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Title 37 - PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTSChapter I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCESubchapter A - GENERALPart 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASESSubpart B - NATIONAL PROCESSING PROVISIONS
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Section 1.110 - Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims

37 C.F.R. § 1.110

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Section 1.110 - Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims

When one or more joint inventors are named in an application or patent, the Office may require an applicant or patentee to identify the inventorship and ownership or obligation to assign ownership, of each claimed invention on its effective filing date (as defined in § 1.109 ) or on its date of invention, as applicable, when necessary for purposes of an Office proceeding. The Office may also require an applicant or patentee to identify the invention dates of the subject matter of each claim when necessary for purposes of an Office proceeding.

37 C.F.R. §1.110

78 FR 11058, Feb. 14, 2013

Part 2 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations.

Part 6 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations.

Part 7 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to trademarks regulations.

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Part 3 pertaining to both patents and trademarks is placed in the grouping pertaining to patents regulations.

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