37 CFR 1.68 — Declaration in lieu of oath
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
Any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and which is required by any law, rule, or other regulation to be under oath may be subscribed to by a written declaration. Such declaration may be used in lieu of the oath otherwise required, if, and only if, the declarant is on the same document, warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. 1001) and may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issuing thereon. The declarant must set forth in the body of the declaration that all statements made of the declarant’s own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
[49 FR 48416, Dec. 12, 1984, effective Feb. 11, 1985]
Cited by
- 1893.01(e) Inventor’s Oath or Declaration
- 2301.02 Definitions
- 402.03 Signature Requirements for Papers Filed in an Application
- 410 Representations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- 602 Oaths and Declarations
- 602.01(b) Inventor’s Oath or Declaration in Application Filed Before September 16, 2012
- 602.04 Foreign Executed Oath
- 609.04(b) Timing Requirements for an Information Disclosure Statement
- 715.04 Who May Make Affidavit or Declaration Under 37 CFR 1.131(a); Formal Requirements of Affidavits and Declarations
- 716 Affidavits or Declarations Under 37 CFR 1.132 and Other Evidence Traversing Rejections
- 717.01(c) Who May Make Affidavit or Declaration; Formal Requirements of Affidavits and Declarations
- 37 CFR 1.63 (pre-AIA) Oath or declaration
- 37 CFR 1.497 (pre-AIA) Oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4)
- 37 CFR 41.2 Definitions
- 37 CFR 42.2 Definitions