37 C.F.R. § 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2006–2006 · leading case: Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania, Inc., 440 F. Supp. 2d 884 (N.D. Ill. 2006).
Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania, Inc., 440 F. Supp. 2d 884 (N.D. Ill. 2006). “On several occasions, the PTO returned submitted papers to Nilssen, without consideration, for Nilssen’s failure to conduct business with the PTO with “Decorum and Courtesy” in violation of 37 C.F.R. 1.3. The PTO had informed Nilssen that he had submitted defective oaths because…”
Arminak & Assocs., Inc. v. Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc., 424 F. Supp. 2d 1188 (C.D. Cal. 2006). “" 37 C.F.R. 1.3 21 (b). Although the patent examiner originally found the '581 Patent's claim not to be patentably distinct from that of the '602 Patent, the examiner issued the '581 Patent after Calmar filed a terminal disclaimer.”
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