United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 13 December 2005

                       Notice of 2006 USPTO Administered
                         Examination for Registration


   An examination for persons seeking registration before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (Office) as patent attorneys and agents will be
held July 12 through 14, 2006, and July 26 and 27, 2006, pursuant to 35
U.S.C. Sec. 2(b)(2)(D) and 37 CFR Sec. 11.7. Monday, April 10, 2006 is the
deadline for filing applications along with the appropriate application fee
and the $450.00 examination fee and all necessary showings required by 37
CFR Sec. 11.7(a) and Sec. 11.7(b).

   The USPTO administered examination is given only at the United States
Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. The USPTO administered
examination is not given at any other location.

   Due to limited seating and the uncertainty of the number of persons
applying to take the examination, it is possible that not everyone will be
able to take the examination on the same date. Accordingly, the first group
of approved applicants filling the available seats will be scheduled to
take the examination on Wednesday, July 12, 2006. The next group of
approved applicants will be scheduled to take the examination on July 13th.
Applicants granted admission will be assigned a testing date for each
available date until all test dates are filled. The Office of Enrollment
and Discipline (OED) will notify applicants of their scheduled examination
date.

   The USPTO administered examination will use paper examination booklets,
mark-sense answer sheets, and the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
(MPEP) furnished by the Office. For further information and the application
form, consult the General Requirements Bulletin available on the Internet
at the following Web address:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/gcounsel/oed.htm. A printed copy of
the General Requirements Bulletin is available from the OED as single
copies for a prepaid fee of $15.00 per copy.

   Applications filed on or after April 11, 2006 will not be considered for
the July 2006 examination. A timely filed application is one that is
received in the Office on or before April 10, 2006, or mailed on or before
April 10, 2006, in full compliance with the certificate of mailing
provisions of 37 CFR Sec. 1.8, or 37 CFR Sec. 1.10. Please consult the
provisions of 37 CFR Secs. 1.8 and 1.10. 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 Sec. 1.4(e),
they may not be filed by facsimile or electronically.

   Registration does not qualify one for practice before the Office in
trademark cases. Such recognition is governed by 37 CFR Sec. 10.14.

   For further information, please contact the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline by calling (571) 272-4097.


November 15, 2005                                            HARRY I. MOATZ
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline