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403.02 Two Attorneys for Same Application [R-3] - 400 Representative of Inventor or Owner
403.02 Two Attorneys for Same Application [R-3]
If the applicant simultaneously appoints two principal attorneys, he or she should indicate with whom correspondence is to be conducted. If one is a local Washington metropolitan area attorney and the applicant fails to indicate either attorney, correspondence will be conducted with the local attorney.
If, after one attorney is appointed, a second attorney is later appointed without revocation of the power of the first attorney, the *>correspondence address< of the second attorney is entered **>into the application file record< (Ex parte Eggan, 1911 C.D. 213, 172 O.G. 1091 (Comm'r Pat. 1911)), **>so< that the Office letters are to be sent to him or her. **