{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-11.502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 11.502","heading":"Responsibilities of a subordinate practitioner.","body":"(a) A practitioner is bound by the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct notwithstanding that the practitioner acted at the direction of another person.\n(b) A subordinate practitioner does not violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct if that practitioner acts in accordance with a supervisory practitioner's reasonable resolution of an arguable question of professional duty.","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":"5e58c98f30a01cf94340b5680368d3de0d5b22656f976265ed5442df5654cc30","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-11.501","next":"us/37-cfr-11.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}