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§ 11.62 -11.99 [Reserved] - Appendix R Patent Rules
§ 11.62 -11.99 [Reserved]
Index II — RULES RELATING TO REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Address change... 10.11, 11.11
Advertising... 10.31, 10.32
Agents, registration of... 11.6
Agreements restricting practice... 10.38
Aliens... 11.6, 11.9
Applicant for patent, representation of... 1.31, 11.10
Attorneys, recognition of to practice in trademark cases... 11.14
Attorneys, registration of to practice in patent cases... 11.6, 11.7
Breach of trust... 10.23
Business transactions or relations with client... 10.65
Candidate for judicial office... 10.103
Canons and disciplinary rules... 10.20 - 10.112
Certificate of mailing... 1.8, 10.23
Certification effect of signature... 11.18
Circumventing a disciplinary rule, amendment... 10.23
Code of Professional Responsibility... 10.20 - 10.112
Coercion, Use of... 10.23
Committee on Discipline... 10.4
Communicating with person having adverse
interest... 10.67
Communications concerning practitioner's service... 10.31
Compensation for legal services... 10.68
Competence... 10.76, 10.77
Complaint instituting disciplinary proceedings... 11.34
Concealment of material information... 10.23
Conduct in proceeding before Office... 10.89
Conduct prejudicial to the administration of
justice... 10.23
Conflict of interest... 10.66
Conviction of criminal offense... 10.23
Deceit... 10.23
Decisions of the USPTO Director... 11.56, 11.57
Definitions:
Affidavit... 10.1
Agent... 11.6
Application... 10.1
Attorney or lawyer... 11.1
Canon... 10.20
Confidence... 10.57
Differing interests... 10.1
Director of Enrollment and Discipline... 10.1
Disciplinary rule... 10.20
Disqualified... 11.1
Excessive legal fees... 10.36
Excluded practitioner... 10.1
Federal agency... 11.1
Federal program... 11.1
Giving information... 10.1
Invention development services... 10.23
Law firm... 10.1
Legal counsel... 10.1
Legal profession... 10.1
Legal service... 10.1
Legal system... 10.1
Mandatory Disciplinary Rule... 11.1
Non-practitioner... 10.1
Office... 10.1
Person... 10.1
Practitioner... 10.1
Proceeding before the Office... 10.1
Professional legal corporation... 10.1
Registration... 10.1
Respondent... 11.34
Secret... 10.33, 10.57
Serious crime... 11.1
State... 10.1, 11.1
Suspended practitioner... 10.1
Tribunal... 10.1
United States... 10.1
Appointment... 11.2
Duties... 11.2
Review of decisions of OED Director... 11.2
Amendment of pleadings... 11.45
Answer to complaint... 11.36
Appeal to the USPTO Director... 11.55
Burden of proof... 11.49
Certificate of mailing... 1.8
Committee on Discipline... 11.23
Complaint... 11.34
Contested case... 11.38
Deliberations of Committee on Discipline... 10.4
Discovery in Disciplinary Proceedings... 11.52
Duties of disciplined or resigned practitioner... 11.58
Exclusion on consent... 11.27
Filing papers after complaint filed... 11.41
Hearing officer... 11.39
Hearings... 11.44
Incapacitated practitioners... 11.28
Initial decision of hearing officer... 11.54
Instituting disciplinary proceeding... 11.32
Investigations of violations of disciplinary rules... 11.22
Post hearing memorandum... 11.53
Reciprocal discipline... 11.24
Reciprocal transfer... 11.29
Reinstatement of suspended or excluded practitioner... 11.60
Representative for OED Director/respondent... 11.40
Review of decision denying reinstatement of practitioner... 11.2
Review of interlocutory orders by hearing officer... 11.39
Savings clause... 11.61
Service of complaint... 11.35
Service of papers... 11.42
Settlement of complaint... 11.26
Warnings... 11.21
Disclosure of... 10.23, 10.24, 10.84, 10.85
Deliberations of committee on discipline... 10.4
Depositions... 11.51
Discovery... 11.52
Evidence... 11.50
Motions filed with hearing officer... 11.43
Employment:
Acceptance... 10.39
Failure to carry out contract... 10.84
Refusing employment... 10.62, 10.63, 10.66
Withdrawal from employment... 10.40, 10.63, 10.66
Failure to disclose material fact with regard
to registration... 10.22
Failure to notify client... 10.23
False accusations... 10.23
False statements concerning officials... 10.102
Favors, improperly bestowing... 10.23
Fees:
Annual practitioner maintenance fee:
Registered attorney or agent... 1.21(a)(7), 11.8(d)
Individual granted limited recognition... 1.21(a)(8)
Delinquency... 1.21(a)(9)(i)
Petition to review decision of Director of Enrollment and Discipline... 1.21(a)(5)
Registration for admission to examination... 1.21(a)(1)
Registration to practice... 1.21(a)(2)
Reinstatement... 1.21(a)(9)(ii)
Gift, improperly bestowing... 10.23
Government employees, registration of to practice in patent cases... 11.10
Illegal conduct involving moral turpitude... 10.23
Illegal fees for services... 10.36
Improper alteration of patent application... 10.23
Improper execution of oath or declaration... 10.23
Improper influence... 10.23
Improper signature... 10.23
Improperly bestowing thing of value... 10.23
Incompetence... 10.77, 10.78
Indecent statement, making of.... 10.23
Independent professional judgment,
exercise of... 10.61, 10.62, 10.66, 10.68
Individual unqualified in respect to
character, education, etc.... 10.22, 11.7
Influence by others than client... 10.68
Information precluding registration, failure
to disclose... 10.22
Integrity and competence of the legal profession, maintaining of... 10.22
Interest in litigation or proceeding before Office, acquiring of... 10.64
Joint venture... 10.23
Judicial office, candidate for... 10.103
Legal fees:
Division of... 10.37
Failure to pay... 10.40
Sharing of... 10.48
Malpractice, limiting client's liability... 10.78
Materially false statements in application for
registration... 10.22
Misappropriation of funds... 10.23
Misconduct... 10.23
Misrepresentations... 10.22, 10.23
Multiple employment... 10.66
Neglecting legal matters... 10.77
Non-practitioner, formation of partnership with... 10.49
Oath requirement... 11.8
Officials, contact with... 10.93
Petitions:
Reinstatement... 11.60
Review of final decision of USPTO Director... 11.57
Review decision of Director of Enrollment and Discipline... 11.2
Suspension of rules... 10.170
Recognition to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office:
Agents... 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.14
Aliens... 11.6, 11.7, 11.14
Attorneys... 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.14
Change of address, requirement to notify Director... 10.11, 11.11
Examination for registration in patent cases... 11.7
Examination fees... 1.21, 11.7
Foreigners... 11.6, 11.9, 11.14
Former Patent and Trademark Office employees... 10.23, 11.7, 11.10
Government employees... 10.23, 11.10
Limited recognition in patent cases... 11.9
Non-lawyers, recognition in trademark cases... 11.14
Recognition for representation... 1.34, 11.14
Refusal to recognize practitioner... 11.15
Register of attorneys and agents in patent cases... 11.5
Registration fee... 1.21
Registration number... 1.34
Removal of attorneys and agents from the register... 10.11
Representation by registered attorney or agent in patent cases... 1.31
Requirements for registration... 11.7
Review of Director's decision refusing registration... 11.2
Trademark cases... 11.14
Unauthorized representation by an agent... 10.31, 11.10
Scandalous statements, making of... 10.23
Secrets and confidence, preservation
of clients... 10.56, 10.57
Settlement of claims of clients... 10.67
Sharing legal fees... 10.48
Signature and certificate of practitioner... 11.18
Solicitation... 10.32, 10.33
Statement concerning officials, making
false... 10.102
Suspension of practitioner... 10.23
Based on conviction of a serious crime... 11.25
Rules... 11.3
Threats of criminal prosecution... 10.88
Threats, use of... 10.23
Unauthorized practice... 10.23, 10.31, 10.46, 10.47
Undignified conduct... 10.89
Violating duty of candor and good faith... 10.23
Violation of disciplinary rule, misconduct... 10.23
Withdrawal from employment... 10.40
Witnesses... 10.63, 10.92
Zealously representing the client... 10.83, 10.84
[Part 15 removed and reserved, 61 FR 42807, Aug. 19, 1996]
[Part 15a removed and reserved, 61 FR 42807, Aug. 19, 1996]
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