[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: 37CFR2.24]

[Page 243-244]
 
              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. 2.24  Designation of domestic representative by foreign applicant.

    If an applicant is not domiciled in the United States, the applicant 
may designate by a document filed in the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office the name and address of some person resident in the 
United States on whom may be served notices or process in proceedings 
affecting the mark. If the applicant does not file a document 
designating the name and address of a person resident in the United 
States on whom may be served notices or process in proceedings affecting 
the mark, or if the last person designated cannot be

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found at the address given in the designation, then notices or process 
in proceedings affecting the mark may be served on the Director. The 
mere designation of a domestic representative does not authorize the 
person designated to prosecute the application unless qualified under 
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of Sec. 10.14 of this subchapter and 
authorized under Sec. 2.17(b).

[67 FR 79522, Dec. 30, 2002]