[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR2.18]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.18  Correspondence, with whom held.

    If papers are transmitted by an attorney at law, or a written power 
of attorney is filed, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will 
send correspondence to the attorney at law transmitting the papers, or 
to the attorney at law designated in the power of attorney. If an 
application or proceeding is not being prosecuted by an attorney at law, 
and the applicant, registrant or party to a proceeding before the Office 
has appointed a domestic representative, the Office will send 
correspondence to the domestic representative, unless the applicant, 
registrant or party designates in writing another address to which 
correspondence is to be sent. If the application or proceeding is not 
being prosecuted by an attorney and the applicant, registrant or party 
has not designated a domestic representative, the Office will send 
correspondence directly to the applicant, registrant or party, unless 
the applicant, registrant or party designates in writing another address 
to which correspondence is to be sent. Correspondence will continue to 
be sent to such address until the applicant, registrant or party, or the 
attorney or other authorized representative of the applicant, registrant 
or party, indicates in writing that correspondence is to be sent to 
another address. The Office will not undertake double correspondence, 
and if more than one attorney at law or other authorized representative 
appears or signs a paper, the Office's reply will be sent to the address 
already established in the record until another correspondence address 
is specified by the applicant, registrant or party or by the attorney or 
other authorized representative of the applicant, registrant or party.

[67 FR 79522, Dec. 30, 2002]