{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-11.305","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 11.305","heading":"Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal.","body":"A practitioner shall not:\n(a) Seek to influence a judge, hearing officer, administrative law judge, administrative patent judge, administrative trademark judge, juror, prospective juror, employee or officer of the Office, or other official by means prohibited by law;\n(b) Communicate ex parte with such a person during the proceeding unless authorized to do so by law, rule or court order; or\n(c) [Reserved]\n(d) Engage in conduct intended to disrupt any proceeding before a tribunal.","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":"f07f83f374ba333a51d3099df540b83d2788a81464963ce335dd9d36c46af20d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-11.304","next":"us/37-cfr-11.306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}