[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR10.20]

[Page 348]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 10_REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.20  Canons and Disciplinary Rules.

    (a) Canons are set out in Sec. Sec. 10.21, 10.30, 10.46, 10.56, 
10.61, 10.76, 10.83, 10.100, and 10.110. Canons are statements of 
axiomatic norms, expressing in general terms the standards of 
professional conduct expected of practitioners in their relationships 
with the public, with the legal system, and with the legal profession.
    (b) Disciplinary Rules are set out in Sec. Sec. 10.22-10.24, 10.31-
10.40, 10.47-10.57, 10.62-10.68, 10.77, 10.78, 10.84, 10.85, 10.87-
10.89, 10.92, 10.93, 10.101-10.103, 10.111, and 10.112. Disciplinary 
Rules are mandatory in character and state the minimum level of conduct 
below which no practitioner can fall without being subjected to 
disciplinary action.