[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: 37CFR10.77]

[Page 356]
 
              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. 10.77  Failing to act competently.

    A practitioner shall not:
    (a) Handle a legal matter which the practitioner knows or should 
know that the practitioner is not competent to handle, without 
associating with the practitioner another practitioner who is competent 
to handle it.
    (b) Handle a legal matter without preparation adequate in the 
circumstances.
    (c) Neglect a legal matter entrusted to the practitioner.