Notice of Examination for Registration
                           Wednesday, April 18, 2001

  An examination for persons seeking registration before the United
States Patent and Trademark  Office as patent attorneys and agents will
be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2001, 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
Friday, January 5, 2001. 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 5, 2001 deadline may be
considered for the subsequent examination scheduled for Wednesday,
October 17, 2001.

  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, VA, by mail
addressed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Box OED,
Washington, D.C. 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, and may also be found on the
Internet at www.uspto.gov., after September 2000.

July 28, 2000                                               HARRY I. MOATZ,
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline