[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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--UNITED STATES 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 Director and will be returned by the Director's direct 
order. Complaints against examiners and other employees must be made in 
correspondence separate from other papers.

[61 FR 56446, Nov. 1, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 38624, June 30, 2003, Sec. 1.3 was 
revised, effective July 30, 2003. For the convenience of the user, the 
revised text is set forth as follows:

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 United States Patent and Trademark Office with 
decorum and courtesy. Papers presented in violation of this requirement 
will be submitted to the Director and will not be entered. A notice of 
the non-entry of the paper will be provided. Complaints against 
examiners and other employees must be made in correspondence separate 
from other papers.