{"id":278,"date":"2022-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patbar.com\/news\/?p=278"},"modified":"2022-05-01T00:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T00:53:02","slug":"40205a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/patbar.com\/news\/2022\/05\/09\/40205a\/","title":{"rendered":"Patent Bar Review AIA Exam Question of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jones Corp. filed a nonprovisional patent application for an important invention in September 2016. The company is the applicant. Their patent attorney who has a power of attorney has been going through a difficult divorce and Jones Corp. is unsure if their representative will be able to give his best effort going forward. What would be the best way to handle this situation?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The power of attorney may be revoked at any time by the applicant and the applicant may hire another practitioner.<br \/>\n(B) Jones may revoke the attorney&#8217;s power of attorney and authorize the attorney under 37 CFR 1.34 to handle each separate requirement as time goes along.<br \/>\n(C) The company may revoke the power of attorney and act as their own representative.<br \/>\n(D) Both (A) and (B) would be proper.<br \/>\n(E) All of the answers (A), (B) and (C) would be proper.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold;\">ANSWER: (D).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See MPEP 402.05(a), first and third paragraphs, and 37 CFR 1.36(a).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA power of attorney may be revoked only by the applicant or patent owner. An assignee who is not the applicant may revoke a power of attorney only if the assignee becomes the applicant per 37 CFR 1.46(c) (which requires compliance with 37 CFR 3.71 and 3.73).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis &#8230; does not preclude a practitioner from acting pursuant to 37 CFR 1.34, if applicable. See MPEP \u00a7 402.03 for information pertaining to acting in a representative capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Note that Jones Corp. is a juristic entity and <em>must<\/em> be represented by a patent agent or patent attorney before the USPTO. All papers submitted on behalf of a juristic entity <em>must<\/em> be signed by a patent practitioner. See 37 CFR 1.31 and 37 CFR 1.33(b)(3).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qotw12\" class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/accounts.patbar.com\/?path=buy_now&amp;course=oct15\">Try PatBar<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> free!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 80%;\">Questions prepared by David E. Meeks, Esq., Institute for Patent Studies, Inc. 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