2019 US Code
Title 35 - Patents
Part I - United States Patent and Trademark Office
Chapter 2 - Proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office
Sec. 25 - Declaration in lieu of oath
35 U.S.C. § 25 (2019) |
§25. Declaration in lieu of oath |
(a) The Director may by rule prescribe that any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and which is required by any law, rule, or other regulation to be under oath may be subscribed to by a written declaration in such form as the Director may prescribe, such declaration to be in lieu of the oath otherwise required. (b) Whenever such written declaration is used, the document must warn the declarant that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. 1001). |
(Added Pub. L. 88–292, §1, Mar. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 171; amended Pub. L. 93–596, §1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, §13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.) |
AMENDMENTS
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 106–113. See 1999 Amendment note below. 1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–113, as amended by Pub. L. 107–273, substituted "Director" for "Commissioner" in two places. 1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–596 substituted "Patent and Trademark Office" for "Patent Office". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 106–113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §4731] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1975 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 93–596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 35 - PATENTS |
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United States Code |
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Title 35 - PATENTS PART I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CHAPTER 2 - PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Sec. 25 - Declaration in lieu of oath |
section 25 |
2019 |
January 24, 2020 |
Yes |
standard |
78 Stat. 171 88 Stat. 1949 113 Stat. 1536 116 Stat. 1906 |
Public Law 88-292, Public Law 93-596, Public Law 106-113, Public Law 107-273 |