United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2008_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c8085eda D09002ee1c8085f5b United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Patent and Trademark Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is adopting new rules governing the conduct of disciplinary investigations, issuing warnings when closing such investigations, disciplinary proceedings, non-disciplinary transfer to disability inactive status and reinstatement to practice before the Office. The Office is adopting a new rule regarding recognition to practice before the Office in trademark cases. The Office also is adopting a new rule to address a practitioner's signature and certificate for correspondence filed in the Office. These changes will enable the Office to better protect the public from practitioners who do not comply with the Office's ethics rules and from incapacitated practitioners. 73 FR 47650 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-08-14/E8-18109 E8-18109 fr14au08-10 RIN 0651-AB55 3510-16-P Docket No.: PTO-C-2005-0013 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-08-14/E8-18109 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-08-14/html/E8-18109.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-08-14/pdf/E8-18109.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Patents Inventions and Patents Lawyers Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Trademarks International Registration 55 p. 47650 47704 73 FR 47650 Title 37 Part 10 37 CFR Part 10 Title 37 Part 11 37 CFR Part 11 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 2 37 CFR Part 2 Title 37 Part 41 37 CFR Part 41 Title 37 Part 7 37 CFR Part 7 RIN 0651-AB55 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Federal Register Vol. 73, Issue RULE E8-18109 II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2008-09-15 Docket No.: PTO-C-2005-0013 3510-16-P E8-18109 Final rule.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is adopting new rules governing the conduct of disciplinary investigations, issuing warnings when closing such investigations, disciplinary proceedings, non-disciplinary transfer to disability inactive status and reinstatement to practice before the Office. The Office is adopting a new rule regarding recognition to practice before the Office in trademark cases. The Office also is adopting a new rule to address a practitioner's signature and certificate for correspondence filed in the Office. These changes will enable the Office to better protect the public from practitioners who do not comply with the Office's ethics rules and from incapacitated practitioners.

Effective Date: September 15, 2008. Harry I. Moatz ((571) 272-6069), Director of Enrollment and Discipline (OED Director), directly by phone, by facsimile to (571) 273-6069 marked to the attention of Mr. Administrative Practice and Procedure Patents Inventions and Patents Lawyers Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Trademarks International Registration Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent and Trademark Office, http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html Vol. 73, no. 158 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2008-08-14 continuing daily deposited born digital 302 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-08-14 P0b002ee1809bca7c 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr14au08 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-08-14 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-08-14/pdf/FR-2008-08-14.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-08-14/xml/FR-2008-08-14.xml fdlp 47523 47815 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-05 FR-2008-08-14 machine generated eng FR FR-2008-08-14 73 158