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Title 35 - Patents
Part II - Patentability of Inventions and Grant of Patents
Chapter 11 - Application for Patent
Sec. 117 - Death or incapacity of inventor
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| 35 U.S.C. § 117 (2021) |
| §117. Death or incapacity of inventor |
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Legal representatives of deceased inventors and of those under legal incapacity may make application for patent upon compliance with the requirements and on the same terms and conditions applicable to the inventor. |
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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §46 (R.S. 4896, amended (1) Feb. 28, 1899, ch. 227, 30 Stat. 915, (2) Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1019, §3, 32 Stat. 1225, 1226, (3) May 23, 1908, ch. 188, 35 Stat. 245). The language has been considerably simplified. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 35 - PATENTS |
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| Title 35 - PATENTS PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS CHAPTER 11 - APPLICATION FOR PATENT Sec. 117 - Death or incapacity of inventor |
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| 30 Stat. 915 32 Stat. 1225 35 Stat. 245 66 Stat. 799 |
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