[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.3]

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             TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
    CHAPTER I--PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.3  Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy.

    Applicants and their attorneys or agents are required to conduct 
their business with the Patent and Trademark Office with decorum and 
courtesy. Papers presented in violation of this requirement will be 
submitted to the Commissioner and will be returned by the Commissioner's 
direct order. Complaints against examiners and other employees must be 
made in correspondence separate from other papers.

[61 FR 56446, Nov. 1, 1996]