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FEDERAL · 37 CFR

Part 11 — Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

118 sections · Title 37: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

§ 11.1Definitions.
§ 11.2Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.
§ 11.3Suspension of rules.
§ 11.4Computing time.
§ 11.5Register of attorneys and agents in patent matters; practice before the Office.
§ 11.6Registration of attorneys and agents.
§ 11.7Requirements for registration.
§ 11.8Oath and registration fee.
§ 11.9Limited recognition in patent matters.
§ 11.10Restrictions on practice in patent matters; former and current Office employees; government employees.
§ 11.11Administrative suspension, inactivation, resignation, reinstatement, and revocation.
§ 11.12-11.13§§ 11.12-11.13 [Reserved]
§ 11.14Individuals who may practice before the Office in trademark and other non-patent matters.
§ 11.15Refusal to recognize a practitioner.
§ 11.16Requirements for admission to the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program.
§ 11.17Requirements for participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program.
§ 11.18Signature and certificate for correspondence filed in the Office.
§ 11.19Disciplinary jurisdiction; grounds for discipline and for transfer to disability inactive status.
§ 11.20Disciplinary sanctions; Transfer to disability inactive status.
§ 11.21Warnings.
§ 11.22Disciplinary investigations.
§ 11.23Committee on Discipline.
§ 11.24Reciprocal discipline.
§ 11.25Interim suspension and discipline based upon conviction of committing a serious crime.
§ 11.26Settlement.
§ 11.27Exclusion on consent.
§ 11.28Incapacitated practitioners in a disciplinary proceeding.
§ 11.29Reciprocal transfer or initial transfer to disability inactive status.
§ 11.30Participation in the USPTO Diversion Program.
§ 11.31§ 11.31 [Reserved]
§ 11.32Instituting a disciplinary proceeding.
§ 11.33§ 11.33 [Reserved]
§ 11.34Complaint.
§ 11.35Service of complaint.
§ 11.36Answer to complaint.
§ 11.37§ 11.37 [Reserved]
§ 11.38Contested case.
§ 11.39Hearing officer; responsibilities; review of interlocutory orders; stays.
§ 11.40Representative for OED Director or respondent.
§ 11.41Filing of papers.
§ 11.42Service of papers.
§ 11.43Motions before a hearing officer.
§ 11.44Hearings.
§ 11.45Amendment of pleadings.
§ 11.46-11.48§§ 11.46-11.48 [Reserved]
§ 11.49Burden of proof.
§ 11.50Evidence.
§ 11.51Depositions.
§ 11.52Written discovery.
§ 11.53Proposed findings and conclusions; post-hearing memorandum.
§ 11.54Initial decision of hearing officer.
§ 11.55Appeal to the USPTO Director.
§ 11.56Decision of the USPTO Director.
§ 11.57Review of final decision of the USPTO Director.
§ 11.58Duties of disciplined practitioner or practitioner in disability inactive status.
§ 11.59Dissemination of disciplinary and other information.
§ 11.60Petition for reinstatement of disciplined practitioner.
§ 11.61-11.99§§ 11.61-11.99 [Reserved]
§ 11.100§ 11.100 [Reserved]
§ 11.101Competence.
§ 11.102Scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and practitioner.
§ 11.103Diligence.
§ 11.104Communication.
§ 11.105Fees.
§ 11.106Confidentiality of information.
§ 11.107Conflict of interest; Current clients.
§ 11.108Conflict of interest; Current clients; Specific rules.
§ 11.109Duties to former clients.
§ 11.110Imputation of conflicts of interest; General rule.
§ 11.111Former or current Federal Government employees.
§ 11.112Former judge, arbitrator, mediator or other third-party neutral.
§ 11.113Organization as client.
§ 11.114Client with diminished capacity.
§ 11.115Safekeeping property.
§ 11.116Declining or terminating representation.
§ 11.117Sale of law practice.
§ 11.118Duties to prospective client.
§ 11.119-11.200§§ 11.119-11.200 [Reserved]
§ 11.201Advisor.
§ 11.202§ 11.202 [Reserved]
§ 11.203Evaluation for use by third persons.
§ 11.204Practitioner serving as third-party neutral.
§ 11.205-11.300§§ 11.205-11.300 [Reserved]
§ 11.301Meritorious claims and contentions.
§ 11.302Expediting proceedings.
§ 11.303Candor toward the tribunal.
§ 11.304Fairness to opposing party and counsel.
§ 11.305Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal.
§ 11.306Trial publicity.
§ 11.307Practitioner as witness.
§ 11.308§ 11.308 [Reserved]
§ 11.309Advocate in nonadjudicative proceedings.
§ 11.310-11.400§§ 11.310-11.400 [Reserved]
§ 11.401Truthfulness in statements to others.
§ 11.402Communication with person represented by a practitioner.
§ 11.403Dealing with unrepresented person.
§ 11.404Respect for rights of third persons.
§ 11.405-11.500§§ 11.405-11.500 [Reserved]
§ 11.501Responsibilities of partners, managers, and supervisory practitioners.
§ 11.502Responsibilities of a subordinate practitioner.
§ 11.503Responsibilities regarding non-practitioner assistance.
§ 11.504Professional independence of a practitioner.
§ 11.505Unauthorized practice of law.
§ 11.506Restrictions on right to practice.
§ 11.507Responsibilities regarding law-related services.
§ 11.508-11.700§§ 11.508-11.700 [Reserved]
§ 11.701Communications concerning a practitioner's services.
§ 11.702Communications concerning a practitioner's services: specific rules.
§ 11.703Solicitation of clients.
§ 11.704Communication of fields of practice and specialization.
§ 11.705Firm names and letterheads.
§ 11.706-11.800§§ 11.706-11.800 [Reserved]
§ 11.801Registration, recognition and disciplinary matters.
§ 11.802Judicial and legal officials.
§ 11.803Reporting professional misconduct.
§ 11.804Misconduct.
§ 11.805-11.900§§ 11.805-11.900 [Reserved]
§ 11.901Savings clause.