[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.34]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 1_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_National Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.34  Acting in a representative capacity.

    When a patent practitioner acting in a representative capacity 
appears in person or signs a paper in practice before the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office in a patent case, his

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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 on whose behalf he or she 
acts. In filing such a paper, the patent practitioner must set forth his 
or her registration number, his or her name and signature. Further proof 
of authority to act in a representative capacity may be required.

[70 FR 56127, Sept. 26, 2005]