# Roster of Registered U.S. Patent Attorneys 1903

ROSTER
OF
Registered Attorneys
ENTITLED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
REVISED JANUARY 2, 1903.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
EXTRACTS FROM THE RULES OF PRACTICE.
APPOINTMENT.
Rule 17. An applicant or an assignee of the entire interest may prosecute his own case, but he is advised, unless familiar with such matters, to employ a competent attorney, as the value of patents depends largely upon the skillful preparation of the speci­fication and claims. The office can not aid in the selection of an attorney.
REGISTRATION.
A register of attorneys will be kept in this office, on which will be entered the names of all persons entitled to represent applicants before the Patent Office in the presentation and prosecution of applications for patent. The names of persons in the following classes will, upon their written request, be entered upon this register.
(a) Any person who on June 18, 1897, was engaged as attorney or agent in the active prosecution of applications for patent before this office, or had been so engaged at any time within five years prior thereto and is not disbarred, or is or was during such period a member of a firm so engaged and not disbarred, provided that such person shall, if required, furnish information as to one or more applications for patent so prosecuted by him.
(b) Any attorney at law who is in good standing in any court of record in the United States or any of the States or Territories thereof and shall furnish a certificate of the clerk of such United States, State, or Territorial court, duly authenticated under the seal of the court, that he is an attorney in good standing.
​(d) Any person not an attorney at law who shall file a certifi­cate from a judge of a United States, State, or Territorial court, duly authenticated under the seal of the court, that such person is of good moral character and of good repute and possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable him to render applicants for patents valuable service, and is otherwise competent to advise and assist them in the presentation and prosecution of their applications before the Patent Office.
(e) Any firm which on June 18, 1897, was engaged in the active prosecution as attorneys or agents of applications for patents before the Patent Office, or had been so engaged at any time within five years prior thereto, provided such firm or any member thereof is not disbarred, provided the names of the individuals composing the firm are stated, and provided, also, that such firm shall, if required, furnish information as to one or more applications prosecuted before the Patent Office by them.
(f) Any firm not entitled to registration under the preceding sections which shall show that the individuals composing the firm are each and all recognized as patent attorneys or agents or are each and all entitled to be so recognized under the preceding sections of this rule.
The Commissioner may demand additional proof of qualifica­tions and reserve the right to decline to recognize any attorney, agent, or other person applying for registration under this rule.
LIMITED RECOGNITION.
Any person or firm not registered and not entitled to be recog­nized under this rule as an attorney or agent to represent applicants generally may, upon a showing of circumstances which render it necessary or justifiable, be recognized by the Commissioner to prosecute as attorney or agent certain specified application or applications, but this limited recognition shall not extend further than the application or applications named.
NONRECOGNITION.
No person not registered as above provided will be permitted to prosecute applications before the Patent Office.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO BE FILED.
NAMES OF MEMBERS OF A FIRM MUST BE GIVEN.
A power of attorney purporting to have been given to a firm or copartnership will not be recognized, either in favor of the firm or of any of its members, unless all its members shall be named in such power of attorney.
SUBSTITUTION AND ASSOCIATION.
Rule 19. Substitution or association can be made by an attorney upon the written authorization of his principal; but such authori­zation will not empower the second agent to appoint a third.
REVOCATION.
Rule 20. Powers of attorney may be revoked at any stage in the proceedings of a case upon application to and approval by the Commissioner; and when so revoked the office will communicate directly with the applicant, or such other attorney as he may appoint. An attorney will be promptly notified by the docket clerk of the revocation of his power of attorney. An assignment of an undivided interest will not operate as a revocation of the power previously given; but the assignee of the entire interest may be represented by an attorney of his own selection.
ACCESS TO PENDING APPLICATIONS.
Order No. 1271.-Hereafter no person except the applicant, the assignee whose assignment is of record, or the attorney of record will be permitted to have access to the file of any application, except as provided for under the interference rules, unless written authority from the applicant, assignee, or attorney, identifying the application to be inspected, is filed in the case to become a part of the record thereof, or upon the written order of the Commis­sioner, which will also become a part of the record of the case.­—[O. G., April 4, 1899.]
* Alphabetical List of Attorneys Registered to Practice Before the United States Patent Office
* Disbarred Attorneys
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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