MPEP Section 409.01(e), If Applicant of Assigned Application Dies

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This document contains Section 409.01(e) ("If Applicant of Assigned Application Dies") of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Eighth Revision (July 2010). This page was last updated in January 2011. You may return to the section index to find a particular section. Alternatively, you may search the MPEP using the search box that appears on the left side of every page of BitLaw--you may restrict your search to the MPEP on the search results page.

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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).