Title 35, PatentsRelease 119-102
§152 Issue of Patent to Assignee
Title 35 › PART II — PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS › CHAPTER 14 — ISSUE OF PATENT › § 152
Summary
The Patent Office can give a patent to the person the inventor assigned the invention to, if the inventor files the application and signs a sworn written description of the invention. This only applies unless another part of the patent law says something different.
Full Legal Text
Title 35, §152
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Patents may be granted to the assignee of the inventor of record in the Patent and Trademark Office, upon the application made and the specification sworn to by the inventor, except as otherwise provided in this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 44 (R.S. 4895). Language is changed and the reference to reissue is omitted in view of the general provision in section 251.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1975—Pub. L. 93–596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1975 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596, set out as a note under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
35 U.S.C. § 152
Title 35, Patents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102