Appeal No. 95-3753 Application No. 08/109,983 This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 59. In an Amendment After Final (paper number 17), claim 53 was amended. The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a signal that varies as a function of time. The transmitted signal has scalar and vector potentials, but without an electromagnetic field. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows: 1. A method of communicating information that changes as a function of time from a first site to a second site comprising transmitting a signal that varies as a function of time in accordance with the information from the first site to the second site, the signal having scalar and vector potentials without including an electromagnetic field, receiving the transmitted signal at the second site, and detecting the information from the signal as received at the second site. No references were relied on by the examiner. Claims 1 through 59 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because allegedly the invention as disclosed is inoperative and therefore lacks utility. Claims 1 through 59 stand rejected under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 because allegedly the specification fails to provide an enabling disclosure and, therefore, fails to adequately teach one skilled in the art how to make and/or use the invention without resort to undue experimentation. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007