Individual Membership Application

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Name*

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State Bar Number

(please provide if applicable)

Please indicate if other than the State of California

Registered Patent Attorney (or Agent) Number

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Firm or Company Affiliation*

Address*

Street Address City State ZIP Code

Email Address*

Telephone Number

(For purposes of the Membership Directory, please list the main telephone number of the firm or company.)

Fax Number

Classes of Membership and Dues Assessed*

Please select one of the following options:

Active $125.00-Attorneys at law who are in good standing in any court of record in the United States or any of the States or Territories thereof, or agents registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and who practice in the law of patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets and who have their residence or principal office in the Membership Area. The Membership Area of the Association shall include the Federal Northern Judicial District of California and that portion of the Federal Eastern Judicial District of California which includes Yosemite National Park, the counties of Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Mono, as well as all counties north thereof.

Associate $100.00-Attorneys at law who otherwise qualify as Active Members but reside or have their principal office outside the Membership Area, or an attorney at law in good standing in a foreign country. Associate Members shall have the same privileges as Honorary Members.

In House Counsel $0-Attorneys at law who qualify as Active Members, and who are employed in a corporate legal department.

Young Lawyer $75.00-Attorneys at law who qualify as Active Members, and who graduated law school less than eight years from the date of registration.

Gov't/Academic $50.00-Attorneys at law who qualify as Active Members, and who are employed by either a governmental or academic entity.

Student $35.00-Full-time or part-time law students intending to pursue upon graduation a career specializing in patents, trademarks and/or copyrights, and who have their residence in the Membership Area. Student Members shall have the same privileges as Honorary Members.

Retired $0-Active Members who have become inactive in the practice of the law of patents, trademarks and/or copyrights. Retired Members shall have the same privileges as Honorary Members.

Honorary $0-All Federal District judges and Magistrates of the Northern District of California and all judges of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall be Honorary Members of the Association, as shall such other individuals who have rendered some signal service to the patent procession, except that it shall not be required that these individuals have their principal office or residence in the Membership Area. Honorary Members shall be exempt from the payment of dues and shall have all the privileges of Active Members except that of voting and holding office.