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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 

WASHINGTON 

All ~ommunleatlona rMpeetlnr thl• applkallon should 11lve the aerial number, date of lllin11, and name of Che applicant 

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Munitions Eu1ld1ng __). Io'or Cryptographic 87etea 

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neferenoe• 11!.&Cle of reoozd: 

Dir{ee et al., 1,912,18), MaJ 30,1932, ~orehouae, l,J'.16,546, Oot. 36,1930, 

Hebsrn, 1,083,072, Bept.4,1928, Friedman, 1,522,775, Jen.13,1925, 

178-17 Tape 

17e-22 

35-13 

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Art not epec1t1oally cited i• made of record to 

indicate the state of the art. 

Claima 1,2,3,4 are rejected as obY1oualy anticipated 

by Hebern. 

Claim 5 1a rej eoted u failing to o.er1ne the 1nftnt1on in trmt the "ma;net• of line 6 I&USt te an electro-magnet. 

See "mt~net" in 'i'ebater• • Un.abridged (19Z4) dictionary at 

page 1396. The claim only by impl1cat1~n and not poalt1YelJ 

statea that the commutatJr• are moyed by respecti•• eleotrome.gN~t m•d pawl-and-ratchet ir.echanisms. 'l'he claim 1• therefore 

further rejeoted aa tailing to define. 

Claims o, 7 are rejeoted aa obYiouely unpatentable 

cTer qebern eln04t ae will be •et to~h that which la language 

41•t1ngu1shes applicant'• deY1ce 1• not an acc~t• atate...t. 

namftly, a keying element trbioh 1• independent of the eryptograpla. 

The Whole deYioe ebown 1• ••••nt1al to the operation of the 

part• and the keyboard 1, the t%&nem1tter 5, and electro-magnet• 

4 are not independent of each otber or of tbe re•' of tu clenoe. 

Th••• olai• are al•o rejeotec! u inaccurate. 

Olaiu 8.9.10 an njeoted u luooun.te la i__. 

jmt cri t1a1secl. 

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Olal• 9,10 an ~jeoted u apatentabl• OTer 01a111 a 

elllOI aa tieeioe.t la ·~· U.. UM of \wo tapea 1• •ell 

non la a.iesoaa apparat• . 

Ola! .. 11 an4 1) ue rejected u tailing to deft ne the 

l1ne11\lon •inee they aerel7 11•' ••••l'al artiol•• or sets of 

&rtlel•• but •.t forth no •truetural oooperat1Ye relat1onah1p 

.... , ..... 

01&1• 11-11 an njeote4 u unpatentable o..-er Hebern 

la eo tar •• th., deflllltely e\a\e •tructure. 

Clat• 17 ,19,ao,a1 are rejected u ta111ng to define 

•thetllre in the H&n• for •ffec\1EIC . • • d1•placeMenta • • • 

la aa apenocU.o nnner". 

01&1• l.8 111 re1eete4 u lnaceunt• in •external• and 

8 lndepen4ent•, llne b, aboTe •et forth. 

Old.a 20 1• rejected u inaccurate in •external•. 

Claw 21 ,a.a are rej .cted a• 1ntang1ble in • eequen4•1 

and •ohllracttere•. The claims ue rej eoied u inaccuro. te in 

•non-rep&&t1ng1 •1nce as applioant atntee on pBge 11 the deYice 

tf operated long enough •111 repeat itself. 

Olai .. 2J-25 ha.Ting expre•~ions above or1t1o1zed are 

rejeotoo a• failing to d~fir.e the invention. 

Claims 2o-J4 ar~ r9j ected aa unpatentable undar 

roremn, 326 o.a. ~4, :relat11'; to & meihod. of •awing log. Thi• 

4ee1•1on state• that p~tentable noYelty of method claims cannot 

be baaed on po11t1Te recitations of atructural limitations 1nclu4ed therein. Bweetland 19a3 O .D. 6 11nce the etepa cla1ud 

•are for the obTious and lnte~ function or uae ot the apparatua• 

de•or1bed in the nla1ms to the article. 

Theee claime are rejected a.a unpat~nt&ble under Turner, 

1594 C .D. 3~ > or C oohran et al. Y. Deener et al. ,1877 C .D. 242, 

Wbtch are ag"ed •1th Rob1n•on•e well known etatf!··,1ent of •hat 1• 

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required \o conatitu\• a paten\able prooe•• ln \he •ordes 

• A.n an i• an act or a Mrl•• ot acta pufoned. 

by aome pb191cal agen' upon •ome pb19l•l objec\ and producing in •UGh object some change either of ohal'aoter or 

oon41\ion•. 

O~lo\dlJ DO ohanee• of character or oon4lt1on 

are effected by the practice of the alleged method.. 

The claia• are all rejeo\ed on \he ground of mul-

'1plic1 ty under o .. ald, 1935 O.D. JO. 

Cla1• 2 le not th0'1gbt patent&blJ d1•t1not troll 

clala 1 nor 11 fro• 13. In 12 th• aame el .. enta are ••t 

forth aa in 11 and in addition, the u•• of the tranaa1tter 

which 1• the only oonee1Y&ble uae tor the 9&111• element in 

cl&ia 11. 

On allowance of a.DJ' olai• or upoa appeal, JeYl•loa 

a• to fora may be required. (Order 2749, May 37,1932.) 

&sulner. 

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