---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 11.8"
title: "37"
number: "11.8"
heading: "Oath and registration fee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/11.8"
---

# §11.8. Oath and registration fee.

- (a) After an individual passes the examination, or the examination is waived, the OED Director shall promptly publish a solicitation for information concerning the individual's good moral character and reputation. The solicitation shall include the individual's name, and business or communication postal address.
- (b) An individual shall not be registered as an attorney under [§ 11.6(a)](/cfr/37/11.6.md?p=a), registered as an agent under § [11.6(b)](/cfr/37/11.6.md?p=b) or [(c)](/cfr/37/11.6.md?p=c), registered as a design patent practitioner under [§ 11.6(d)](/cfr/37/11.6.md?p=d), or granted limited recognition under [§ 11.9(b)](/cfr/37/11.9.md?p=b) unless, within two years of the mailing date of a notice of passing the registration examination or of a waiver of the examination, the individual files with the OED Director a completed Data Sheet, an oath or declaration prescribed by the USPTO Director, and the registration fee set forth in [§ 1.21(a)(2)](/cfr/37/1.21.md?p=a-2) of this subchapter. An individual seeking registration as an attorney under [§ 11.6(a)](/cfr/37/11.6.md?p=a) must provide a certificate of good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State that is no more than six months old.
- (c) An individual who does not comply with the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section within the two-year period will be required to retake the registration examination.
- (d) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 67757, Nov. 17, 2008; 78 FR 20198, Apr. 3, 2013; 88 FR 78650, Nov. 16, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 67757, Nov. 17, 2008; 78 FR 20198, Apr. 3, 2013; 88 FR 78650, Nov. 16, 2023]