---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 3.61"
title: "37"
number: "3.61"
heading: "Domestic representative."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/3.61"
---

# §3.61. Domestic representative.


If the assignee of a patent, patent application, trademark application or trademark registration is not domiciled in the United States, the assignee may designate a domestic representative in a document filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The designation should state the name and address of a person residing within the United States on whom may be served process or notice of proceedings affecting the application, patent or registration or rights thereunder.


## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 79522, Dec. 30, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 29642, July 6, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 79522, Dec. 30, 2002]