37 CFR 1.33(e): A change of address filed in a patent application or patent does not change the address for a patent practitioner in the roster of patent attorneys and agents. See § 11.11 of this title. This means that practitioners must separate...
The plan to introduce a design patent practitioner bar first was introduced in Oct. 2022. An applicant must meet the following criteria: “a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree in one of the areas the USPTO considers when hiring design patent examiners (or an equivalent): industrial d...
These degrees are currently acceptable for design patent examiners at the USPTO, so this change brings consistency between design patent examiners and the design patent practitioners. Design patent practitioners will still have to pass the current registration examination as well as a moral character eva...
Changing the correspondence address in a patent application does not affect a patent practitioner’s address in the USPTO roster of patent attorneys and agents. This is explicitly stated in37 CFR 1.33(e): A change of address filed in a patent application or patent does not change the address ...