Fill and Sign the Pool Service Agreement Form

I. S-SIGNATURE EXAMPLES, 37 CFR 1.4(d)(2) effective September 21, 2004 A. BY INVENTORS, AFFIANTS (e.g., §§ 1.131 & 1.132), ASSIGNEES AND PRACTITIONERS SIGNING AS INVENTORS SIGNATURE TYPE SIGNATURE TREATMENT 1. S-Signature within forward slashes, name below /John T. Smith/ John T. Smith Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). 2. S-Signature with spaces within forward slashes, name below / John T. Smith / John T. Smith Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). 3. S-Signature within forward slashes, name below but no line under the S-Signature /John T. Smith/ John T. Smith Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2), as a line is not required, although it is recommended. 4. Script font S-Signature within slashes, name below /John T. Smith/ John T. Smith Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). 5. Name above, S-Signature within slashes, below John T. Smith /John T. Smith/ Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). 6. S-Signature within slashes, name on right side /John T. Smith/ John T. Smith Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). 7. S-Signature within slashes, name below, both signature and name have typos /Johon T. Smith/ John T. Smmith Proper signature Signer identifiable, typo should be noted in record. 8. S-Signature without slashes, name below John T. Smith John T. Smith Improper signature Treat as unsigned due to lack of slashes, § 1.4(d)2(i). 9. Script font S-Signature without slashes, name below John T. Smith PREFERRED ü Improper signature Treat as unsigned due to lack of slashes, § 1.4(d)2(i). John T. Smith 10. S-Signature within double slashes, name below //John T. Smith// John T. Smith Improper signature Treat as unsigned due to extra slashes, § 1.4(d)2(i). 11. S-Signature within slashes /John T. Smith/ Improper signature Treat as unsigned as no name provided, § 1.4(d)(2)(iii). 12. Graphic symbol S-Signature within slashes, name below /J/ John T. Smith Improper signature Treat as unsigned due to use of graphic symbol, § 1.4(d)(2)(i). 13. Improper punctuation symbols in S-Signature within slashes, name below /Good?Great!!!/ John T. Smith Improper signature Treat as unsigned due to use of ? and ! symbols, § 1.4(d)(2)(i). NOTE: Signatures by assignees are also required to be by: 1) an appropriate party of the assignee to sign; 2) supported by evidence that the proper assignee is submitting the document. The assignee of the entire interest, or all partial assignees, must sign any correspondence (§§ 3.71(b) & (c)). October 27, 2004 Page 1 I. S-SIGNATURES EXAMPLES (continued) B. BY PRACTITIONERS OF RECORD OR ACTING IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY 1. SIGNATURE TYPE SIGNATURE TREATMENT S-Signature & reg no. /John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999/ John T. Smith Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). within slashes, name below 2. Proper Signature S-Signature & reg no. /John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999/ Proper Signature within slashes, name below John T. Smith Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2), but no line under S-Signature PREFERRED ü as a line is not required, although it is recommended. 3. 4. 5. Script font S-Signature within /John T. Smith/ Proper Signature slashes, name & reg. no. below John T. Smith, Reg. #999999 Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). S-Signature within slashes, /Customer Number 555555/ Proper Signature name below with reg. no. John T. Smith, Reg. No. 999999 Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). S-Signature within slashes, /John T. Smith/ John T. Smith, Reg. #999999 Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). /John T. Smith/ Reg. #999999 John T. Smith Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). name below with reg. no. 6. S-Signature within slashes, and with reg. no. to the right, Proper Signature Proper Signature name below 7. 8. 9. Reg. no. to left of S-Signature Reg. #999999 /John T. Smith/ Proper Signature within slashes, name below John T. Smith Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). Name above, S-Signature and John T. Smith Proper Signature reg. no. within slashes below /John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999/ Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). S-Signature and reg. no. within /John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999/ John T. Smith slashes, name on right side 10. Proper Signature Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). S-Signature and reg. no. within Bill Jones Proper Signature slashes, name below; John T. by /John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999/ Treat as signed, § 1.4(d)(2). Smith signing his signature for John T. Smith Acceptable because of John T. Smith's Bill Jones (whose name appears signature, for himself. first) 11. S-Signture within double slashes, //John T. Smith// Improper signature name and reg. no. below John T. Smith, Reg. #999999 Treat as unsigned due to extra slashes, § 1.4(d)(2)(i). 12. S-Signature within back slashes, \John T. Smith\ Improper signature name and reg. no. below John T. Smith, Reg. #999999 Treat as unsigned due to back slashes instead of forward slashes, § 1.4(d)(2)(i). 13. S-Signature without slashes, John T. Smith Improper signature name and reg. no. below John T. Smith, Reg. #999999 Treat as unsigned due to lack of slashes, § 1.4(d)(2)(i). October 27, 2004 Page 2 ü ü I. EXAMPLES OF S-SIGNATURES (continued) B. BY PRACTITIONERS OF RECORD OR ACTING IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY (continued) 14. Script font S-Signature without John T. Smith Improper signature slashes, name and reg. no. below John T. Smith, Reg. #999999 Treat as unsigned due to lack of slashes, § 1.4(d)(2(i). 15. Graphic symbol S-Signature within /Jface/ Improper signature. slashes, name and reg. no. below John T. Smith, Reg #999999 Treat as unsigned due to usage of graphic symbol, § 1.4(d)(2(i). 16. Improper punctuation symbols in /Good?Great!!!/ Improper signature. S-Signature within slashes, John T. Smith, Reg #999999 Treat as unsigned due to use name and reg. no. below 17. S-Signature within slashes and of ? and ! symbols, § 1.4(d)(2(i). /John T. Smith/ Reg #99999 reg. no. to right Improper signature. Treat as unsigned as no name provided, § 1.4(d)(2(iii). 18. S-Signature within slashes and /John T. Smith/ Improper signature. name below John T. Smith Treat as unsigned as no registration number provided, § 1.4(d)(2(ii). 19. S-Signature and reg. no. with only Bill Jones Improper signature. 1 slash, name below. by/ John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999 Treat as unsigned as no slash John T. Smith signing John T. Smith mark is after signature, § 1.4(d)(2(i). his signature for Bill Jones (whose name appears first) 20. S-Signature and reg. no. within Bill Jones Improper signature. slashes, John T. Smith signing by /John T. Smith, Reg.# 999999/ Treat as unsigned as no signer name provided, § 1.4(d)(2(iii). his signature for Bill Jones (whose name appears first) October 27, 2004 Page 3 II. HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE EXAMPLES, 37 CFR 1.4(d)(1) A. BY INVENTORS, AFFIANTS, ASSIGNEES & PRACTITIONERS OF RECORD EXAMPLES SIGNATURE TYPE SIGNATURE TREATMENT PREFERRED 1. Handwritten with name below Proper signature No change, recommended for non-practitioners to include name. ü 2. Handwritten with name and registration number below Proper signature No change, recommended for practitioners to include name and reg. no. ü 3. Handwritten Proper signature No change, name not required, § 1.4(d)(1). 4. Handwritten within multiple slashes Proper signature No change, name not required, slashes not required or prohibited, §1.4(d)(1). 5. Handwritten within slashes Proper signature No change, name not required, slashes not required or prohibited, §1.4(d)(1). B. BY PRACTITIONERS SIGNING IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY (37 CFR 1.34) (NOT OF RECORD) EXAMPLES 1. Handwritten Proper signature See § 1.4(d)(1). Name in addition to signature is required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). 2. Handwritten within multiple slashes Proper signature Slashes not required or prohibited, §1.4(d)(1). Name in addition to signature is required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). John T. Smith, Reg. No. 99999 3. Handwritten within slashes John T. Smith, Reg. No. 99999 4. Handwritten with reg. no. Improper signature Treat as unsigned; no name provided as required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). Reg. No. 99999 5. Proper signature Slashes not required or prohibited, §1.4(d)(1). Name in addition to signature is required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). Handwritten with name Improper signature Treat as unsigned; no registration number provided as required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). John T. Smith 6. Handwritten with slashes Improper signature Treat as unsigned; no name and registration number provided as required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). 7. Handwritten with slashes Improper signature Treat as unsigned; no name and registration number provided as required by § 1.34, see 1283 OG 148 (June 22, 2004). October 27, 2004 Page 4 ü III. S-SIGNATURE EXAMPLE PERMITTED ON CURRENT OFFICE CREATED FORMS: Fillable Office forms found on the Office’s website will be treated, if appropriately completed, as compliant with 37 CFR 1.4(d)(2). Requirements for placement of signature, name and registration number: October 27, 2004 5 IV. EFS CHARACTER CODED SIGNATURE EXAMPLE 37 CFR 1.4(d)(3) (Note: this form of signature was previously permitted under a waiver of the rules for EFS. EFS documentation did not require forward slashes until August 23, 2004): A. CREATION (INPUT): How to input a signature into an EFS menu, which creates an EFS character coded form, which is then transmitted via EFS to the office. Example, EFS payment form menu: October 27, 2004 6 IV. EFS CHARACTER CODED SIGNATURE EXAMPLE (continued): B. APPEARANCE IN IFW: When the Office prints out an EFS filed document that has an EFS character coded signature, it is recognizable as an EFS submission by the inclusion of Electronic and Stylesheet Version numbers. Example, EFS Power of Attorney form: October 27, 2004 7 IV. EFS CHARACTER CODED SIGNATURE EXAMPLE (continued): C1. HOW TO RECOGNIZE AN EFS PAPER AS IT APPEARS IN IFW: To assist in identifying EFS filings (e.g., new applications and IDSs), look for an EFS Data Sheet (which does not contain a signature). A sample older format EFS datasheet includes: October 27, 2004 8 IV. EFS CHARACTER CODED SIGNATURE EXAMPLE (continued): C2. HOW TO RECOGNIZE AN EFS PAPER AS IT APPEARS IN IFW: To assist in identifying EFS filings (e.g., new applications and IDSs), look for an EFS Data Sheet (which does not contain a signature). A sample of the latest format EFS datasheet which includes list of the electronic documents that were filed: October 27, 2004 9