http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/con/files/cons046.htm
(1) The statement may be signed by a person in the
organization having apparent authority to sign on behalf of the
organization. An officer (president, vice-president, secretary, or
treasurer) is presumed to have authority to sign on behalf of the
organization. The signature of the chairman of the board of directors is
acceptable, but not the signature of an individual director. A person
having a title (manager, director, administrator, general counsel) that
does not clearly set forth that person as an officer of the assignee is
not presumed to be an officer of the assignee or to have authority to
sign the statement on behalf of the assignee. A power of attorney from
the inventors in an organization to a practitioner to prosecute a patent
application does not make the practitioner an official of an assignee or
empower the practitioner to sign the statement on behalf of the assignee.
http://www.bitlaw.com/source/mpep/324.html
MPEP Section 324, Establishing Right of Assignee To Take Action
V. PARTY WHO MUST SIGN
(A) The submission may be signed by a person in the organization having apparent authority to sign on behalf of the organization. 37 CFR 3.73(b)(2)(ii). An officer (chief executive officer, president, vice-president, secretary, or treasurer) is presumed to have authority to sign on behalf of the organization. The signature of the chairman of the board of directors is acceptable, but not the signature of an individual director. Modifications of these basic titles are acceptable, such as vice-president for sales, executive vice-president, assistant treasurer, vice-chairman of the board of directors. In foreign countries, a person who holds the title "Manager" or "Director" is normally an officer and is presumed to have the authority to sign on behalf of the organization. A person having a title (administrator, general counsel) that does not clearly set forth that person as an officer of the assignee is not presumed to have authority to sign the submission on behalf of the assignee. A power of attorney (37 CFR 1.32(b)(4)) to a patent practitioner to prosecute a patent application executed by the applicant or the assignee of the entire interest does not make that practitioner an official of an assignee or empower the practitioner to sign the submission on behalf of the assignee.
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