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DEPART ... E r-~DdF~~J9.~{J All eammaalcatlonll n9p11et1a1 thll 

appllca&lon ahould sJvo tho llDl'lal nambor, 

"The ('.omml8Mloner or Palent111. date of llllnir:, and - of 

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Todcl-t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE -·' 

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in ~~ N~ . "*-........ ki.Y«xx ••• 11--~· -·: 1 C01nmissio11er of Palr:nts. Applicant: '11111am f .• l'riedman 

F.B.Y'anderwerker & O.A.Ro•e 

e/o Chief of the Al% Oo1'P• 

Munitions Building Washington, D. o. 

References made of reoo!d: 

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Dirkse et al., 1,912,18), Ka7 30,1932, 178-17 fape ?lorehouee, l,);6,546, Oot._ 26,1920, 178-22 

Bebern, l,083,07a, Sept.4,1928, JS-13 

Friedman, 1,522,775, Jen.13,1925, • 

~rt;, not apec1t1oal.l~ cited 1• made of record to 

indicate the state of the art. 

Claims i,a,3,~ are rejected aa obYloualy ant1c1~ate4 

by Hebern. 

Claim 5 1a rej acted as falling to tJ.efine the 1nYen1i1on tn that the "magnet• of 11':1• 6 muat l::e an electro-magnet. 

See "na.gnet• ln Vebaterts Unabridged (1924) dictionary at 

page 1296. The claim only by lmpl1cat1»n and not poaltlnly 

states that the commutator• are moved by r9spective electromegnet and pawl-and-ratchet· mec~isms. 'l'he claim la therefore 

:further rejeoted as falling to define. 

Claims 6, 7 are rejected as obviously UllJ)&tentable 

oYer Hebern elnoe ae will be set forth that which 1n language 

41•t1ngu1sbes app11can.t•e device ia not an accurate statement. 

namely, a keying element which la independent of the oryptognph. 

The whole dnioe shown 1• essential to the operation of the 

parta &1'.d the keyboard 1, the transmitter 5, and electro-magnets 

4 are not ln4ependent of each other or of the rest of the deYioe. 

These olalma are alao rejeoted as inaccuza.te. 

Ola1•• a,9~10 are rejaote4 ae lnaccu:rate ~·language 

just c:ri ttolaed. 

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ClalU 9:,.10 are rej eoted as unpate·ntabl• on:r olalll 8 

•1aoe aa 41•cloae4 ln Morehouse the .uae of two tapes le •ell 

tnon l n analogous appa:ratua • 

CleJ.ms 11 an4 1) are re3ecte4 aa falling to 4ef1ne tbe 

lnTentton since they merely llat aeYeral artiolea or sets of 

articles but aet forth no stzuo,ur&l oooperative relat1o~..sh1p 

•Ong them. 

Olal• 11•31 are njected u unpatentable over Hebem 

ln so far aa ther dennttely state s,rue-,ure .. 

Clalme 17 ,19,ao,a1 are reiected as ta_lllng ·to define 

atruoture in the meana t~ eftec~lng • • • displacements • • • 

tn a~ a.periodic manner• • 

Claim ~g is rejected as inaccurate in •external• and 

•tmependent•, llne b 1 aboY• aet forth. 

Claim 20 ls rejected ae inaccurate 111 •uternai•. 

Olal• a1.22 are rejected ae 1ntang1bie 1n •aequenn• 

an4 •obarao~era••. The cla.iu are rejected as inaccurate in 

•non-repeattng• since as ap~lic~nt states on page 11 the deYice 

if operated long enough wlll repeat itself. 

Ola1ms 2;.-25 baYing expressions above or1t1o1zed are. 

rejected as ta111ng to define the invention. 

Ola1ms ao-34 ar9 rejected u unpaientable under 

foreman, 326 o.o. 684, rel~ti!W to a method of sawing log. Thla 

dec1slon states that p&tentable novelty of method claims cannot 

be baaed on positive recitations of structural limitations included therein. Bweetle_nd 1923 a.D. 6 since the steps claimecl 

ware for the obTious a~..d intended function or use of the apparatus• 

deaor1bed in the nlaima to the article. 

These claims are rejected as unpatentable under Tul"tler, 

1694 O .D. l;;, or O ochran et al. Y. Deener et al. ~ig77 C .D. 242, 

which are agreed with Bobtnson•a well known·atate~ent of ~~at 1• 

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i-equi:red to conatltute a paten,able process in 'he •orde: 

•.&.n an ta an ~t OZ' a aerie• of acts putoned 

by aome pb)'81cal agen\ upon some pllyal-.1 ob3ect am procluclng ln auoh object some change·elthu of oha:raoter oioomltlon•. 

O~lo\lSlJ no oha.ngee of ol;laracter· or cord.ltion 

are effected by the practlce of the alleged metho4. 

The clalma are all rejected on 'he ground ot mul• 

ttpllcl. ty un4e:r O•a14, 1935 o .D. ao .• 

Claim a le not tlloaght patentabl7 4te,1nct from 

olala 1 nor 11 from 1a. In 12 'be eame eleaen\a are set 

fonh aa in -11 an4 tn ad41 tlon, the use of the tranam1 tter 

•h'lch ta the only oonoe1n.ble use tor tbe aame element in 

clala 11. 

On allowance of any alalm o:r upon appeal,, reTl atoa 

as to form •1 be requiied.. (Omer 2749, Uay 27,1932.) 

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