[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR10.4]

[Page 347-348]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 10--REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.4  Committee on Discipline.

    (a) The Commissioner shall appoint a Committee on Discipline. The 
Committee on Discipline shall consist of at least three employees of the 
Office, none of whom reports directly or indirectly to the Director or 
the Solicitor. Each member of the Committee on Discipline shall be a 
member in good standing of the bar of a State.
    (b) The Committee on Discipline shall meet at the request of the 
Director and after reviewing evidence presented by the Director shall, 
by majority vote, determine whether there is probable cause to bring 
charges under Sec. 10.132 against a practitioner. When charges are 
brought against a practitioner, no member of the Committee on

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Discipline, employee under the direction of the Director, or associate 
solicitor or assistant solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor shall 
participate in rendering a decision on the charges.
    (c) No discovery shall be authorized of, and no member of the 
Committee on Discipline shall be required to testify about, 
deliberations of the Committee on Discipline.

 Individuals Entitled to Practice Before the Patent and Trademark Office