In the United States,
each named inventor must execute an oath (declaration) as required by 37 Code
Federal Regulations 1.63(a)(1):
(a) The inventor, or
each individual who is a joint inventor of a claimed invention, in an
application for patent must execute an oath or declaration directed to the
application, ….
There is no minimum age
for a person to sign the oath or declaration, so long as they are competent to
understand what they are signing, including the claims (gasp!) and be able to
appreciate the duty of disclosure to the U.S. Patent Office all information
known to be material to patentability. See e.g., 37 CFR 1.63(c):
(c) A person may not
execute an oath or declaration for an application unless that person has
reviewed and understands the contents of the application, including the claims, and is aware of the duty
to disclose to the Office all information known to the person to be material to
patentability as defined in § 1.56. There is no minimum age for a person to be
qualified to execute an oath or declaration, but the person must be competent
to execute, i.e., understand, the document that the person is executing.
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