Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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400 Representative of Inventor or Owner

409.01(e) If Applicant of Assigned Application Dies

When an applicant who has prosecuted an application after assignment, dies, the administrator of the deceased applicant's estate may carry on the prosecution upon filing letters of administration unless and until the assignee intervenes ( MPEP § 402.07).

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