37 CFR 1.422

§ 1.422 Legal representative as applicant in an international application.

United States · 37 CFR — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights · Status: effective

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Citation: 37 CFR 1.422, § 1.422 Legal representative as applicant in an international application, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/162002
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If an inventor is deceased or under legal incapacity, the legal representative of the inventor may be an applicant in an international application which designates the United States of America.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.