{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-11.802","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 11.802","heading":"Judicial and legal officials.","body":"(a) A practitioner shall not make a statement that the practitioner knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge, adjudicatory officer or public legal officer, or of a candidate for election or appointment to judicial or legal office.\n(b) A practitioner who is a candidate for judicial office shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct.","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":"5db478a564a1a0035a76628886283129f7315cc0ce7854b27e380952e8990fc9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-11.801","next":"us/37-cfr-11.803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}