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title: "35 U.S.C. § 33"
description: "Unauthorized representation as practitioner"
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title_number: 35
title_name: "PATENTS"
chapter_number: "3"
chapter_name: "PRACTICE BEFORE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE"
section: "33"
citation: "35 U.S.C. § 33"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 35 U.S.C. § 33 - Unauthorized representation as practitioner
## 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.
(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 93596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision NotesBased 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
Amendments1975—Pub. L. 93596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1975 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of Pub. L. 93596, set out as a under section 1111 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.