			     Notice of Reprimand 


   A practitioner has been privately reprimanded by the Director
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
   32 for engaging in conduct that adversely reflects on his fitness to
practice, engaging in conduct the practitioner knew or should have
known he or she was not competent to engage in, without properly
associating with another practitioner, engaging in conduct that
constituted handling a legal matter without adequate preparation under
the circumstances, and engaging in conduct that constituted neglecting
a legal matter entrusted to the practitioner.
 


						           JAMES A. TOUPIN1 
						            General Counsel 
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
	
         
1On January 31, 2002, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
delegated to the General Counsel the authority under 37 C.F.R.    10.156 
to decide appeals from the initial decisions of administrative law judges, 
and to issue final decisions in	proceedings under 35 U.S.C.    32.
