35 U.S.C. 152: Issue of patent to assignee
Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020
35 U.S.C. 152 Issue of patent to assignee.
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.
(Amended Jan. 2, 1975, Public Law 93-596, sec. 1, 88 Stat. 1949.)