Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 787,412 - Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy through the Natural Mediums Patent Wrapper Page 5

518 State of New York, County of he New York.. Nikola Tesla. the above-named petitioner, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a citizen of the United States, and resident of the Borough of Manhattan, in the City and County and State of New York, and that -verily believes to be the original, first and sole-inventor of the improvements in the Art of Transmitting Electrical Energy through the Natural Media, country. 'Sworn to and subscribed before me) this 15th day of May 1900.) SS.: described and claimed in the annexed specification; that_ he does not know and does not believe that the same was ever known or used before — his — invention or discovery thereof; or patented or described in any printed publication in the United States of America or any foreign country before_ his: or discovery thereof or more than two years prior to this application; or in public use or on sale in the United States for more than two years prior to this application, and that no application for foreign patent has been filed by inventions or his legal representative or assigns in de M. Laweon Gyer 21. nolary Public (63), himself him any foreign Nikola Tesla