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403.02 Two Attorneys for Same Application - 400 Representative of Inventor or Owner
403.02 Two Attorneys for Same Application
If the applicant simultaneously appoints two principal attorneys, he or she should indicate with whom correspondence is to be conducted. If one is a local Washington metropolitan area attorney and the applicant fails to indicate either attorney, correspondence will be conducted with the local attorney.
If, after one attorney is appointed, a second attorney is later appointed without revocation of the power of the first attorney, the name of the second attorney is entered on either the face of the file or the PALM bib-data sheet (Ex parte Eggan, 1911 C.D. 213, 172 O.G. 1091 (Comm'r Pat. 1911)), with notation that the Office letters are to be sent to him or her. This applies also to associate attorneys.
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