When an inventor is unable to provide a statement due to death, incapacitation, or unavailability, MPEP 151 offers alternative solutions: “When an inventor applicant is deceased or legally incapacitated, or where it is shown to the satisfaction of this Office that he or she refuses to furnish a statement or cannot be reached after diligent…

When an applicant doesn’t have firsthand knowledge about certain aspects of the invention’s relationship to government contracts, MPEP 151 provides guidance: “In instances where an applicant does not have firsthand knowledge whether the invention involved work under any contract, subcontract, or arrangement with or for the benefit of the Atomic Energy Commission, or had any…

If inventorship changes after filing a property rights statement, MPEP 151 provides specific guidance: “If a request under 37 CFR 1.48 for correction of inventorship is granted during pendency of an application in which a property rights statement has been filed, a supplemental statement executed by any added inventor(s) is required and should promptly be…

According to MPEP 151, the term ‘applicant’ in the context of Atomic Energy Act and NASA Act statements is interpreted as follows: “The word ‘applicant’ in both of these statutes is construed by the Office to mean the inventor or joint inventors in person, or an assignee, obligated assignee, or a person who otherwise shows…

Statements under the Atomic Energy Act and NASA Act must set forth “the full facts” surrounding the conception and making of the invention. According to MPEP 151, these facts should be unique to that invention. The MPEP states: “The use of form paragraphs or printed forms which set forth only broad generalized statements of fact…