United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 February 2002

                    Notice of Examination for Registration
                          Wednesday, October 16, 2002

   An examination for persons seeking registration before the United
States Patent  and Trademark Office as patent attorneys and agents will
be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 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, July 5, 2002.

   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 July 5, 2002
deadline will not be considered for the October 16, 2002 examination. A
timely filed application is one that is received in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office on or before July 5th or mailed on or before
July 5th in full compliance with the certificate of mailing provisions of
37 CFR   1.8, or mailed on or before July 5th 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 Tuesday, April 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 March 2002, at the following
Web address: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/

                                                             HARRY I. MOATZ
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline