United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2013_register executive 2013-04-03 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fbaa88 D09002ee1c7fbab6c United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Patent and Trademark Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is adopting the new USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct (USPTO Rules), which are based on the American Bar Association's (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA Model Rules), which were published in 1983, substantially revised in 2003 and updated through 2012. The Office has also revised the existing procedural rules governing disciplinary investigations and proceedings. These changes will enable the Office to better protect the public while also providing practitioners with substantially uniform disciplinary rules across multiple jurisdictions. 78 FR 20180 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-03/2013-07382 2013-07382 fr03ap13-19 RIN 0651-AC81 P Docket No. PTO-C-2012-0034 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-03/2013-07382 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-03/html/2013-07382.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-03/pdf/2013-07382.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Trademarks 32 p. 20180 20211 78 FR 20180 Title 37 Part 10 37 CFR Part 10 Title 37 Part 11 37 CFR Part 11 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 2 37 CFR Part 2 Title 37 Part 41 37 CFR Part 41 Title 37 Part 7 37 CFR Part 7 RIN 0651-AC81 Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent and Trademark Office; Federal Register Vol. 78, Issue RULE 2013-07382 II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office 2013-05-03 Docket No. PTO-C-2012-0034 P 2013-07382 Final rule.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is adopting the new USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct (USPTO Rules), which are based on the American Bar Association's (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA Model Rules), which were published in 1983, substantially revised in 2003 and updated through 2012. The Office has also revised the existing procedural rules governing disciplinary investigations and proceedings. These changes will enable the Office to better protect the public while also providing practitioners with substantially uniform disciplinary rules across multiple jurisdictions.

Effective Date: May 3, 2013. William R. Covey, Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline, by telephone at 571-272-4097. Administrative Practice and Procedure Courts Freedom of Information Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Trademarks Changes to Representation of Others before United States Patent and Trademark Office , http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/ethics_2020/20120808_house_action_compilation_redline_105a-f.authcheckdam.pdf http://www.fedcirbar.org/olc/pub/LVFC/cpages/misc/pto.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/oed/practitioner/agents/law_school_pilot.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/patents/ombudsman.jsp Vol. 78, no. 64 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2013-04-03 continuing daily deposited born digital 241 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-03 P0b002ee183fdc409 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr03ap13 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-03 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-03/pdf/FR-2013-04-03.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-03/xml/FR-2013-04-03.xml fdlp 19979 20211 DGPO 2013-04-03 2024-06-03 FR-2013-04-03 machine generated eng FR FR-2013-04-03 78 64