article 7 of the disciplinary rules for patent agents (for trial implementation) if a patent agent has any of the following circumstances, it shall be ordered to make corrections and be punished as stipulated in article 5 of these rules:
(1) practicing in more than two patent agencies at the same time;
(2) defaming other patent agents and patent agencies, or harming their interests in an improper way;
(3) accepting entrustment privately, charging fees from the client privately, accepting the property of the client, taking advantage of providing patent agency services to seek the disputed rights and interests of the parties, or accepting the property of the other party;
(4) obstructing or obstructing the other party's lawful obtaining of evidence;
(5) interfering with the normal work of patent examination or patent administrative law enforcement;
(6) the staff of the patent administration department engages in patent agency business after retirement and resignation, and represents patent application cases or patent cases that he has examined and handled;
(7) disclosing the business secrets or personal privacy of the client;
(8) causing heavy losses to the parties due to the fault;
(9) engaging in other illegal business activities.
Article 8 Under any of the following circumstances, the person directly responsible shall be punished as stipulated in Item (3) or Item (4) of Article 5 of these Rules, and the patent agency where he works may be punished as stipulated in Item (3) or Item (4) of these Rules at the same time:
(1) Violating the provisions of Article 19 of the Patent Law, disclosing the contents of the invention and creation of the client;
(2) plagiarizing the invention and creation of the client;