¶ 4.06 Attorney/Agent Suspended (Sole Practitioner, Sole Inventor)
The instant application contains a power of attorney to [1] who has been [2] from practice before the Patent and Trademark Office (Office). The Office does not communicate with attorneys or agents who have been suspended or excluded from practice. Accordingly, the Office action is being mailed to you as the inventor.
Applicant may, of course, file a new power of attorney in the application to have a registered attorney or agent represent you before the Office. In the absence of an attorney or agent of record, all amendments and other papers filed in the application must be signed: (1) by you; or (2) if there is an assignee of record of an undivided part interest, by you and such assignee; or (3) if there is an assignee of the entire interest, by such assignee; or (4) by a registered patent attorney or agent, not of record, who acts in a representative capacity under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.34.
Applicant may obtain a list of registered patent attorneys and agents located in your area by consulting the USPTO web site, http://www.uspto.gov, or by calling the Office of Enrollment and Discipline at (571) 272-4097.
Examiner Note:
1. In bracket 1, insert name of suspended or excluded practitioner.
2. In bracket 2, insert either --suspended-- or --excluded--.
3. This form paragraph should be used when a suspended or excluded practitioner is the only practitioner of record and there is only a single inventor. Use form paragraph 4.07 if there are joint inventors.
4. The Office action is to be mailed only to the inventor at his/her current address of record.