Statutory invention registration

The third invention reported by the authors [19] was related to sulfur oxidation, but the invention was not patented. It was only registered with the Statutory Invention Registration (SIR). What this means is that, it is not a utility patent as the rest of the documents considered in this Chapter, rather a SIR registered document containing the specification and drawings of a provisional application filed for a patent, which has not been subjected to examination yet. It is issued by the PTO, if the applicant, among other requirements, waives the right to receive a patent on the invention within such period as may be prescribed by the Commissioner. The invention such as this, on which a statutory invention certificate is published, is not a patented invention for most purposes. 

IMI 208-06 M. E. Ducote (United States Department of the Army) Statutory Invention Registration,... 

L. C. Carlton and J. A. Finnegan, US Statutory Patent Invention Registration H778 (1990). 

Patents afford the owner the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention, and are entirely dependent on statutory registration. They are acquired by disclosing an invention in an appHcation duly filed and prosecuted in accord with the patent laws (see Patents and trade secrets). 

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