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35 U.S.C. § 113 — Drawings

submitted 74 years ago by ch. 950 to r/title-35-PATENTS · 116 words · no verdicts yet

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A patent applicant must submit a drawing when one is needed to understand the invention. If a drawing could show the invention and the applicant hasn't provided one, the Director can require it within at least two months' notice. Drawings added after filing can't be used to fix gaps in the original description.

The applicant must provide a drawing when one is needed to understand the invention being patented. If the invention could be illustrated by a drawing and the applicant has not provided one, the Director may require it be submitted, giving at least two months' notice from when that notice is sent. Drawings submitted after the application's filing date may not be used (i) to fix a specification that failed to adequately explain and enable the invention, or (ii) to add new material to the original description in order to change how a claim's scope is interpreted.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The applicant shall furnish a drawing where necessary for the understanding of the subject matter sought to be patented. When the nature of such subject matter admits of illustration by a drawing and the applicant has not furnished such a drawing, the Director may require its submission within a time period of not less than two months from the sending of a notice thereof. Drawings submitted after the filing date of the application may not be used (i) to overcome any insufficiency of the specification due to lack of an enabling disclosure or otherwise inadequate disclosure therein, or (ii) to supplement the original disclosure thereof for the purpose of interpretation of the scope of any claim.

Source credit: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799; Pub. L. 94–131, § 8, Nov. 14, 1975, 89 Stat. 691; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–582; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1906.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1952Enacted · Act of July 19, 1952, ch. 950 · 66 Stat. 799
  • 1975Amended · Pub. L. 94-131 · 89 Stat. 691
  • 1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-113 · 113 Stat. 1536, 1501
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1906

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 950 on 1952-07-19.

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