37 CFR 11 - REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SUBPART A — General Provisions (§§ 11.1 - 11.3)
SUBPART B — Recognition To Practice Before the USPTO (§§ 11.4 - 11.18)
SUBPART C — Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings; Jurisdiction, Sanctions, Investigations, and Proceedings (§§ 11.19 - 11.62-11.99)

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 500, 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41.

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

Title 37 published on 2011-07-01

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United States Code

15 USC 1123 - Rules and regulations for conduct of proceedings in Patent and Trademark Office

35 USC 2 - Powers and duties

35 USC 32 - Suspension or exclusion from practice

35 USC 41 - Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems

5 USC 500 - Administrative practice; general provisions

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 37 CFR 11

2012-01-05; vol. 77 # 3 - Thursday, January 5, 2012

77 FR 457 - Implementation of Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings

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Additional Documents

type	regulations.gov
FR Doc.	2011-33814
RIN	0651-AC76
Docket No.	PTO-C-2011-0089

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Notice of proposed rulemaking, request for comments.

To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before March 5, 2012.

37 CFR Part 11

Summary

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) requires that disciplinary proceedings be commenced not later than the earlier of the date that is 10 years after the date on which the misconduct forming the basis of the proceeding occurred, or one year from the date on which the misconduct forming the basis of the proceeding was made known to an officer or employee of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO), as prescribed in the regulations governing disciplinary proceedings. The Office initiates disciplinary proceedings via three types of disciplinary complaints: complaints predicated on the receipt of a probable cause determination from the Committee on Discipline; complaints seeking reciprocal discipline; and complaints seeking interim suspension based on a serious crime conviction. This notice proposes that the one-year statute of limitations commences, with respect to complaints predicated on the receipt of a probable cause determination from the Committee on Discipline, the date on which the Director, Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED Director) receives from the practitioner a complete, written response to a request for information and evidence; with respect to complaints based on reciprocal discipline, the date on which the OED Director receives a certified copy of the record or order regarding the practitioner being publicly censured, publicly reprimanded, subjected to probation, disbarred, suspended, or disciplinarily disqualified; and, with respect to complaints for interim suspension based on a serious crime conviction, the date on which the OED Director receives a certified copy of the record, docket entry, or judgment demonstrating that the practitioner has been convicted of a serious crime.

37 CFR 11 - REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

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