Title 35 — Patents
Part I · Chapter 3 — Practice Before Patent and Trademark Office
§ 33. Unauthorized representation as practitioner
Statutory text
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796 · 66 Stat. 796
Enacted · 35 U.S.C. § 33
July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796Pub. L. 93–596 § 1 · 88 Stat. 1949
Substituted · 35 U.S.C. § 33
Pub. L. 93–596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 93–596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. The Trademark Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 427, as amended (15 U.S.C. sec. 1051 et seq. (1970)), and title 35 of the United States Code, entitled “Patents”, are amended by striking out each time they 35 USC 1 et seq. appear “Patent Office” and “Commissioner of Patents” and inserting in lieu thereof “Patent and Trademark Office” and “Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks”, respectively.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596, set out as a under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on Title 35, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 11a (May 9, 1938, ch. 188, 52 Stat. 342).
This is a criminal statute. The language has been considerably simplified and the upper limit of the penalty is increased.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1975—Pub. L. 93–596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1975 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–596 effective , see section 4 of Pub. L. 93–596, set out as a under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Credits
1952–1975 · 2 acts
- 1952July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796
- 1975Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, , 88 Stat. 1949.
Show as published
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, , 88 Stat. 1949.)