CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 1 to 5) > PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES > SUBPART C—International Processing Provisions (§1.401 to §1.499) > 1.422—When the inventor is dead.

1.422—When the inventor is dead.

In case of the death of the inventor, the legal representative (executor, administrator, etc.) of the deceased inventor may file an international application which designates the United States of America.