¶ 4.07 Attorney/Agent Suspended (Sole Practitioner, Joint Inventors)
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 the address of the inventor first named in the application.
Applicants may, of course, file a new power of attorney in the application to have a registered attorney or agent represent them 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 all named applicants unless one named applicant has been given a power of attorney to sign on behalf of the remaining applicants, and the power of attorney is of record in the application; or (2) if there is an assignee of record of an undivided part interest, by all named applicants retaining an interest 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.
Applicants may obtain a list of registered patent attorneys and agents located in their 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 the name of the suspended or excluded practitioner.
2. In bracket 2, insert either --suspended-- or --excluded--.
3. This form paragraph should be used when the suspended or excluded practitioner is the only practitioner of record and there are joint inventors. Use form paragraph 4.06 if there is a single inventor.
4. The Office action is to be mailed only to the inventor first named in the declaration at his or her current address of record.