§ 11.804. Misconduct.
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/us/cfr/t37/s§ 11.804·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
It is professional misconduct for a practitioner to:
(a)Violate or attempt to violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;
(b)Commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the practitioner's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a practitioner in other respects, or be convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on the practitioner's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a practitioner in other respects;
(c)Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
(d)Engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;
(e)State or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or official or to achieve results by means that violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct or other law;
(f)Knowingly assist a judge, hearing officer, administrative law judge, administrative patent judge, administrative trademark judge, or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law;
(g)Knowingly assist an officer or employee of the Office in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of conduct or other law;
(h)Be publicly disciplined on ethical or professional misconduct grounds by any duly constituted authority of:
(1)A State,
(2)The United States, or
(3)A country having disciplinary jurisdiction over the practitioner; or
(i)Engage in other conduct that adversely reflects on the practitioner's fitness to practice before the Office. \[78 FR 20201, Apr. 3, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 28467, May 26, 2021\]
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