United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 August 2002

                    Notice of Examination for Registration
                           Tuesday, April 15, 2003

   An examination for persons seeking registration before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office as patent attorneys and
agents will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, pursuant to the
provisions of 37 CFR    10.5, 10.6, and 10.7. The deadline for filing
applications along with the $40.00 non-refundable application fee and
the $310.00 examination fee and all necessary showings required by 37
CFR    10.7(a) and (b) is Friday, January 3, 2003.

   Once an applicant is accepted to sit for the examination, the
$310.00 examination fee is nonrefundable for any reason, even if the
applicant does not sit for the examination. Deferment of the $310.00
examination fee is addressed in the General Requirements Bulletin.

   In the case of applicants who are not admitted to the
examination for any reason, including those who fail to meet the
qualifications for admission, the $310.00 examination fee will be
refunded. Applications which do not contain all necessary information
for consideration and fees for the registration examination, or which
are not timely filed by the January 3, 2003 deadline will not be
considered for the April 15, 2003 examination. A timely filed
application is one that is received in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office on or before January 3d or mailed on or before January
3d in full compliance with the certificate of mailing provisions of 37
CFR   1.8, or mailed on or before January 3d in full compliance with
the provisions of 37 CFR   1.10. Please consult the provisions of 37
CFR    1.8 and 1.10 inasmuch as a mere postmark on an
application-containing envelope is not sufficient to meet the deadline.
Inasmuch as applications must bear applicant's original signature, 37
CFR   1.4(e), they may not be filed by facsimile or electronically.
Checks or authorizations to charge a fee on a credit card accompanying
an application filed after the deadline will be processed for
collection of the nonrefundable $40 application fee. The $310
examination fee, if collected, will be refunded under separate cover.
Persons filing applications after the deadline must file a complete new
application, as well as both the application and examination fees, for
the subsequent examination scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2003.

   All persons who wish to become recognized to practice before
the United States Patent and Trademark Office in patent cases must,
pursuant to the above noted rules, pass the registration examination,
except those persons who actively served four years or more in the
patent examining corps of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
for whom the examination may be waived. Passing the examination does
not qualify one for registration for practice before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office in trademark cases. Such recognition is
governed by 37 CFR   10.14.

   For further information, or to request an application form,
please contact the Office of Enrollment and Discipline, in person at
Suite 1103, 2221 South Clark Street, Crystal Plaza 6, Arlington,
Virginia; by calling (703) 306-4097; or by faxing your inquiry or
request to (703) 306-4134. The General Requirements Bulletin and
Application forms will be available, and may also be found on the
Internet after September 2002, at the following Web address:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/.

July 23, 2002                                                HARRY I. MOATZ
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline