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2213 Representative of Requester [R-2] - 2200 Citation of Prior Art and Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
2213 Representative of Requester [R-2]
37 CFR 1.510 Request for ex parte reexamination.
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(f) If a request is filed by an attorney or agent identifying another party on whose behalf the request is being filed, the attorney or agent must have a power of attorney from that party or be acting in a representative capacity pursuant to § 1.34(a).
Where an attorney or agent files a request for an identified client (the requester), he or she may act under either a power of attorney >from the client<, or act in a representative capacity under 37 CFR 1.34(a), >see< 37 CFR 1.510(f). While the filing of the power of attorney is desirable, processing of the reexamination request will not be delayed due to its absence.
If any question of authority to act is raised, proof of authority may be required by the Office.
All correspondence for a requester that is not the patent owner should be addressed to the representative of the requester, unless a specific indication is made to forward correspondence to another address.
If the request is filed by a person on behalf of the patent owner, correspondence will be directed to the patent owner at the address as indicated in 37 CFR 1.33(c), regardless of the address of the person filing the request. See MPEP § 2222 for a discussion of who receives correspondence on behalf of a patent owner and how changes in the correspondence address are to be made.
A patent owner may not be represented during a reexamination proceeding by an attorney or other person who is not registered to practice before the Office, since those individuals are prohibited by 37 CFR 1.33(c) from signing amendments and other papers filed in a reexamination proceeding on behalf of the patent owner.
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