{"id":950,"date":"2022-01-27T00:54:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T00:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/?page_id=950"},"modified":"2022-01-27T00:54:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T00:54:44","slug":"applicant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/index.php\/resources\/patent-filing\/applicant\/","title":{"rendered":"Applicant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-1024x46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" width=\"1138\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-1024x46.png 1024w, https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18-768x35.png 768w, https:\/\/inventedly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/img_18.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/index.php\/resources\/\" title=\"Resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/inventedly.com\/index.php\/resources\/patent-filing\/\" title=\"Patent Filing\">Patent Filing<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tApplicant\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"applicant\" style=\"color:#0461ce\">Applicant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#0461ce;color:#0461ce\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">An \u201capplicant\u201d for a patent may include: the inventor, all or fewer than all of the joint inventors, the person to whom the invention is under an obligation of assignment to or who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest, and a legal representative for an inventor that is deceased or under legal incapacity.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_950_1('footnote_plugin_reference_950_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_950_1('footnote_plugin_reference_950_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_950_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_950_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">See, e.g., MPEP \u00a7 605.01.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_950_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_950_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> \u00a0\u00a0An applicant for a patent may file and prosecute their own case. 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