requ1rea aometlling more aubstantial than words repeated 

oNll.7 hown'er ett1oao1oua a co?'t'8ot eequence waa relate4 to 

be 1n opening the door to the cave 1n the tale. The purpoae ~ 

1n making thl• alluaion 1• to make the examiner'• poaltlon 

clearer to the appl1oant 1n rejecting the clams as intangible 

and th~ore 1nd.et1n1te. An7 good 41ot10NU-7, tor mmple, 

the 1924 W•b•t•'• Unabridged 1n D1v1a1on 5,, will 1nd1oate 

the great number ot meanings given to "k97• an4 the neceaa1'7 

theN.tore or __.. aoo11Nte17 •tt1ng torth the atruotllre 1n 

the olala where th• t.ape mechan1m 1• referred to. 

Th• ola!a appeara allowable 8Ubjeot to amendmn' &leg 

line• .uuen.4. 

OJ.ala J? 1• n.bjeot to the • ._ or1t101- 8D4 woa14 

In thelr prennt fOl'll ol.&S.a9 '4 to ~ 1nelua1v•• ... 

NJeott .. u tailing to def'iu the invention. 

Clalm.a ij.o to 50 aN aptn rejeoted •• unpatenkbl• 

._._. tabe c1M1a1ou esw. •otblng oan be added to \he •-.ra 

la ~ ,. • .,,.. ottle• aotlcm• ~ than to •7 u.a• an. 

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serial Ro. 588,'44 • • _,_ 

It 1• noted turther that olaiJu 41, 42, 4'• 1'4 and 

45 use the expreaaion "the atep or external oontrol 1n"f019ing•, 

etc. The tem llinvolVing" 1n41catea that in practice, the 

step takea 1n mo1•e than the C\la1m recites. Theae claima are 

thez-etore rejected ae misleading. 

Claims 40•47 "external" was criticised. 1n treating 

claim 35. The crit1c1am is applicable to theae claima and. 

"1nte:rnal" 1s subject to similar cr1t1o1•• Theae claims 

are further rejected as failing to define. 

Claims 48, 49 are rcject&d as apparently incomplete 

in line 1, ''omploy1r..e as one of it1 keying elements". 'l'h1a 

exuression 1mplies other 11 koyin,g 6lementa" not mentioned. 

I:Jtar.iiner. 

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