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[CITE: 35USC117]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
        PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
 
                   CHAPTER 11--APPLICATION FOR PATENT
 
Sec. 117. Death or incapacity of inventor

    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.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 46 (R.S. 4896, amended (1) 
Feb. 28, 1899, ch. 227, 30 Stat. 915, (2) Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1019, 
Sec. 3, 32 Stat. 1225, 1226, (3) May 23, 1908, ch. 188, 35 Stat. 245).
    The language has been considerably simplified.
