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This link[0] seems to suggest that filing under a pseudonym is not possible. Full legal name, residence, and citizenship of each inventor must be provided. And
by desdiv 7y ago
This link[0] seems to suggest that filing under a pseudonym is not possible. Full legal name, residence, and citizenship of each inventor must be provided.
And there are criminal penalties for knowingly supplying the patent office with false information[1]:
>1) All statements made therein of the party’s own knowledge are true, all statements made therein on information and belief are believed to be true, and all statements made therein are made with the knowledge that whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the Office, knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or knowingly and willfully makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or knowingly and willfully makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be subject to the penalties set forth under 18 U.S.C. 1001 and any other applicable criminal statute, and violations of the provisions of this section may jeopardize the probative value of the paper; and ...
[0] https://www.dhuelaw.com/blog/2017/february/is-it-possible-to-file-a-patent-application-usin/ https://www.dhuelaw.com/blog/2017/february/is-it-possible-to...
[1] https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s410.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s410.html
- mr_overalls 7y agoRemember that the NSA has illegally spied on US citizens for decades. I think the Navy could easily swing a waiver from the Patent Office under the rationale of "national security."
- BubRoss 7y agoPeople knew about that though - slashdot had articles on echelon collecting emails 20 years ago but it just didn't make enough of a splash.
- egdod 7y agoAdministrative agencies don’t get to waive statutory law.
- camel_Snake 7y agoWhy would anonymizing the actual inventor be a matter of national security when they could easily have prevented the patent from being disclosed in the first place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act