{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-11.203","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 11.203","heading":"Evaluation for use by third persons.","body":"(a) A practitioner may provide an evaluation of a matter affecting a client for the use of someone other than the client if the practitioner reasonably believes that making the evaluation is compatible with other aspects of the practitioner's relationship with the client.\n(b) When the practitioner knows or reasonably should know that the evaluation is likely to affect the client's interests materially and adversely, the practitioner shall not provide the evaluation unless the client gives informed consent.\n(c) Except as disclosure is authorized in connection with a report of an evaluation, information relating to the evaluation is otherwise protected by § 11.106.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 11—REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE","Subpart D—USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"97dafd19158ba4e3920cda40f4227ccd10fc7c624124f60dc194f12826096f45","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-11.202","next":"us/37-cfr-11.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}