Notice of Examination for Registration
                          Wednesday, April 17, 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, April 17, 2002, 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 4, 2002. Once an applicant is
accepted to sit for the examination, the $310.00 examination fee is
non-refundable for any reason, even if the applicant does not sit for
the examination. The examination fee will not be rolled over or applied
to a future examination. In the case of applicants who are not admitted
to the examination for any reason, including those failing to meet the
qualifications for admission, the $310.00 examination fee will be
refunded. Applicants whose applications do not contain all necessary
information for consideration and fees for the registration
examination, or whose applications are not timely filed by the January
4th deadline will not be considered for the April 2002
examination. A timely filed application is one that is received in the
USPTO on or before January 4th, or mailed on or before
January 4th in full compliance with the certificate of
mailing provisions of 37 CFR   1.8, or mailed on or before January
4th 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. Persons filing after the deadline must
file a new application for the subsequent examination to be scheduled
for the fall of 2002.

   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 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 from the
Office of Enrollment and Discipline, and may also be found on the
Internet after September 2001, at the following Web address:
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed.

July 26, 2001                                                HARRY I. MOATZ
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline