Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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400 Representative of Inventor or Owner

409.01(c) After Administrator or Executor Has Been Discharged

When an administrator or executor has performed his or her functions and has been discharged and it is desired to make an application for an invention of the deceased, it is necessary for the administrator or executor to take out new letters of administration in order that he or she may file a new application for an invention of the deceased inventor.

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