---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 97.153"
title: "7"
number: "97.153"
heading: "Persons recognized."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/97.153"
---

# §97.153. Persons recognized.


Unless specifically authorized as provided in [§ 97.151](/cfr/7/97.151.md), no person shall be permitted to file or advance applications before the Office on behalf of another person.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Plant Variety Protection Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted.