<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Times" class="">I need to notify the PTO of loss of entitlement to small entity status for an issued patent for which I am not the attorney of record. </font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">"The notification that small entity status is no longer appropriate must be signed by a party identified in <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-37/section-1.33#p-1.33(b)" class="cfr external">§ 1.33(b)</a>." <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-37/part-1#p-1.27(g)(2)" class="">37 CFR 1.27(g)(2)</a></font><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">I have authorization and a signed power of attorney, but the entity status has to be changed by tomorrow because a fee is due, so there is no time to get the PTO to act on a power of attorney. I.e., there is no time to become of record.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Does a signed power of attorney (not recorded in the PTO) give me sufficient authority to act in a representative capacity to sign under <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-37/part-1#p-1.33(b)(2)" class="">37 CFR 1.33(b)(2)</a>?</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>