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- 37 CFR 7.36 · Affidavit or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse required to avoid cancellation of an extension of protection to the United States.
- 37 CFR 7.37 · Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse; requirement for the submission of additional information, exhibits, affidavits or declarations, and specimens; and fee for deletions of goods, services, and/or classes from a registration.
- 37 CFR 7.38 · Notice to holder of extension of protection.
- 37 CFR 7.39 · Acknowledgment of receipt of and correcting deficiencies in affidavit or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse.
- 37 CFR 7.40 · Petition to Director to review refusal.
- 37 CFR 7.41 · Renewal of international registration and extension of protection.
- 37 CFR 11.1 · Definitions.
- 37 CFR 11.2 · Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.
- 37 CFR 11.3 · Suspension of rules.
- 37 CFR 11.4 · Computing time.
- 37 CFR 11.5 · Register of attorneys and agents in patent matters; practice before the Office.
- 37 CFR 11.6 · Registration of attorneys and agents.
- 37 CFR 11.7 · Requirements for registration.
- 37 CFR 11.8 · Oath and registration fee.
- 37 CFR 11.9 · Limited recognition in patent matters.
- 37 CFR 11.10 · Restrictions on practice in patent matters; former and current Office employees; government employees.
- 37 CFR 11.11 · Administrative suspension, inactivation, resignation, reinstatement, and revocation.
- 37 CFR 11.12-11.13 · §§ 11.12-11.13 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.14 · Individuals who may practice before the Office in trademark and other non-patent matters.
- 37 CFR 11.15 · Refusal to recognize a practitioner.
- 37 CFR 11.16 · Requirements for admission to the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program.
- 37 CFR 11.17 · Requirements for participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program.
- 37 CFR 11.18 · Signature and certificate for correspondence filed in the Office.
- 37 CFR 11.19 · Disciplinary jurisdiction; grounds for discipline and for transfer to disability inactive status.
- 37 CFR 11.20 · Disciplinary sanctions; Transfer to disability inactive status.
- 37 CFR 11.21 · Warnings.
- 37 CFR 11.22 · Disciplinary investigations.
- 37 CFR 11.23 · Committee on Discipline.
- 37 CFR 11.24 · Reciprocal discipline.
- 37 CFR 11.25 · Interim suspension and discipline based upon conviction of committing a serious crime.
- 37 CFR 11.26 · Settlement.
- 37 CFR 11.27 · Exclusion on consent.
- 37 CFR 11.28 · Incapacitated practitioners in a disciplinary proceeding.
- 37 CFR 11.29 · Reciprocal transfer or initial transfer to disability inactive status.
- 37 CFR 11.30 · Participation in the USPTO Diversion Program.
- 37 CFR 11.31 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.32 · Instituting a disciplinary proceeding.
- 37 CFR 11.33 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.34 · Complaint.
- 37 CFR 11.35 · Service of complaint.
- 37 CFR 11.36 · Answer to complaint.
- 37 CFR 11.37 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.38 · Contested case.
- 37 CFR 11.39 · Hearing officer; responsibilities; review of interlocutory orders; stays.
- 37 CFR 11.40 · Representative for OED Director or respondent.
- 37 CFR 11.41 · Filing of papers.
- 37 CFR 11.42 · Service of papers.
- 37 CFR 11.43 · Motions before a hearing officer.
- 37 CFR 11.44 · Hearings.
- 37 CFR 11.45 · Amendment of pleadings.
- 37 CFR 11.46-11.48 · §§ 11.46-11.48 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.49 · Burden of proof.
- 37 CFR 11.50 · Evidence.
- 37 CFR 11.51 · Depositions.
- 37 CFR 11.52 · Written discovery.
- 37 CFR 11.53 · Proposed findings and conclusions; post-hearing memorandum.
- 37 CFR 11.54 · Initial decision of hearing officer.
- 37 CFR 11.55 · Appeal to the USPTO Director.
- 37 CFR 11.56 · Decision of the USPTO Director.
- 37 CFR 11.57 · Review of final decision of the USPTO Director.
- 37 CFR 11.58 · Duties of disciplined practitioner or practitioner in disability inactive status.
- 37 CFR 11.59 · Dissemination of disciplinary and other information.
- 37 CFR 11.60 · Petition for reinstatement of disciplined practitioner.
- 37 CFR 11.61-11.99 · §§ 11.61-11.99 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.100 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.101 · Competence.
- 37 CFR 11.102 · Scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and practitioner.
- 37 CFR 11.103 · Diligence.
- 37 CFR 11.104 · Communication.
- 37 CFR 11.105 · Fees.
- 37 CFR 11.106 · Confidentiality of information.
- 37 CFR 11.107 · Conflict of interest; Current clients.
- 37 CFR 11.108 · Conflict of interest; Current clients; Specific rules.
- 37 CFR 11.109 · Duties to former clients.
- 37 CFR 11.110 · Imputation of conflicts of interest; General rule.
- 37 CFR 11.111 · Former or current Federal Government employees.
- 37 CFR 11.112 · Former judge, arbitrator, mediator or other third-party neutral.
- 37 CFR 11.113 · Organization as client.
- 37 CFR 11.114 · Client with diminished capacity.
- 37 CFR 11.115 · Safekeeping property.
- 37 CFR 11.116 · Declining or terminating representation.
- 37 CFR 11.117 · Sale of law practice.
- 37 CFR 11.118 · Duties to prospective client.
- 37 CFR 11.119-11.200 · §§ 11.119-11.200 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.201 · Advisor.
- 37 CFR 11.202 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.203 · Evaluation for use by third persons.
- 37 CFR 11.204 · Practitioner serving as third-party neutral.
- 37 CFR 11.205-11.300 · §§ 11.205-11.300 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.301 · Meritorious claims and contentions.
- 37 CFR 11.302 · Expediting proceedings.
- 37 CFR 11.303 · Candor toward the tribunal.
- 37 CFR 11.304 · Fairness to opposing party and counsel.
- 37 CFR 11.305 · Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal.
- 37 CFR 11.306 · Trial publicity.
- 37 CFR 11.307 · Practitioner as witness.
- 37 CFR 11.308 · [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.309 · Advocate in nonadjudicative proceedings.
- 37 CFR 11.310-11.400 · §§ 11.310-11.400 [Reserved]
- 37 CFR 11.401 · Truthfulness in statements to others.