An examination for persons seeking registration before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as patent attorneys and agents will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 1999, pursuant to the provisions of 37 CFR 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7. The deadline for filing applications along with the $40 non-refundable application fee and the $310.00 examination fee and all necessary showings required by 37 CFR 10.7(a) and (b) is January 8, 1999. Applications which do not contain all necessary information for consideration for the registration examination or which are not timely filed by the deadline for the April 21, 1999, registration examination may be considered for the subsequent examination scheduled for Wednesday, November 3, 1999.

All persons who wish to become recognized to practice before the U.S. 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 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for whom the examination may be waived. Passing the examination does not qualify one for registration for practice before the U.S. 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, VA, by mail addressed to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box OED, Washington, DC 20231, 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 on this Web site as soon as they have been published..