§ 26.
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.
(Added [Pub. L. 88–292, § 1], Mar. 26, 1964, [78 Stat. 171]; amended [Pub. L. 93–596, § 1], Jan. 2, 1975, [88 Stat. 1949]; [Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(a)(10)(A)]], Nov. 29, 1999, [113 Stat. 1536], 1501A–582; [Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13206(b)(1)(B)], Nov. 2, 2002, [116 Stat. 1906].)