35 U.S.C. § 33 — Unauthorized representation as practitioner

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It's illegal to pretend you are recognized to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, or to claim you are qualified to prepare or file patent applications, when you are not. Breaking this rule carries a fine of up to $1,000 per offense.

This section punishes false claims about patent practice. If someone is not recognized to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, but holds themselves out — or lets themselves be held out — as recognized, or as qualified to prepare or prosecute patent applications, they can be fined up to $1,000 for each offense.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, not being recognized to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, holds himself out or permits himself to be held out as so recognized, or as being qualified to prepare or prosecute applications for patent, shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each offense.

Source credit: (July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1952Enacted · Act of July 19, 1952, ch. 950 · 66 Stat. 796
1975Amended · Pub. L. 93-596 · 88 Stat. 1949

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 950 on 1952-07-19.

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