[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: 37CFR3.71]

[Page 183]
 
             TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
    CHAPTER I--PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 3--ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.71  Prosecution by assignee.

    The assignee of record of the entire right, title and interest in an 
application for patent is entitled to conduct the prosecution of the 
patent application to the exclusion of the named inventor or previous 
assignee. The assignee of a registered trademark or a trademark for 
which an application to register has been filed is entitled to conduct 
the prosecution of the trademark application or registration to the 
exclusion of the original applicant or previous assignee.