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[CITE: 35USC152]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
        PART II--PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
 
                       CHAPTER 14--ISSUE OF PATENT
 
Sec. 152. Issue of patent to assignee

    Patents may be granted to the assignee of the inventor of record in 
the Patent and Trademark Office, upon the application made and the 
specification sworn to by the inventor, except as otherwise provided in 
this title.

(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 93-596, Sec. 1, Jan. 2, 
1975, 88 Stat. 1949.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 44 (R.S. 4895).
    Language is changed and the reference to reissue is omitted in view 
of the general provision in section 251.


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 93-596 substituted ``Patent and Trademark Office'' for 
``Patent Office''.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Amendment 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.
