{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-11.309","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 11.309","heading":"Advocate in nonadjudicative proceedings.","body":"A practitioner representing a client before a legislative body or administrative agency in a nonadjudicative proceeding shall disclose that the appearance is in a representative capacity and shall conform to the provisions of §§ 11.303(a) through (c), 11.304(a) through (c), and 11.305.","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":"81e6bab59a2aadbfff6e596c540491cde553c5f7c57755f7267a4fe786b62f23","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-11.308","next":"us/37-cfr-11.310-11.400"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}