§1.42. Applicant for patent. — Inbound Citations

(i) The applicant (§ 1.42 or § 1.421);

(2) an applicant as defined in § 1.42, in which the domicile of at least one of the parties identified as the applicant in the application is not located within the United States or its territories; and

(3) Principal means the applicant (§ 1.42) for an application for patent and the patent owner for a patent, including a patent in a supplemental examination or reexamination proceeding. The principal executes a power of attorney designating one or more patent practitioners or joint inventors to act on the principal's behalf.

(3) The applicant (§ 1.42) or patent owner. Unless otherwise specified, all papers submitted on behalf of a juristic entity, an applicant as defined in § 1.42 in which the domicile of at least one of the parties identified as the applicant is not located within the United States or its territories, or a patent owner in which the domicile of at least one of the parties identified as the patent owner is not located within the United States or its territories must be signed by a patent practitioner.