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[CITE: 35USC26]

 
                            TITLE 35--PATENTS
 
            PART I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
 
        CHAPTER 2--PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
 
Sec. 26. Effect of defective execution

    Any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and 
which is required by any law, rule, or other regulation to be executed 
in a specified manner may be provisionally accepted by the Director 
despite a defective execution, provided a properly executed document is 
submitted within such time as may be prescribed.

(Added Pub. L. 88-292, Sec. 1, Mar. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 171; amended Pub. 
L. 93-596, Sec. 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1536, 1501A-582.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-113 substituted ``Director'' for ``Commissioner''.
    1975--Pub. L. 93-596 substituted ``Patent and Trademark Office'' for 
``Patent Office''.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29, 1999, 
see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-113, set out 
as a note under section 1 of this title.


                    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.
