{"data":{"id":"us/35-u.s.c.-26","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"35 U.S.C. § 26","heading":"Effect of defective execution","body":"Any document to be filed in the Patent and Trademark Office and which is required by any law, rule, or other regulation to be executed in a specified manner may be provisionally accepted by the Director despite a defective execution, provided a properly executed document is submitted within such time as may be prescribed.","path":["Title 35—PATENTS","CHAPTER 2—PROCEEDINGS IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc35@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:18Z","sha256":"c2223f509688cfbd14ddd342588a1dd614de668152485b2ab463a6bc683afe93","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/35-u.s.c.-25","next":"us/35-u.s.c.-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}