{"data":{"id":"us/35-u.s.c.-33","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"35 U.S.C. § 33","heading":"Unauthorized representation as practitioner","body":"Whoever, not being recognized to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office, holds himself out or permits himself to be held out as so recognized, or as being qualified to prepare or prosecute applications for patent, shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each offense.","path":["Title 35—PATENTS","CHAPTER 3—PRACTICE BEFORE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc35@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:18Z","sha256":"17b5d79d1c662fea85cbc2c4505cf1a4745accd5088469528b3d2c13d57cd8b8","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/35-u.s.c.-32","next":"us/35-u.s.c.-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}