Section 11.804 - MisconductIt is professional misconduct for a practitioner to:
(a) Violate or attempt to violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;(b) Commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the practitioner's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a practitioner in other respects, or be convicted of a crime that reflects adversely on the practitioner's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a practitioner in other respects;(c) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;(d) Engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;(e) State or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or official or to achieve results by means that violate the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct or other law;(f) Knowingly assist a judge, hearing officer, administrative law judge, administrative patent judge, administrative trademark judge, or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law;(g) Knowingly assist an officer or employee of the Office in conduct that is a violation of applicable rules of conduct or other law;(h) Be publicly disciplined on ethical or professional misconduct grounds by any duly constituted authority of:(2) The United States, or(3) A country having disciplinary jurisdiction over the practitioner; or(i) Engage in other conduct that adversely reflects on the practitioner's fitness to practice before the Office. 78 FR 20201 , Apr. 3, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 28467 , May 26, 2021