Clarification of Power of Attorney Practice, and Revisions to Assignment Rules
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing changes to the rules of practice to allow for more efficient processing of powers of attorney and assignment documents within the Office. For example, the Office proposes to require applicants to use the Office's Customer Number practice if a power of attorney is to be given to more than ten registered patent practitioners. In addition, the Office proposes to discontinue the current Office practice of returning patent and trademark assignment documents submitted by mail for recording in the assignment database, and to dispose of the documents according to a record retention schedule after scanning.
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/06/27/03-16262/clarification-of-power-of-attorney-practice-and-revisions-to-assignment-rules (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2003-06-27
- Document type
- Proposed Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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