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  2. Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
  3. Chapter I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
  4. Subchapter A - GENERAL
  5. Part 11 - REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
  6. Subpart D - USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
  7. Topic - Law Firms and Associations
  8. 37 CFR § 11.502
37 CFR § 11.502
Responsibilities of a subordinate practitioner
November 5, 2020
CFR

(a) A practitioner is bound by the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct notwithstanding that the practitioner acted at the direction of another person.

(b) A subordinate practitioner does not violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct if that practitioner acts in accordance with a supervisory practitioner's reasonable resolution of an arguable question of professional duty.

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