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• REF ID: A363567. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE --

PAPER No. 

8 • . JHE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS 

WASHINGTON 251 D. C. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 

WASHINGTON 

All commrmicalions respem~ this application should sive '''" 

serial number, date of /ilinB, and name of the applicant. 

Please}ind below a communication from the EXAMINER RI b .. --:-...__ ~ in cliarge of this application. ~ _, ~/. . ~ta~ A1() ..... a.,.«.&-,. ..... 9 ~~ •QC.~ .... '-A.- ry1 // -•. / .. 4 ' 

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GPO lo-27315-7 

Ser. Na. 

Filed 

For 

Responsive ·to attenQ.r:iont :.filed Oct. 20., l?h9. 

c1a.:.r:1a 2 and 3 are a .. :ain rejected as p.rescnt~.nc 

~o patan::s.ble distinctlon over blle 1937 patent to Flfiedr!lrul. 

Thla patent discloses a ci:;n·;cnttonal cu:r:Pent source,. 

oryptogl"&.phic switches and rotors 1n Fi~o 7 which 

prov1c.le a pluxaality of variable electl'loal paths, end 

G"Ontacts at 171 and ~31, anotho~ awltoh at 10 ro~ selecting a Of:>nto.ct such as .23 at one end of the ser1as. 

a a1,_:;~a11:.n.c device in tho .forr.i of a recister at 13 

aasoc!ated e.t 14 w.tth each or the contacts at the t-:,,-p 

end of the ael"ios _, and r:i.eS'. :,s , shown _in Figure 5 for.t vaeying 

the a1gn11'1ce.nce.o£ the energization.of the aieualing 

devico 13. Ir ti1e o:':e!'nto.r desi~ed to use the ~a!;ented 

apparatus only as an authent1cf;!to:r;t ss applicant doesf he 

would need to use on1y a po~t1on of the ten keys 11. 

Also• he could disconnect or 1ncapac1 te.to sor.~e o.r th.o 

keys or ao:rmeotions. ?his is all. that applicant ar•PC:iu»s 

to ~ve done in this veapcot because all plugs anc'i. je.c~:s 

99' and 99" a~o availub1a in' the present device 11: one 

desired to r---ake uao or· ther.2, ~eroforo,. tho seleotion 

of 1'!anl7 so:-:c or the conte.ots in the patent b:.- usinc 

only pa!'t 0£ the ava.tl:.:.blo c.jn.tacts ll of th.o awi tch 

10 would not a.i:10unt to putcnta.ble inver:ti··ri. In the 

absence o!' S.TJ.Y str-J.ct.wa rocited in tho cla:i:'.s w.:.:1611 

1a ap-:)(lif~~c to applicant's partlc·..U.o.r apI.:.niratus1 thoalairus aro clenl"'lY ant.ic:pntod b;- th.c i?I'iedr:Ul.n pa.tont. 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 07-29-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
REF ID:A36356. 

Serial No. 551,172 -2-

Olaici 5 :!.s r.oj"eated on tho 1937 patent to 

Fztiedma.n 1n view of th& 1938 pa. tent to 1'"J:a1odr:mn • Tho 

. use of a two position sw::..tch to cause currant to i'lot1 

in separate l!nes according to the position or tho 

sw1tch la auch comt"ien p::'tact1ce as not to be cons1de:r•.ed 

1nvent1ve. Also, such an idea '8 shown at 11 in the 

1938 patent and 67 1n tho 1937 patent. 

In 1:na 7 of ol.aln 2,. the word -- the --

ehould appoar bo£ore "contacts". 

Olait:t 5 1s ouJected to as containing no 

antecedent basis for ftan.otha~ switch" 1n line 5 and 

fol"' "'said i•oto~ atepp1ns dov.too" 1n line 9• 

Cla1t12 2. 3 and 5 s::and rejected. Claim 

6 appears allowable. 

The abovo rojectod ts hereby t:adc P!liAL. 

1U.th :rA>.fe~~enoo to any f'urthcr- action tllat 

cay be tnken in this oa:::c attention is d11"ootecl to nevi 

Rules 116 and 191-195 ::.ow in :foztad.