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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "35 U.S.C. § 33"
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description: "Unauthorized representation as practitioner"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 35
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title_name: "PATENTS"
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chapter_number: "3"
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chapter_name: "PRACTICE BEFORE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE"
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section: "33"
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citation: "35 U.S.C. § 33"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 35 U.S.C. § 33 - Unauthorized representation as practitioner
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## Text
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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.
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(July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949.)
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## Notes
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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.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1975—Pub. L. 93–596 substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 1975 AmendmentAmendment 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.
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