35 U.S.C. 102 Conditions for patentability; novelty and loss of right to patent.

A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -

(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or

(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, or
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(a) An oath or declaration filed under § 1.51(b)(2) as a part of a nonprovisional application must:
(1) Be executed, i.e., signed, in accordance with either § 1.66 or § 1.68. There is no minimum age for a person to be qualified to sign, but the person must be competent to sign, i.e., understand the document that the person is signing;
(2) Identify each inventor by full name, including the family name, and at least one given name without abbreviation together with any other given name or initial;
(3) Identify the country of citizenship of each inventor; and
(4) State that the person making the oath or declaration believes the named inventor or inventors to be the original and first inventor or inventors of the subject matter which is claimed and for which a patent is sought.

Takto zacina dokument, ktery podepisujes, kdyz das patentovemu advokatovi sestavit zadost:
DECLARATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PATENT APPLICATION

Attorney Docket No.

As the below named inventors, I/We hereby declare that:

My/Our name(s), residence(s), post office address(es) and citizenship(s) is/are as stated below next to my/our name(s).

If one name appears below, I am the sole inventor of the subject matter sought to be patented.

If two or more names appear below, we are joint inventors of the subject matter sought to be patented.

I/We believe I/We am/are the original; and first inventor(s) of the subject matter which is claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled ....