# Changes to Representation of Others Before The United States Patent and Trademark Office
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2013-04-03 · Effective 2013-05-03 · 78 FR 20180
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-07382
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 20180
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2013-04-03
- **Effective date:** 2013-05-03
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-C-2012-0034
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is adopting the new USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct (USPTO Rules), which are based on the American Bar Association's (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ABA Model Rules), which were published in 1983, substantially revised in 2003 and updated through 2012. The Office has also revised the existing procedural rules governing disciplinary investigations and proceedings. These changes will enable the Office to better protect the public while also providing practitioners with substantially uniform disciplinary rules across multiple jurisdictions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/03/2013-07382/changes-to-representation-of-others-before-the-united-states-patent-and-trademark-office)
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