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 1476 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [52 STAT. supervision of a duly registered patent attorney, or who has served for three years in the examining corps of the Canadian Patent Office, and who shall file proof that he is of good moral character and of good repute and possessed of the necessary technical qualifications to enable him competently to prosecute applications before the Pat- ent Office, may be entered on the register of Patent Attorneys with the approval of the Minister; provided however that attorneys who are not Canadian Nationals may continue to practice with respect to pending applications. (2) Each person residing outside Canada whose name is entered on the Register of Attorneys, shall state, in respect of each application or other proceeding filed by him in the Patent Office, the name and address of an attorney resident in Canada, who is associated with him in the carriage of the application or other proceeding, and no applications or other proceedings by an attorney resident outside Canada shall be filed, entered or examined until an associate resident in Canada has been so named. The associate so named shall be a person qualified under (a), (b) or (e) of subsection (1) of this section and whose name is entered in the Register of Attorneys in the Patent Office. Notices, letters and other communications relating to the application or other proceeding shall be forwarded by the Office to the Canadian associate and shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Patent Act and of the Rules and Regulations, to have been com- municated by the Office to the Attorney filing the application or other proceeding. (3) The Commissioner of Patents, with the approval of the Min- ister, after giving notice and opportunity for a hearing, may suspend or exclude, either generally or in any particular case, from further practice before this office any person, agent or attorney shown to be incompetent or disreputable, or guilty of gross misconduct, or who refuses to comply with the rules and regulations, or who shall, with intent to defraud in any manner, deceive, or mislead any applicant or prospective applicant, or other person having immediate or prospec- tive business before the Patent Office by word, circular, letter, or by advertising, or who shall guarantee the successful prosecution of any application for patent or the procurement of any patent, or by word, circular, letter, or advertisement shall make any false promise or mis- leading representation. The reasons for any such suspension or exclusion shall be duly recorded, and the action of the Commissioner may be reviewed by the Minister. If the name of an attorney registered under (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of this section shall be removed from the list of those registered as entitled to practise before the Patent Office of the Dominion, colony, state or country in which he resides, his name shall be removed by the Commissioner from the Register of Attorneys permitted to practise before the Canadian Patent Office. (4) All advertising matter of registered patent attorneys or other agents interested in the procuring or developing of patents used for the promotion of their business shall be submitted to the Commis- sioner before being issued, but such advertising matter shall not contain any matter from which, due to its arrangement or text, it may be inferred that the Commissioner vouches for the statements made therein or the ability or integrity of the advertiser. Any violation of this rule shall incur a penalty of suspension of practice before the Patent Office for one month or for such longer period as the Com- missioner may determine.

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