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Can patents be transferred or sold?

April 26, 2017patents sold transferred

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Can patents be transferred or sold?

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Yes. A patent is personal property and may be transferred, sold, mortgaged, bequeathed by a will or passed to the heirs of a deceased patentee. The patent law provides for the transfer or sale of a patent, or of an application for patent, by an instrument in writing.