35 U.S.C. § 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.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1963–1998 · leading case: Pannu v. Iolab Corp., 155 F.3d 1344 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
Pannu v. Iolab Corp., 155 F.3d 1344 (Fed. Cir. 1998). “”), 35 U.S.C. § 117 (1994) (entitled "Death or incapacity of inventor"), 35 U.”
A. F. Stoddard & Co., Ltd. v. C. Marshall Dann, Comm'r of Patents, 564 F.2d 556 (D.C. Cir. 1977). “The statutes, 35 U.S.C. §§ 117 and 118 (1970), do, however, expressly provide for acceptance of applications and issuance of patents where the application is filed in the name of an inventive entity not represented by any signature: § 117.”
Vogel v. Jones, 486 F.2d 1068 (C.C.P.A. 1973). “An aromatic unit bearing substituents on adjacent carbon atoms is ortho substituted.”
Superior Elec. Co. v. Burski, 193 A.2d 898 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1963). “xecutrix of the decedent’s estate, succeeded to and now has all rights in and to such improvement or invention and all obligations with respect thereto which the dece *448 dent had at the time of his death, and is the person authorized and empowered to make application for a…”
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