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37 CFR §11.804

Verified against eCFR.gov as of June 20, 2026View official text on eCFR.gov
It is professional misconduct for a practitioner to:
  1. (a)Violate or attempt to violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;
  2. (b)Commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the practitioner's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a practitioner in other respects, or be convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on the practitioner's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a practitioner in other respects;
  3. (c)Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
  4. (d)Engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;
  5. (e)State or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or official or to achieve results by means that violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct or other law;
  6. (f)Knowingly assist a judge, hearing officer, administrative law judge, administrative patent judge, administrative trademark judge, or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law;
  7. (g)Knowingly assist an officer or employee of the Office in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of conduct or other law;
  8. (h)Be publicly disciplined on ethical or professional misconduct grounds by any duly constituted authority of:
    1. (1)A State,
    2. (2)The United States, or
    3. (3)A country having disciplinary jurisdiction over the practitioner; or
      1. (i)Engage in other conduct that adversely reflects on the practitioner's fitness to practice before the Office.