Chap. 348.—An ACT to authorize patent attorneys to practice patent law in Virginia
so long as the U. S. Patent Office, or any part thereof, is located in Virginia,
without being licensed as attorneys at law in Virginia, under certain conditions;
and to require a license of and impose a license tax upon any such attorney who
maintains an office in this State. [H B 496]

Approved March 31, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:
Section 1. So long as the U. S. Patent Office or any part or division
thereof is located in Virginia, patent attorneys shall be authorized to prac-
tice patent law in Virginia without being licensed or authorized as at-
torneys at law in Virginia by the Supreme Court of Appeals or by the
State Board of Bar Examiners, and without becoming members of the
Virginia State Bar.

Section 2. For the purposes of this act, “a patent attorney” is de-
fined as any one who is duly authorized to practice law in any state or
territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or who is reg-
istered to practice before the U. S. Patent Office; and “to practice patent
law” is defined to mean to perform all necessary services with respect
to matters within the jurisdiction of the Patent Office.

Section 3. This act shall not be construed to authorize such patent
attorneys to appear in any court or tribunal other than the Patent Of-
fice, nor to hold themselves out as authorized to practice law in Virginia,
except with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the Patent
Office.

Section 4. The commissioners of revenue are authorized, upon the
payment of a revenue license fee of fifteen dollars per annum, to issue a
revenue license to any patent attorney maintaining an office or place of
business in this State, which'license shall entitle the holder thereof to prac-
tice patent law only, as defined in this act. A separate license shall be re-
quired for each person so practicing patent law, and such license shall not
be prorated. Provided, however, that no additional State revenue license
shall be required of any person to practice patent law if such person is
regularly licensed in Virginia as an attorney at law.

2. Be it further enacted, That because of the emergency created by
the removal of part of the Patent Office from Washington, D. C., to
Richmond, Virginia, this act shall be in force from the date of its passage.