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35 U.S.C. § 114 — Models, specimens

submitted 74 years ago by ch. 950 to r/title-35-PATENTS · 49 words · no verdicts yet

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The Director can require a patent applicant to submit a model of their invention. The model must be sized to clearly show the invention's different parts. For inventions involving a composition of matter, the Director can also require sample ingredients for inspection or testing.

This section is a single, undivided provision with no lettered subsections. The Director — the head of the Patent and Trademark Office — may require a patent applicant to send in a model of the invention. The model must be a "convenient size," meaning small enough to handle and display, and it must show the invention's different parts clearly enough for the Office to judge them. When the invention is a "composition of matter" — a chemical, mixture, or similar substance — the Director may instead (or in addition) require the applicant to send in specimens or ingredients. The purpose is so the Office can inspect the material or run experiments on it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Director may require the applicant to furnish a model of convenient size to exhibit advantageously the several parts of his invention.

When the invention relates to a composition of matter, the Director may require the applicant to furnish specimens or ingredients for the purpose of inspection or experiment.

Source credit: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 799; 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
  • 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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