{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-11.506","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 11.506","heading":"Restrictions on right to practice.","body":"A practitioner shall not participate in offering or making:\n(a) A partnership, shareholders, operating, employment, or other similar type of agreement that restricts the right of a practitioner to practice after termination of the relationship, except an agreement concerning benefits upon retirement; or\n(b) An agreement in which a restriction on the practitioner's right to practice is part of the settlement of a client controversy.","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":"9dde53b592d0864173f40ce88ec7a0e17c4ea775cfbef48f24bcfb0f95227c29","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-11.505","next":"us/37-cfr-11.507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}