Declaration For Plant Application Using An Application Data Sheet {PTO-SB-03A}

PTO/SB/03A, DECLARATION (37 CFR 1.63) FOR PLANT APPLICATION USING AN APPLICATION DATA SHEET (37 CFR 1.76), § 1.63 Inventor's oath or declaration. (a) The inventor, or each individual who is a joint inventor of a claimed invention, in an application for patent must execute an oath or declaration directed to the application, except as provided for in § 1.64. An oath or declaration under this section must: (1) Identify the inventor or joint inventor executing the oath or declaration by his or her legal name; (2) Identify the application to which it is directed; (3) Include a statement that the person executing the oath or declaration believes the named inventor or joint inventor to be the original inventor or an original joint inventor of a claimed invention in the application for which the oath or declaration is being submitted; and (4) State that the application was made or was authorized to be made by the person executing the oath or declaration. (b) Unless the following information is supplied in an application data sheet in accordance with § 1.76, the oath or declaration must also identify: (1) Each inventor by his or her legal name; and (2) A mailing address where the inventor customarily receives mail, and residence, if an inventor lives at a location which is different from where the inventor customarily receives mail, for each inventor. (c) A person may not execute an oath or declaration for an application unless that person has reviewed and understands the contents of the application, including the claims, and is aware of the duty to disclose to the Office all information known to the person to be material to patentability as defined in § 1.56. There is no minimum age for a person to be qualified to execute an oath or declaration, but the person must be competent to execute, i.e., understand, the document that the person is executing. www.FormsWorkflow.com