1. Regulations
  2. title 37
  3. chapter I
  4. part 11
  5. subpart D
  6. subjgrp 199
  7. § 11.502

View all text of Subjgrp 199 [§ 11.501 - § 11.700]

§ 11.502 - Responsibilities of a subordinate practitioner.

(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.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114.

SOURCE: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 37 CFR 11.502