37 CFR Part 11 Index
Representation of Others Before the Patent and Trademark Office
Taken from USPTO Website (Last revised Jan. 2018)
11 - Representation of Others Before the Patent and Trademark Office
Subpart A - General Provisions
General Information
11.1: Definitions
11.2: Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
11.3: Suspension of rules
Subpart B - Recognition To Practice Before The USPTO
Patents, Trademarks, And Other Non-Patent Law
11.4: Reserved
11.5: Register of attorneys and agents in patent matters; practice before the Office
11.6: Registration of attorneys and agents
11.7: Requirements for registration
11.8: Oath and registration fee
11.9: Limited recognition in patent matters
11.10: Restrictions on practice in patent matters
11.11: Administrative suspension, inactivation, resignation, and readmission
11.12: Reserved
11.14: Individuals who may practice before the Office in trademark and other non-patent matters
11.15: Refusal to recognize a practitioner
11.16: Requirements for admission to the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program
11.17: Requirements for participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program
11.18: Signature and certificate for correspondence filed in the Office
Subpart C - Investigations And Disciplinary Proceedings; Jurisdiction, Sanctions, Investigations, And Proceedings
11.19: Disciplinary jurisdiction; Jurisdiction to transfer to disability inactive status
11.20: Disciplinary sanctions; Transfer to disability inactive status
11.21: Warnings
11.22: Disciplinary investigations
11.23: Committee on Discipline
11.24: Reciprocal discipline
11.25: Interim suspension and discipline based upon conviction of committing a serious crime
11.26: Settlement
11.27: Exclusion on consent
11.28: Incapacitated practitioners in a disciplinary proceeding
11.29: Reciprocal transfer or initial transfer to disability inactive status
11.30: Reserved
11.32: Instituting a disciplinary proceeding
11.33: Reserved
11.34: Complaint
11.35: Service of complaint
11.36: Answer to complaint
11.37: Reserved
11.38: Contested case
11.39: Hearing officer; appointment; responsibilities; review of interlocutory orders; stays
11.40: Representative for OED Director or respondent
11.41: Filing of papers
11.42: Service of papers
11.43: Motions
11.44: Hearings
11.45: Amendment of pleadings
11.46: Reserved
11.49: Burden of proof
11.50: Evidence
11.51: Depositions
11.52: Discovery
11.53: Proposed findings and conclusions; post-hearing memorandum
11.54: Initial decision of hearing officer
11.55: Appeal to the USPTO Director
11.56: Decision of the USPTO Director
11.57: Review of final decision of the USPTO Director
11.58: Duties of disciplined or resigned practitioner, or practitioner on disability inactive status
11.59: Dissemination of disciplinary and other information
11.60: Petition for reinstatement
11.61: Removed and reserved
11.62: Reserved
Subpart D - USPTO Rules Of Professional Conduct
11.100: Reserved
Client-Practitioner Relationship
11.101: Competence
11.102: Scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and practitioner
11.103: Diligence
11.104: Communication
11.105: Fees
11.106: Confidentiality of information
11.107: Conflict of interest: Current clients
11.108: Conflict of interest: Current clients: Specific rules
11.109: Duties to former clients
11.110: Imputation of conflicts of interest: General rule
11.111: Former or current Federal Government employees
11.112: Former judge, arbitrator, mediator or other third-party neutral
11.113: Organization as client
11.114: Client with diminished capacity
11.115: Safekeeping property
11.116: Declining or terminating representation
11.117: Sale of law practice
11.118: Duties to prospective client
11.119: Reserved
Counselor
11.201: Advisor
11.202: Reserved
11.203: Evaluation for use by third persons
11.204: Practitioner serving as third-party neutral
11.205: Reserved
Advocate
11.301: Meritorious claims and contentions
11.302: Expediting proceedings
11.303: Candor toward the tribunal
11.304: Fairness to opposing party and counsel
11.305: Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal
11.306: Trial Publicity
11.307: Practitioner as witness
11.308: Reserved
11.309: Advocate in nonadjudicative proceedings
11.310: Reserved
Transactions With Persons Other Than Clients
11.401: Truthfulness in statements to others
11.402: Communication with person represented by a practitioner
11.403: Dealing with unrepresented person
11.404: Respect for rights of third persons
11.405: Reserved
Law Firms And Associations
11.501: Responsibilities of partners, managers, and supervisory practitioners
11.502: Responsibilities of a subordinate practitioner
11.503: Responsibilities regarding non-practitioner assistance
11.504: Professional independence of a practitioner
11.505: Unauthorized practice of law
11.506: Restrictions on right to practice
11.507: Responsibilities regarding law-related services
11.508: Reserved
Information About Legal Services
11.701: Communications concerning a practitioner’s services
11.702: Advertising
11.703: Direct contact with prospective clients
11.704: Communication of fields of practice and specialization
11.705: Firm names and letterheads
11.706: - 11.800
Maintaining The Integrity Of The Profession
11.801: Registration, recognition and disciplinary matters
11.802: Judicial and legal officials
11.803: Reporting professional misconduct
11.804: Misconduct
11.805: Reserved
11.901: Savings clause