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A statement executed in a patent application stating among other things that the applicant has made the invention described therein.
A written statement made with the understanding that willfully providing false information is punishable by fines or imprisonment or both. In the U.S., declaration may be used instead of an oath (a sworn statment) to verify that information being submitted to the USPTO is true. MPEP 602, MPEP 715, MPEP 716.
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