[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.44]

[Page 32]
 
             TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
    CHAPTER I--PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--National Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.44  Proof of authority.

    In the cases mentioned in Secs. 1.42 and 1.43, proof of the power or 
authority of the legal representative must be recorded in the Patent and 
Trademark Office or filed in the application before the grant of a 
patent.

(35 U.S.C. 6, 111, 116, 117, 118)