What is the purpose of recording patent assignment documents?
What is the purpose of recording patent assignment documents? Recording patent assignment documents serves several important purposes: Providing notice to the public of the assignment Creating a public record of the assignment Protecting against subsequent purchasers without notice Establishing priority of ownership rights According to MPEP 302, ‘The recording of an assignment document in the…
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MPEP 318 provides clear guidance on where assignment documents should be forwarded for recording. According to the manual: “Assignment documents submitted for recording should not be placed directly in application or patent files, but should be forwarded to Assignment Division for recording.” This means that when submitting assignment documents, they should be sent to the…
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