MPEP Chapter 400 Index

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Chapter 400: Representative of Inventor or Owner

400 Representative of Inventor or Owner
401 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Cannot Aid in Selection of Attorney
402 Power of Attorney; Acting in a Representative Capacity

402.01 Exceptions as to Registration
402.02 Appointment of Associate Attorney or Agent
402.05 Revocation
402.06 Attorney or Agent Withdraws
402.07 Assignee Can Revoke Power of Attorney of Applicant and Appoint New Power of Attorney
402.08 Application in Interference
402.09 International Application
402.10 Appointment/Revocation by Less Than All Applicants or Owners

403 Correspondence - With Whom Held

403.01 Correspondence Held With Associate Attorney
403.02 Two Patent Practitioners for Same Application

404 Conflicting Parties Having Same Patent Practitioner
405 Patent Practitioner Not of Record
406 Death of Patent Practitioner
407 Suspended or Excluded Patent Practitioner
408 Telephoning Patent Practitioner
409 Death, Legal Incapacity, or Unavailability of Inventor

409.01 Death of Inventor

409.01(a) Prosecution by Administrator or Executor
409.01(b) Proof of Authority of Administrator or Executor
409.01(c) After Administrator or Executor Has Been Discharged
409.01(d) Exception in Some Foreign Countries
409.01(e) If Applicant of Assigned Application Dies
409.01(f) Intervention of Executor Not Compulsory
409.02 Insanity or Other Legal Incapacity
409.03 Unavailability of Inventor

409.03(a) At Least One Joint Inventor Available
409.03(b) No Inventor Available
409.03(c) Legal Representatives of Deceased Inventor Not Available
409.03(d) Proof of Unavailability or Refusal
409.03(e) Statement of Last Known Address
409.03(f) Proof of Proprietary Interest
409.03(g) Proof of Irreparable Damage
409.03(h) Processing and Acceptance of a 37 CFR 1.47 Application
409.03(i) Rights of the Nonsigning Inventor
409.03(j) Action Following Acceptance of a 37 CFR 1.47 Application

410 Representations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office