[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR10.7]

[Page 348-349]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 10--REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.7  Requirements for registration.

    (a) No individual will be registered to practice before the Office 
unless he or she shall:

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    (1) Apply to the Commissioner in writing on a form supplied by the 
Director and furnish all requested information and material and
    (2) Establish to the satisfaction of the Director that he or she is:
    (i) Of good moral character and repute;
    (ii) Possessed of the legal, scientific, and technical 
qualifications necessary to enable him or her to render applicants for 
patents valuable service; and
    (iii) Is otherwise competent to advise and assist applicants for 
patents in the presentation and prosecution of their applications before 
the Office.
    (b) In order that the Director may determine whether an individual 
seeking to have his or her name placed upon the register has the 
qualifications specified in paragraph (a) of this secion, satisfactory 
proof of good moral character and repute and of sufficient basic 
training in scientific and technical matters must be submitted to the 
Director. Except as provided in this paragraph, each applicant for 
registration must take and pass an examination which is held from time 
to time. Each application for admission to take the examination for 
registration must be accompanied by the fee set forth in Sec. 1.21(a)(1) 
of this subchapter. The taking of an examination may be waived in the 
case of any individual who has actively served for at least four years 
in the patent examining corps of the Office. The examination will not be 
administered as a mere academic exercise.
    (c) Within two months from the date an applicant is notified that he 
or she failed an examination, the applicant may request regrading of the 
examination upon payment of the fee set forth in Sec. 1.21(a)(6). Any 
applicant requesting regrading shall particularly point out the errors 
which the applicant believed occurred in the grading of his or her 
examination.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0651-0012)