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United States Statutory Invention Registration United States Statutory Invention Registration In former United States patent law, a statutory invention registration (SIR) was a publication of an invention by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The publication was made at the request of the applicant (i.e. inventor(s) or assignee(s)). In order for an applicant to have a patent application published as an SIR, the following conditions had to be met: Historically, statutory invention registrations were used by applicants for publishing patent applications on which they no longer felt they could get patents. By publishing the patent applications, they helped ensure that the inventions were