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Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP§ 11.11 Notification. - PATENT RULES§ 11.11 Notification.A registered attorney or agent must notify the OED Director of his or her postal address for his or her office, up to three e-mail addresses where he or she receives e-mail, and business telephone number, as well as every change to any of said addresses, or telephone numbers within thirty days of the date of the change. A registered attorney or agent shall, in addition to any notice of change of address and telephone number filed in individual patent applications, separately file written notice of the change of address or telephone number to the OED Director. A registered practitioner who is an attorney in good standing with the bar of the highest court of one or more States shall provide the OED Director with the State bar identification number associated with each membership. The OED Director shall publish from the roster a list containing the name, postal business addresses, business telephone number, registration number, and registration status as an attorney or agent of each registered practitioner recognized to practice before the Office in patent cases. [Added, 69 FR 35427, June 24, 2004, effective July 26, 2004] RULES RELATING TO REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICEA
Address change ... 10.11, 11.11 Agents, registration of ... 11.6 Agreements restricting practice ... 10.38 Applicant for patent, representation of ... 1.31, 11.10 Attorneys, recognition of to practice in trademark cases ... 10.14 Attorneys, registration of to practice in patent cases ... 11.6, 11.7 B
Breach of trust ... 10.23 Business transactions or relations with client ... 10.65 C
Candidate for judicial office ... 10.103 Canons and disciplinary rules ... 10.20 - 10.112 Certificate of mailing ... 1.8, 10.23, 10.141 Certification effect of signature ... 10.18 Circumventing a disciplinary rule, amendment ... 10.23 Code of Professional Responsibility ... 10.20 - 10.112 Coercion, Use of ... 10.23 Committee on Discipline ... 10.4 Communicating with person having adverse interest ... 10.67 Communications concerning practitioner's service ... 10.31 Compensation for legal services ... 10.68 Complaint instituting disciplinary proceedings ... 10.134 Concealment of material information ... 10.23 Conduct in proceeding before Office ... 10.89 Conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice ... 10.23 Conflict of interest ... 10.66 Conviction of criminal offense ... 10.23 D
Deceit ... 10.23 Decisions of the Commissioner ... 10.156, 10.157 Definitions:
Affidavit ... 10.1 Agent ... 11.6 Application ... 10.1 Canon ... 10.20 Confidence ... 10.57 Differing interests ... 10.1 Director of Enrollment and Discipline ... 10.1 Disciplinary rule ... 10.20 Excessive legal fees ... 10.36 Excluded practitioner ... 10.1 Giving information ... 10.1 Invention development services ... 10.23 Law firm ... 10.1 Lawyer ... 10.1 Legal counsel ... 10.1 Legal profession ... 10.1 Legal service ... 10.1 Legal system ... 10.1 Non-practitioner ... 10.1 Office ... 10.1 Person ... 10.1 Practitioner ... 10.1 Proceeding before the Office ... 10.1 Professional legal corporation ... 10.1 Registration ... 10.1 Respondent ... 10.134 State ... 10.1 Suspended practitioner ... 10.1 Tribunal ... 10.1 United States ... 10.1 Designation as registered attorney or agent ... 10.34 Direct contact with prospective clients ... 10.33 Director of Enrollment and Discipline:
Appointment ... 11.2 Duties ... 11.2 Review of decisions of OED Director ... 11.2 Disbarment from practice on ethical grounds ... 10.130 Discharge of attorney or agent by client ... 10.40 Disciplinary proceedings and investigations:
Administrative Law Judge ... 10.139 Administrative Procedures Act ... 10.132, 10.144 Review of interlocutory orders by Administrative Law Judge ... 10.139 Amendment of complaint ... 10.145 Amendment of pleadings ... 10.145 Answer to complaint ... 10.136 Appeal of initial decision of Administrative Law Judge ... 10.155 Burden of proof ... 10.149 Certificate of mailing ... 1.8, 10.141 Complaint ... 10.134 Contested case ... 10.138 Deliberations of Committee on Discipline ... 10.4 Discovery (see also Discovery in Disciplinary Proceedings) ... 10.152 Exception to ruling ... 10.150 Filing papers after complaint filed ... 10.141 Hearings before Administrative Law Judge ... 10.144 Initial decision of Administrative Law Judge ... 10.139, 10.154 Initiating disciplinary proceeding ... 10.132 Investigations of violations of disciplinary rules ... 10.131 Notice of suspension or exclusion of practitioner ... 10.159 Objections to evidence ... 10.150 Post hearing memorandum ... 10.153 Pre-hearing statement ... 10.153 Reinstatement of suspended or excluded practitioner ... 10.160 Reprimand of registered attorney or agent ... 10.130, 10.132 Resignation of practitioner ... 10.133 Review of Commissioner's final decision ... 10.157 Review of decision denying reinstatement of practitioner ... 11.2 Savings clause ... 10.161 Service of complaint ... 10.135 Settlement of complaint ... 10.133 Stay pending review of interlocutory order ... 10.139 Supplemental complaint ... 10.137 Disciplinary rule violation
Disclosure of ... 10.23, 10.24, 10.84, 10.85, 10.131 Discourteous conduct ... 10.89 Discovery in disciplinary proceedings:
Copying of documents ... 10.152 Cross-examination ... 10.152 Deliberations of committee on discipline ... 10.4 Depositions ... 10.151 Impeachment ... 10.152 Inspection of documents ... 10.152 Interrogatories ... 10.152 Motions filed with Administrative Law Judge ... 10.143, 10.152 Privileged information ... 10.152 Undue delay in proceedings ... 10.152 Division of legal fees ... 10.37 Duress, use of ... 10.23 Duty to make counsel available ... 10.30 E
Employment:
Acceptance ... 10.39 Failure to carry out contract ... 10.84 Refusing employment ... 10.62, 10.63, 10.66 Withdrawal from employment ... 10.40, 10.63, 10.66 Exception to ruling ... 10.151 Excessive legal fees ... 10.36 Exclusion of practitioner ... 10.130, 10.132, 10.158 F
Failure to disclose material fact with regard to registration ... 10.22 Failure to notify client ... 10.23 False accusations ... 10.23 False statements concerning officials ... 10.102 Favors, improperly bestowing ... 10.23 Fees:
Petition to review decision of Director of Enrollment and Discipline ... 11.2 Registration ... 11.8 Registration examination ... 11.7 Reinstatement ... 10.11 Fees for legal services ... 10.36 Firm name, use of ... 10.35 Fitness to practice before the Office ... 10.23 Foreigners ... 10.14, 11.6, 11.9 Former Patent and Trademark Office employees ... 10.23, 11.7, 11.10 Fraud or inequitable conduct ... 10.23, 10.85 Frivolous complaint ... 10.23 Funds of client, preserving identity of ... 10.112 G
Gift, improperly bestowing ... 10.23 Government employees, registration of to practice in patent cases ... 11.10 I
Illegal conduct involving moral turpitude ... 10.23 Illegal fees for services ... 10.36 Improper alteration of patent application ... 10.23 Improper execution of oath or declaration ... 10.23 Improper influence ... 10.23 Improper signature ... 10.18, 10.23 Improperly bestowing thing of value ... 10.23 Indecent statement, making of. ... 10.23 Independent professional judgment, exercise of ... 10.61, 10.62, 10.66, 10.68 Individual unqualified in respect to character, education, etc. ... 10.22, 11.7 Influence by others than client ... 10.68 Information precluding registration, failure to disclose ... 10.22 Initial decision of Administrative Law Judge ... 10.139, 10.154 Integrity and competence of the legal profession, maintaining of ... 10.22 Interest in litigation or proceeding before Office, acquiring of ... 10.64 Investigation of violations of disciplinary rules ... 10.131 J
Joint venture ... 10.23 Judicial office, candidate for ... 10.103 L
Legal fees:
Division of ... 10.37 Failure to pay ... 10.40 Sharing of ... 10.48 Legal system, assistance in improving the ... 10.100 Letterheads, use of ... 10.35 Limited recognition to practice in patent matters ... 11.9 M
Malpractice, limiting client's liability ... 10.78 Materially false statements in application for registration ... 10.22 Misappropriation of funds ... 10.23 Misconduct ... 10.23 Misrepresentations ... 10.22, 10.23 Multiple employment ... 10.66 N
Neglecting legal matters ... 10.77 Non-practitioner, formation of partnership with ... 10.49 Notice of suspension or exclusion ... 10.159 O
Oath requirement ... 11.8 Officials, contact with ... 10.93 P
Petitions:
Reinstatement ... 10.160 Review decision of Commissioner ... 10.157 Review decision of Director of Enrollment and Discipline ... 11.2 Suspension of rules ... 10.170 Preserve secrets and confidence of client ... 10.56, 10.57 Professional impropriety, avoiding appearance of ... 10.110, 10.111 Promise of advantage, offer of ... 10.23 Property of client ... 10.112 Proprietary interest in subject matter ... 10.64 Publication in Official Gazette ... 10.11, 10.159, 10.160 R
Recognition to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office:
Agents ... 10.14, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7 Aliens ... 10.14, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7 Attorneys ... 10.14, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7 Change of address, requirement to notify Director ... 10.11, 11.11 Examination for registration in patent cases ... 11.7 Examination fees ... 1.21, 11.7 Foreigners ... 10.14, 11.6, 11.9 Former Patent and Trademark Office employees ... 10.23, 11.7, 11.10 Government employees ... 10.23, 11.10 Limited recognition in patent cases ... 11.9 Non-lawyers, recognition in trademark cases ... 10.14 Recognition for representation ... 1.34, 10.14 Refusal to recognize practitioner ... 10.15 Register of attorneys and agents in patent cases ... 10.5 Registration fee ... 1.21 Registration number ... 1.34 Removal of attorneys and agents from the register ... 10.11 Representation by registered attorney or agent in patent cases ... 1.31 Requirements for registration ... 11.7 Review of Director's decision refusing registration ... 11.2 Trademark cases ... 10.14 Unauthorized representation by an agent ... 10.31, 11.10 Records, property and funds of client, maintaining of ... 10.112 Reinstatement after removal from the register ... 10.11 Reinstatement of suspended or excluded non-practitioner ... 10.160 Representing client within bounds of the law ... 10.85 Reprimand of registered attorney or agent ... 10.130, 10.132 Resignation ... 10.133 S
Scandalous statements, making of ... 10.23 Secrets and confidence, preservation of clients ... 10.56, ... 10.57 Settlement of claims of clients ... 10.67 Sharing legal fees ... 10.48 Signature and certificate of practitioner ... 10.18 Statement concerning officials, making false ... 10.102 Suspension of practitioner ... 10.23, 10.130, 10.132, 10.158 Suspension of rules ... 10.170 T
Threats of criminal prosecution ... 10.88 Threats, use of ... 10.23 U
Unauthorized practice ... 10.14, 10.23, 10.31, 10.46, 10.47 Undignified conduct ... 10.89 V
Violating duty of candor and good faith ... 10.23 Violation of disciplinary rule, misconduct ... 10.23 W
Withdrawal from employment ... 10.40 Withdrawal material information ... 10.22, 10.23 Z
Zealously representing the client ... 10.83, 10.84 [Reserved][Part 15 removed and reserved, 61 FR 42807, Aug. 19, 1996] [Reserved][Part 15a removed and reserved, 61 FR 42807, Aug. 19, 1996] PART 41 - PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCESSUBPART A - General Provisions |