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Question:Any member of the U.S. Patent and Trademark office are prohibited from applying for a patent.
Answer: Officers and employees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office are prohibited by law from applying for a patent or acquiring, directly or indirectly, except by inheritance or bequest, any patent or any right or interest in any patent.
Question:Applicants may be required to provide speciments of the composition of their invention if necessary.
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The applicant may be required to furnish specimens of the composition, or of its ingredients or intermediates, for inspection or experiment. If the invention is a microbiological invention, a deposit of the micro-organism involved is required.
Question:There are plant patents for anyone who invents or discovers new types of plants.
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Patents on plants to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant.
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