35 U.S.C. 33: Unauthorized representation as practitioner
Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020
35 U.S.C. 33 Unauthorized representation as practitioner.
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.
(Amended Jan. 2, 1975, Public Law 93-596, sec. 1, 88 Stat. 1949.)