[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.64]

[Page 54]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--National Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.64  Person making oath or declaration.

    (a) The oath or declaration (Sec. 1.63), including any supplemental 
oath or declaration (Sec. 1.67), must be made by all of the actual 
inventors except as provided for in Secs. 1.42, 1.43, 1.47, or 
Sec. 1.67.
    (b) If the person making the oath or declaration or any supplemental 
oath or declaration is not the inventor (Secs. 1.42, 1.43, 1.47, or 
Sec. 1.67), the oath or declaration shall state the relationship of the 
person to the inventor, and, upon information and belief, the facts 
which the inventor is required to state. If the person signing the oath 
or declaration is the legal representative of a deceased inventor, the 
oath or declaration shall also state that the person is a legal 
representative and the citizenship, residence, and mailing address of 
the legal representative.

[65 FR 54667, Sept. 8, 2000]