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Title 35—PATENTS > PART II—PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS > CHAPTER 11—APPLICATION FOR PATENT

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An application for patent shall be made, or authorized to be made, by the inventor, except as otherwise provided in this title, in writing to the Director.

( July 19, 1952, ch. 950 , 66 Stat. 798 ; Pub. L. 97–247, § 5 , Aug. 27, 1982 , 96 Stat. 319 ; Pub. L. 103–465, title V, § 532(b)(3) , Dec. 8, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4986 ; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, §§ 4732(a)(10)(A), 4801(a)] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1536 , 1501A–582, 1501A–588; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1906 ; Pub. L. 112–29 , §§ 3(e)(2), 4(a)(3), (d), 20(j), Sept. 16, 2011 , 125 Stat. 287 , 295, 296, 335; Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 102(3) , title II, § 201(a), Dec. 18, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1531 , 1533.)

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