0651-AD58 202110 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) amends the rules of practice to eliminate the fee for status change from agent to attorney, codify the process for verifying continuing eligibility for recognition of reciprocally recognized foreign trademark agents, and eliminate a typographical error.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 37 CFR 1.21 37 CFR 11.14 37 CFR 11.19 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(D) No NPRM 11/00/2021 NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2021 Final Action 01/00/2022 Final Action Effective 02/00/2022 No None No No Yes Jonathan Evans Staff Attorney 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 571 272-4097 571 273-0074 jonathan.evans@uspto.gov P.O. Box 1450, Mail Stop OED, Alexandria VA 22313