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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 1

[Docket No. 940415-4115]
RIN 0651-AA68

 

Revision of Patent Fees

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is proposing to amend 
the rules of practice in patent cases, Part 1 of title 37, Code of 
Federal Regulations, to adjust certain patent fee amounts to reflect 
fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and to recover costs of 
operation. No trademark fees will be affected by this rulemaking.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 28, 1994; a 
public hearing will be held on June 28, 1994, at 9 a.m. Requests to 
present oral testimony should be received on or before June 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments and requests to present oral 
testimony to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 
20231, Attention: Robert Kopson, suite 507, Crystal Park 1, or by fax 
to (703) 305-8525. The hearing will be held in suite 912 of Crystal 
Park 2, located at 2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia. Written 
comments and a transcript of the hearing will be available for public 
inspection in suite 507 of Crystal Park 1, located at 2011 Crystal 
Drive, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Kopson by telephone at (703) 
305-8510, fax at (703) 305-8525, or by mail marked to his attention and 
addressed to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 
20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed rule change is designed to 
adjust the PTO fees in accordance with the applicable provisions of 
title 35, United States Code, and section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508), as amended by the 
Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-
204).

Background

    Statutory Provisions: Patent fees are authorized by 35 U.S.C. 41 
and 35 U.S.C. 376. A fifty percent reduction in the fees paid under 35 
U.S.C. 41(a) and 41(b) by independent inventors, small business 
concerns, and nonprofit organizations who meet prescribed definitions 
is required by 35 U.S.C. 41(h).
    Subsection 41(f) of title 35, United States Code, provides that 
fees established under 35 U.S.C. 41(a) and (b) may be adjusted on 
October 1, 1992, and every year thereafter, to reflect fluctuations in 
the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the previous 12 months.
    Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 
(Pub. L. 101-508) provides that there shall be a surcharge on all fees 
established under 35 U.S.C. 41(a) and 41(b) to collect $107 million in 
fiscal year 1995.
    For fiscal year 1995, the PTO has proposed appropriation language 
that credits directly to the agency all patent fee surcharges collected 
pursuant to sections 10101(a) and (c) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508). Under the proposal, 
the PTO will not request appropriations from fees deposited to the Fee 
Surcharge Fund as has been the practice from fiscal years 1991 through 
1994.
    Subsection 41(d) of title 35, United States Code, authorizes the 
Commissioner to establish fees for all other processing, services, or 
materials related to patents to recover the average cost of providing 
these services or materials, except for the fees for recording a 
document affecting title, for each photocopy, and for each black and 
white copy of a patent.
    Section 376 of title 35, United States Code, authorizes the 
Commissioner to set fees for patent applications filed under the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
    Subsection 41(g) of title 35, United States Code, provides that new 
fee amounts established by the Commissioner under Section 41 may take 
effect thirty days after notice in the Federal Register and the 
Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office.
    Recovery Level Determinations: The proposed rule would adjust fees 
for a planned recovery of $571,439,000 in fiscal year 1995, as proposed 
in the Administration's budget request to the Congress.
    The patent statutory fees established by 35 U.S.C. 41(a) and 41(b) 
are proposed to be adjusted on October 1, 1994, to reflect any 
fluctuations occurring during the previous 12 months in the Consumer 
Price Index (CPI-U). In calculating these fluctuations, the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has determined that the PTO should use CPI-
U data as determined by the Secretary of Labor. However, the Department 
of Labor does not make public the CPI-U until approximately 21 days 
after the end of the month being calculated. Therefore, the latest CPI-
U information available is for the month of April 1994. In accordance 
with previously proposed rulemaking methodology, the PTO uses the 
Administration's projected CPI-U for the 12-month period ending 
September 30, 1994, which is 3.0 percent. Based on this projection, 
patent statutory fees are proposed to be adjusted by 3.0 percent. 
Before the final fee schedule is published, the fees may be slightly 
adjusted based on actual data available from the Department of Labor.
    The proposed patent statutory fee amounts were rounded by applying 
standard arithmetic rules so that the amounts rounded would be 
convenient to the user. Fees of $100 or more were rounded to the 
nearest $10. Fees between $2 and $99 were rounded to an even number so 
that the comparable small entity fee would be a whole number.
    Certain non-statutory patent processing fees established under 35 
U.S.C. 41(d) and PCT processing fees established under 35 U.S.C. 376 
are proposed to be adjusted up to the three percent fluctuation in the 
CPI in order to recover their estimated average costs in 1995. Three 
patent service fees that are set by statute will not be adjusted. The 
three fees that are not being adjusted are assignment recording fees, 
printed patent copy fees and photocopy charge fees.
    Workload Projections: Determination of workloads varies by fee. 
Principal workload projection techniques are as follows:
    Patent application workloads are projected from statistical 
regression models using recent application filing trends. Patent issues 
are projected from an in-house patent production model and reflect 
examiner production achievements and goals. Patent maintenance fee 
workloads utilize patents issued 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years prior to 
payment and assume payment rates of 80 percent, 57 percent and 25 
percent, respectively. Service fee workloads follow linear trends from 
prior years' activities.
    General Procedures: Any fee amount that is paid on or after the 
effective date of the fee increase, would be subject to the new fees 
then in effect. For purposes of determining the amount of the fee to be 
paid, the date of mailing indicated on a proper Certificate of Mailing 
or Transmission, where authorized under 37 CFR 1.8, will be considered 
to be the date of receipt in the PTO. A Certificate of Mailing or 
Transmission under Section 1.8 is not ``proper'' for items which are 
specifically excluded from the provisions of Section 1.8. Section 1.8 
should be consulted for those items for which a Certificate of Mailing 
or Transmission is not proper.'' Such items include, inter alia, the 
filing of national and international applications for patents. However, 
the provisions of 37 CFR 1.10 relating to filing papers and fees with 
an ``Express Mail'' certificate do apply to any paper or fee (including 
patent applications) to be filed in the PTO. If an application or fee 
is filed by ``Express Mail'' with a proper certificate dated on or 
after the effective date of the rules, as amended, the amount of the 
fee to be paid would be the fee established by the amended rules.
    A comparison of existing and proposed fee amounts is included as an 
Appendix to this notice of proposed rulemaking.
    In order to ensure clarity in the implementation of the proposed 
fees, a discussion of specific sections is set forth below.

DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC RULES

37 CFR 1.16  National application filing fees.

    Section 1.16, paragraphs (a), (b), (d), and (f)-(i), if revised as 
proposed, would adjust fees established therein to reflect fluctuations 
in the CPI.

37 CFR 1.17  Patent application processing fees.

    Section 1.17, paragraphs (b)-(g) and (m), if revised as proposed, 
would adjust fees established therein to reflect fluctuations in the 
CPI.
    Section 1.17, paragraphs (j), and (n)-(p), if revised as proposed, 
would adjust fees established therein to recover costs.

37 CFR 1.18  Patent issue fees.

    Section 1.18, paragraphs (a)-(c), if revised as proposed, would 
adjust fees established therein to reflect fluctuations in the CPI.

37 CFR 1.20  Post-issuance fees.

    Section 1.20, paragraphs (c), (i)(1), and (j), if revised as 
proposed, would adjust fees established therein to recover costs.
    Section 1.20, paragraphs (e)-(g), if revised as proposed, would 
adjust fees established therein to reflect fluctuations in the CPI.

37 CFR 1.445  International application filing, processing, and search 
fees.

    Section 1.445, paragraph (a), if revised as proposed, would adjust 
the fees authorized by 35 U.S.C. 376 to recover costs.

37 CFR 1.482  International preliminary examination fees.

    Section 1.482, paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2)(ii), if revised as 
proposed, would adjust the fees authorized by 35 U.S.C. 376 to recover 
costs.

37 CFR 1.492  National stage fees.

    Section 1.492, paragraphs (a), (b) and (d), if revised as proposed, 
would adjust fees established therein to reflect fluctuations in the 
CPI.

Other Considerations

    This proposed rule change is in conformity with the requirements of 
Executive Order 12612, and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 
U.S.C. 3501, et seq. There are no information collection requirements 
relating to patent fee rules. This proposed rule has been determined 
not to be significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    The PTO has determined that this proposed rule change has no 
Federalism implications affecting the relationship between the National 
Government and the States as outlined in Executive Order 12612.
    The General Counsel of the Department of Commerce has certified to 
the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration, that the 
rule change would not have a significant impact on a substantial number 
of small entities (Regulatory Flexibility Act,
Pub. L. 96-354). The proposed rule change increases fees by changes in 
the CPI as authorized by 35 U.S.C. 41(f). Further, the principal impact 
of the major patent fees has already been taken into account in 35 
U.S.C. 41(h), which provides small entities with a 50-percent reduction 
in the major patent fees.

Lists of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Inventions and patents, 
Reporting and record keeping requirements, Small businesses.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the PTO proposes to 
amend title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, chapter 1, part 1 as 
set forth below.

PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES

    1. The authority citation for 37 CFR Part 1 would continue to read 
as follows:

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 6, unless otherwise noted.
    2. Section 1.16 is proposed to be amended by revising paragraphs 
(a), (b), (d), and (f) through (i) to read as follows:


Sec. 1.16  National application filing fees.

(a) Basic fee for filing each application for an original patent, 
except design or plant cases:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$365.00
By other than a small entity
$730.00
(b) In addition to the basic filing fee in an original application, 
for filing or later presentation of each independent claim in excess 
of 3:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$38.00
By other than a small entity
$76.00

(d) In addition to the basic filing fee in an original application, 
if the application contains, or is amended to contain, a multiple 
dependent claim(s), per application:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$120.00
By other than a small entity
$240.00
* * * * *
(f) For filing each design application:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$150.00
By other than a small entity
$300.00

(g) Basic fee for filing each plant application:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$245.00
By other than a small entity
$490.00

(h)Basic fee for filing each reissue application:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$365.00
By other than a small entity
$730.00

(i)In addition to the basic filing fee in a reissue application, for 
filing or later presentation of each independent claim which is in 
excess of the number of independent claims in the original patent:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$38.00
By other than a small entity
$76.00
* * * * *
    3. Section 1.17 is proposed to be amended by revising paragraphs 
(b) through (g), (j), and (m) through (p) to read as follows:


Sec. 1.17  Patent application processing fees.

* * * * *
(b) Extension fee for response within second month pursuant to 
Sec. 1.136(a):
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$185.00
By other than a small entity
$370.00

(c) Extension fee for response within third month pursuant to 
Sec. 1.136(a):
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$435.00
By other than a small entity
$870.00

(d) Extension fee for response within fourth month pursuant to 
Sec. 1.136(a):
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$680.00
By other than a small entity
$1,360.00

(e) For filing a notice of appeal from the examiner to the Board of 
Patent Appeals and Interferences:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$140.00
By other than a small entity
$280.00

(f) In addition to the fee for filing a notice of appeal, for filing 
a brief in support of an appeal:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9 (f))
$140.00
By other than a small entity
$280.00

(g) For filing a request for an oral hearing before the Board of 
Patent Appeals and Interferences in an appeal under 35 U.S.C. 134:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$120.00
By other than a small entity
$240.00
* * * * *
(j) For filing a petition to institute a public use proceeding under 
Sec. 1.292
$1,390.00
* * * * *
(m) For filing a petition:
    (1) For revival of an unintentionally abandoned application, or
    (2) For the unintentionally delayed payment of the fee for 
issuing a patent:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$605.00
By other than a small entity
$1,210.00

(n) For requesting publication of a statutory invention registration 
prior to the mailing of the first examiner's action pursuant to 
Sec. 1.104--$840.00 reduced by the amount of the application basic 
filing fee paid.
(o) For requesting publication of a statutory invention registration 
after the mailing of the first examiner's action pursuant to 
Sec. 1.104--$1,690.00 reduced by the amount of the application basic 
filing fee paid.
(p) For submission of an information disclosure statement under 
Sec. 1.97(c)
$210.00

    4. Section 1.18 is proposed to be revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1.18  Patent issue fees.

(a) Issue fee for issuing each original or reissue patent, except a 
design or plant patent:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$605.00
By other than a small entity
$1,210.00

(b) Issue fee for issuing a design patent:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$210.00
By other than a small entity
$420.00

(c) Issue fee for issuing a plant patent:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$305.00
By other than a small entity
$610.00

    5. Section 1.20 is proposed to be amended by revising paragraphs 
(c), (e) through (g), (i)(1), and (j) to read as follows:


Sec. 1.20  Post issuance fees.

* * * * *
(c) For filing a request for reexamination (Sec. 1.510(a))
$2,320.00
* * * * *
(e) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after December 
12, 1980, in force beyond four years; the fee is due by three years 
and six months after the original grant
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$480.00
By other than a small entity
$960.00

(f) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after December 
12, 1980, in force beyond eight years; the fee is due by seven years 
and six months after the original grant
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$965.00
By other than a small entity
$1,930.00

(g) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after December 
12, 1980, in force beyond twelve years; the fee is due by eleven 
years and six months after the original grant
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$1,450.00
By other than a small entity
$2,900.00
* * * * *
(i) * * *
(1) unavoidable
$640.00
* * * * *
(j) For filing an application for extension of the term of a patent 
(Sec. 1.740)
$1,030.00

    6. Section 1.445 is proposed to be amended by revising paragraph 
(a) to read as follows:


Sec. 1.445  International application filing, processing and search 
fees.

(a) The following fees and charges for international applications 
are established by the Commissioner under the authority of 35 U.S.C. 
376:
(1) A transmittal fee (see 35 U.S.C. 361(d) and PCT Rule 14)
$210.00
(2) A search fee (see 35 U.S.C. 361(d) and PCT Rule 16) where:
(i) No corresponding prior United States national application with 
basic filing fee has been filed
$640.00
(ii) A corresponding prior United States national application with 
basic filing fee has been filed
$420.00
(3) A supplemental search fee when required, per additional invention
$180.00
* * * * *
    7. Section 1.482 is proposed to be amended by revising paragraphs 
(a)(1) and (a)(2)(ii) to read as follows:


Sec. 1.482  International preliminary examination fees.

    (a) * * *
(1) A preliminary examination fee is due on filing the Demand:
(i) Where an international search fee as set forth in Sec. 1.445(a)(2) 
has been paid on the international application to the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office as an International Searching Authority, a 
preliminary examination fee
    of
$460.00
(ii) Where the International Searching Authority for the international 
application was an authority other than the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, a preliminary examination fee of
$690.00
    (2) * * *
(ii) Where the International Searching Authority for the international 
application was an authority other than the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office
$240.00
* * * * *
    8. Section 1.492 is proposed to be amended by revising paragraphs 
(a)(1) through (5), (b), and (d) to read as follows:


Sec. 1.492  National stage fees.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
(1) Where an international preliminary examination fee as set forth 
in Sec. 1.482 has been paid on the international application to the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$330.00
By other than a small entity
$660.00

(2) Where no international preliminary examination fee as set forth 
in Sec. 1.482 has been paid to the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, but an international search fee as set forth in 
Sec. 1.445(a)(2) has been paid on the international application to 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an International 
Searching Authority:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$365.00
By other than a small entity
$730.00

(3) Where no international preliminary examination fee as set forth 
in Sec. 1.482 has been paid and no international search fee as set 
forth in Sec. 1.445(a)(2) has been paid on the international 
application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$490.00
By other than a small entity
$980.00

(4) Where an international preliminary examination fee as set forth 
in Sec. 1.482 has been paid to the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office and the international preliminary examination 
report states that the criteria of novelty, inventive step (non-
obviousness), and industrial applicability, as defined in PCT 
Article 33 (1) to (4) have been satisfied for all the claims 
presented in the application entering the national stage (see 
Sec. 1.496(b)):
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$46.00
By other than a small entity
$92.00

(5) Where a search report on the international application has been 
prepared by the European Patent Office of the Japanese Patent 
Office:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$425.00
By other than a small entity
$850.00

(b) In addition to the basic national fee, for filing or later 
presentation of each independent claim in excess of 3:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$38.00
By other than a small entity
$76.00
* * * * *
(d) In addition to the basic national fee, if the application 
contains, or is amended to contain, a multiple dependent claim(s), 
per application:
By a small entity (Sec. 1.9(f))
$120.00
By other than a small entity
$240.00
* * * * *
    Dated: May 23, 1994.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks.
    Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

                           Appendix A--Comparison of Existing and Revised Fee Amounts                           
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    37 CFR Sec.                                 Description                              Oct. 1993    Oct. 1994 
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1.16(a)               Basic Filing Fee................................................         $710         $730
1.16(a)               Basic Filing Fee (Small Entity).................................          355          365
1.16(b)               Independent Claims..............................................           74           76
1.16(b)               Independent Claims (Small Entity)...............................           37           38
1.16(c)               Claims in Excess of 20..........................................           22  ...........
1.16(c)               Claims in Excess of 20 (Small Entity)...........................           11  ...........
1.16(d)               Multiple Dependent Claims.......................................          230          240
1.16(d)               Multiple Dependent Claims (Small Entity)........................          115          120
1.16(e)               Surcharge-Late Filing Fee.......................................          130  ...........
1.16(e)               Surcharge-Late Filing Fee (Small Entity)........................           65  ...........
1.16(f)               Design Filing Fee...............................................          290          300
1.16(f)               Design Filing Fee (Small Entity)................................          145          150
1.16(g)               Plant Filing Fee................................................          480          490
1.16(g)               Plant Filing Fee (Small Entity).................................          240          245
1.16(h)               Reissue Filing Fee..............................................          710          730
1.16(h)               Reissue Filing Fee (Small Entity)...............................          355          365
1.16(i)               Reissue Independent Claims......................................           74           76
1.16(i)               Reissue Independent Claims (Small Entity).......................           37           38
1.16(j)               Reissue Claims in Excess of 20..................................           22  ...........
1.16(j)               Reissue Claims in Excess of 20 (Small Entity)...................           11  ...........
1.17(a)               Extension--First Month..........................................          110  ...........
1.17(a)               Extension--First Month (Small Entity)...........................           55  ...........
1.17(b)               Extension--Second Month.........................................          360          370
1.17(b)               Extension--Second Month (Small Entity)..........................          180          185
1.17(c)               Extension--Third Month..........................................          840          870
1.17(c)               Extension--Third Month (Small Entity)...........................          420          435
1.17(d)               Extension--Fourth Month.........................................        1,320        1,360
1.17(d)               Extension-Fourth Month (Small Entity)...........................          660          680
1.17(e)               Notice of Appeal................................................          270          280
1.17(e)               Notice of Appeal (Small Entity).................................          135          140
1.17(f)               Filing a Brief..................................................          270          280
1.17(f)               Filing a Brief (Small Entity)...................................          135          140
1.17(g)               Request for Oral Hearing........................................          230          240
1.17(g)               Request for Oral Hearing (Small Entity).........................          115          120
1.17(h)               Petition--Not All Inventors.....................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Correction of Inventorship............................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Decision on Questions.................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Suspend Rules.........................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Expedited License.....................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Scope of License......................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Retroactive License...................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Refusing Maintenance Fee..............................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Refusing Maintenance Fee--Expired Patent..............          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Interference..........................................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Reconsider Interference...............................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Late Filing of Interference...........................          130  ...........
1.20(b)               Petition--Correction of Inventorship............................          130  ...........
1.17(h)               Petition--Refusal to Publish SIR................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--For Assignment........................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--For Application.......................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Late Priority Papers..................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Suspend Action........................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Divisional Reissues to Issue Separately...............          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--For Interference Agreement............................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Amendment After Issue.................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Withdrawal After Issue................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Defer Issue...........................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Issue to Assignee.....................................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Accord a Filing Date Under Sec. 1.53..................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Accord a Filing Date Under Sec. 1.60..................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(1)            Petition--Accord a Filing Date Under Sec. 1.62..................          130  ...........
1.17(i)(2)            Petition--Make Application Special..............................          130  ...........
1.17(j)               Petition--Public Use Proceeding.................................        1,350       $1,390
1.17(k)               Non-English Specification.......................................          130  ...........
1.17(l)               Petition--Revive Abandoned Appl.................................          110  ...........
1.17(l)               Petition--Revive Abandoned Appl. (Small Entity).................           55  ...........
1.17(m)               Petition--Revive Unintentionally Abandoned Appl.................        1,170        1,210
1.17(m)               Petition--Revive Unintent Abandoned Appl. (Small Entity)........          585          605
1.17(n)               SIR--Prior to Examiner's Action.................................          820          840
1.17(o)               SIR--After Examiner's Action....................................        1,640        1,690
1.17(p)               Submission of an Information Disclosure Statement (Sec. 1.97)...          200          210
1.18(a)               Issue Fee.......................................................        1,170        1,210
1.18(a)               Issue Fee (Small Entity)........................................          585          605
1.18(b)               Design Issue Fee................................................          410          420
1.18(b)               Design Issue Fee (Small Entity).................................          205          210
1.18(c)               Plant Issue Fee.................................................          590          610
1.18(c)               Plant Issue Fee (Small Entity)..................................          295          305
1.19(a)(1)(i)         Copy of Patent..................................................            3  ...........
1.19(a)(1)(ii)        Patent Copy--Expedited Local Service............................            6  ...........
1.19(a)(1)(iii)       Patent Copy Ordered Via EOS--Expedited Service..................           25  ...........
1.19(a)(2)            Plant Patent Copy...............................................           12  ...........
1.19(a)(3)(i)         Copy of Utility Patent or SIR in Color..........................           24  ...........
1.19(b)(1)(i)         Certified Copy of Patent Application as Filed...................           12  ...........
1.19(b)(1)(i)         Certified Copy of Patent Application as Filed, Expedited........           24  ...........
1.19(b)(2)            Cert or Uncert Copy of Patent-Related File Wrapper/Contents.....          150  ...........
1.19(b)(3)            Cert. or Uncert. Copies of Office Records, per Document.........           25  ...........
1.19(b)(4)            For Assignment Records, Abstract of Title and Certification.....           25  ...........
1.19(c)               Library Service.................................................           50  ...........
1.19(d)               List of Patents in Subclass.....................................            3  ...........
1.19(e)               Uncertified Statement-Status of Maintenance Fee Payment.........           10  ...........
1.19(f)               Copy of Non-U.S. Patent Document................................           25  ...........
1.19(g)               Comparing and Certifying Copies, Per Document, Per Copy.........           25  ...........
1.19(h)               Duplicate or Corrected Filing Receipt...........................           25  ...........
1.20(a)               Certificate of Correction.......................................          100  ...........
1.20(c)               Reexamination...................................................        2,250        2,320
1.20(d)               Statutory Disclaimer............................................          110  ...........
1.20(d)               Statutory Disclaimer (Small Entity).............................           55  ...........
1.20(e)               Maintenance Fee--3.5 Years......................................          930          960
1.20(e)               Maintenance Fee--3.5 Years (Small Entity).......................          465          480
1.20(f)               Maintenance Fee--7.5 Years......................................        1,870        1,930
1.20(f)               Maintenance Fee--7.5 Years (Small Entity).......................          935          965
1.20(g)               Maintenance Fee--11.5 Years.....................................        2,820        2,900
1.20(g)               Maintenance Fee--11.5 Years (Small Entity)......................        1,410        1,450
1.20(h)               Surcharge--Maintenance Fee--6 Months............................          130  ...........
1.20(h)               Surcharge--Maintenance Fee--6 Months (Small Entity).............           65  ...........
1.20(i)(1)            Surcharge--Maintenance After Expiration--Unavoidable............          620          640
1.20(i)(2)            Surcharge--Maintenance After Expiration--Unintentional..........        1,500  ...........
1.20(j)               Extention of Term of Patent.....................................        1,000        1,030
1.21(a)(1)            Admission to Examination........................................          300  ...........
1.21(a)(2)            Registration to Practice........................................          100  ...........
1.21(a)(3)            Reinstatement to Practice.......................................           15  ...........
1.21(a)(4)            Certificate of Good Standing....................................           10  ...........
1.21(a)(4)            Certificate of Good Standing, Suitable Framing..................           20  ...........
1.21(a)(5)            Review of Decision of Director, OED.............................          130  ...........
1.21(a)(6)            Regrading of Examination........................................          130  ...........
1.21(b)(1)            Establish Deposit Account.......................................           10  ...........
1.21(b)(2)            Service Charge Below Minimum Balance............................           25  ...........
1.21(b)(3)            Service Charge Below Minimum Balance............................           25  ...........
1.21(c)               Filing a Disclosure Document....................................           10  ...........
1.21(d)               Box Rental......................................................           50  ...........
1.21(e)               International Type Search Report................................           40  ...........
1.21(g)               Self-Service Copy Charge........................................          .25  ...........
1.21(h)               Recording Patent Property.......................................           40  ...........
1.21(i)               Publication in the OG...........................................          $25  ...........
1.21(j)               Labor Charges for Services......................................           30  ...........
1.21(k)               Unspecified Other Services......................................          \1\  ...........
1.21(l)               Retaining Abandoned Application.................................          130  ...........
1.21(m)               Processing Returned Checks......................................           50  ...........
1.21(n)               Handling Fee--Incomplete Application............................          130  ...........
1.21(o)               Terminal Use APS-TEXT...........................................           40  ...........
1.21(p)               Terminal Use APS-TEXT by the PTDL's.............................           70  ...........
1.24                  Coupons for Patent and Trademark Copies.........................            3  ...........
1.296                 Handling Fee--Withdrawal SIR....................................          130  ...........
1.445(a)(1)           Transmittal Fee.................................................          200         $210
1.445(a)(2)(i)        PCT Search Fee--No U.S. Application.............................          620          640
1.445(a)(2)(ii)       PCT Search Fee--Prior U.S. Application..........................          410          420
1.445(a)(3)           Supplemental Search.............................................          170          180
1.482(a)(1)(i)        Preliminary Exam Fee............................................          450          460
1.482(a)(1)(ii)       Preliminary Exam Fee............................................          670          690
1.482(a)(2)(i)        Additional Invention............................................          140  ...........
1.482(a)(2)(ii)       Additional Invention............................................          230          240
1.492(a)(1)           Preliminary Examining Authority.................................          640          660
1.492(a)(1)           Preliminary Examining Authority (Small Entity)..................          320          330
1.492(a)(2)           Searching Authority.............................................          710          730
1.492(a)(2)           Searching Authority (Small Entity)..............................          355          365
1.492(a)(3)           PTO NOT ISA nor IPEA............................................          950          980
1.492(a)(3)           PTO NOT ISA nor IPEA (Small Entity).............................          475          490
1.492(a)(4)           Claims--IPEA....................................................           90           92
1.492(a)(4)           Claims--IPEA (Small Entity).....................................           45           46
1.492(a)(5)           Filing with EPO/JPO Search Report...............................          830          850
1.492(a)(5)           Filing with EPO/JPO Search Report (Small Entity)................          415          425
1.492(b)              Claims--Extra Individual (Over 3)...............................           74           76
1.492(b)              Claims--Extra Individual (Over 3) (Small Entity)................           37           38
1.492(c)              Claims--Extra Total (Over 20)...................................           22  ...........
1.492(c)              Claims--Extra Total (Over 20) (Small Entity)....................           11  ...........
1.492(d)              Claims--Multiple Dependents.....................................          230          240
1.492(d)              Claims--Multiple Dependents (Small Entity)......................          115          120
1.492(e)              Surcharge.......................................................          130  ...........
1.492(e)              Surcharge (Small Entity)........................................           65  ...........
1.492(f)              English Translation--After 20 Months............................          130  ...........
2.6(a)(1)             Application for Registration, Per Class.........................          245  ...........
2.6(a)(2)             Amendment to Allege Use, Per Class..............................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(3)             Statement of Use, Per Class.....................................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(4)             Extension for Filing Statement of Use, Per Class................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(5)             Application for Renewal, Per Class..............................          300  ...........
2.6(a)(6)             Surcharge for Late Renewal, Per Class...........................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(7)             Publication of Mark Under Sec. 12(c), Per Class.................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(8)             Issuing New Certificate of Registration.........................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(9)             Certificate of Correction of Registrant's Error.................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(10)            Filing Disclaimer to Registration...............................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(11)            Filing Amendment to Registration................................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(12)            Filing Affidavit Under Section 8, Per Class.....................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(13)            Filing Affidavit Under Section 15, Per Class....................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(14)            Filing Affidavit Under Sections 8 & 15, Per Class...............          200  ...........
2.6(a)(15)            Petitions to the Commissioner...................................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(16)            Petition to Cancel, Per Class...................................          200  ...........
2.6(a)(17)            Notice of Opposition, Per Class.................................          200  ...........
2.6(a)(18)            Ex Parte Appeal to the TTAB, Per Class..........................          100  ...........
2.6(a)(19)            Dividing an Application, Per New Application Created............          100  ...........
2.6(b)(1)(i)          Copy of Registered Mark.........................................            3  ...........
2.6(b)(1)(ii)         Copy of Registered Mark, Expedited..............................            6  ...........
2.6(b)(1)(iii)        Copy of Registered Mark Ordered Via EOS, Expedited Svc..........           25  ...........
2.6(b)(2)(i)          Certified Copy of TM Application as Filed.......................           12  ...........
2.6(b)(2)(ii)         Certified Copy of TM Application as Filed, Expedited............           24  ...........
2.6(b)(3)             Cert. or Uncert. Copy of TM-Related File Wrapper/Contents.......           50  ...........
2.6(b)(4)(i)          Cert. Copy of Registered Mark, Title or Status..................           10  ...........
2.6(b)(4)(ii)         Cert. Copy of Registered Mark, Title or Status--Expedited.......           20  ...........
2.6(b)(5)             Certified or Uncertified Copy of TM Records.....................           25  ...........
2.6(b)(6)             Recording Trademark Property, Per Mark, Per Document............           40  ...........
2.6(b)(6)             For Second and Subsequent Marks in Same Document................           25  ...........
2.6(b)(7)             For Assignment Records, Abstracts of Title and Cert.............           25  ...........
2.6(b)(8)             Terminal Use X-SEARCH...........................................           40  ...........
2.6(b)(9)             Self-Service Copy Charge........................................         0.25  ...........
2.6(b)(10)            Labor Charges for Services......................................           30  ...........
2.6(b)(11)            Unspecified Other Services......................................        (\1\)  ...........
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These fees would not be affected by this rulemaking.                                                            
***This fee has been suspended until further notice.                                                            
\1\Actual cost.                                                                                                 

[FR Doc. 94-13110 Filed 5-25-94; 11:02 am]
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