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Parents may apply to the Director of Office of Enrollment and Discipline for limited recognition to prosecute specified child inventor's patent applications with a showing that the limited recognition is necessary and justifiable

37 CFR § 10.9 Limited recognition in patent cases. (a) Any individual not registered under § 10.6 may, upon a showing of circumstances which render it necessary or justifiable, be given limited recognition by the Director to prosecute as attorney or agent a specified application or specified applications, but limited recognition under this paragraph shall not extend further than the application or applications specified.

MPEP 402.01 Exceptions as to Registration If a request for special recognition accompanies the application, the Application Division will forward the file to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline.

MPEP 1002.02(m) Petitions Decided by the Director of Enrollment and Discipline ... Requests for limited recognition under 37 CFR 10.9.

(c) Review of Director's decision. Any final decision of the Director refusing to ... recognize an individual under § 10.9 ... may be reviewed by petition to the Commissioner upon payment of the fee set forth in § 1.21(a)(5). A petition filed more than 30 days after the date of the decision of the Director may be dismissed as untimely. Any petition shall contain (1) a statement of the facts involved and the points to be reviewed and (2) the action requested. Briefs or memoranda, if any, in support of the petition shall accompany or be embodied therein. The petition will be decided on the basis of the record made before the Director and no new evidence will be considered by the Commissioner in deciding the petition. Copies of documents already of record before the Director shall not be submitted with the petition. An oral hearing on the petition will not be granted except when considered necessary by the Commissioner. 

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