[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.34]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--National Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.34  Recognition for representation.

    (a) When a registered attorney or agent acting in a representative 
capacity, pursuant to Sec. 1.31, appears in person or signs a paper in 
practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in a 
patent case, his or her personal appearance or signature shall 
constitute a representation to the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office that under the provisions of this subchapter and the law, he or 
she is authorized to represent the particular party in whose behalf he 
or she acts. In filing such a paper, the registered attorney or agent 
should specify his or her registration number with his or her signature. 
Further proof of authority to act in a representative capacity may be 
required.
    (b) When a registered attorney or agent shall have filed his or her 
power of attorney, or authorization, duly executed by the person or 
persons entitled to prosecute an application or a patent involved in a 
reexamination proceeding, pursuant to Sec. 1.31, he or she is a 
principal registered attorney or agent of record in the case. A 
principal registered attorney or agent, so appointed, may appoint an 
associate registered attorney or agent who shall also then be of record.

[65 FR 54662, Sept. 8, 2000]