Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Patent Application Non-electronic Filing Fee

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations][Pages 70651-70653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29462]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
37 CFR Part 1 [Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0065] RIN 0651-AC64

Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic
Filing System

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act provides an additional fee of $400 for applications not filed electronically. This final rule revises the rules of practice to include the fee for applications not filed electronically.

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

(a) The following fees and charges for international applications are established by law or by the Director under the authority of 35 U.S.C. 376:

(1) A transmittal fee (see 35 U.S.C. 361(d) and PCT Rule 14) consisting of

(i) A basic portion.......................................... $240.00

(ii) A non-electronic filing fee portion for any international application designating the United States of America that is filed on or after November 15, 2011, other than by the Office electronic filing system, except for a plant application:

By a small entity (Sec. 1.27(a))........................... $200.00
By other than a small entity................................. $400.00
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To see the full text of this final rule, access
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-15/pdf/2011-29462.pdf

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Discontinuing the Mass Mailing of Paper Fee Schedules

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 213
(Thursday, November 3, 2011)][Notices][Page 68166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov][FR Doc No: 2011-28536]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2011-0054]

Discontinuing the Mass Mailing of Paper Fee Schedules to
Registered Attorneys, Agents, and Deposit Account Holders

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
To see the complete text of this comment request access: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2011_register&docid=2011-28536.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is discontinuing the mass mailing of revised paper fee schedules to registered attorneys, agents, and deposit account holders when fees are adjusted due to enactment of legislation or fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index. Since a substantial majority of filings and fee payments are submitted on-line, and the most up-to-date fee schedule is always available and maintained on-line, the USPTO has discontinued the mass mailing of the paper fee schedules. The current fee schedule is essentially built into the on-line systems (e.g., EFS-Web, TEAS, accessible through the USPTO home page, etc.), which display the current fee amounts required at the time of submitting the payment.

DATES: Effective Date: November 3, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Lee, Office of Finance, Receipts Accounting Division, by telephone at (571) 272-6343; or by mail addressed to: Mail Stop 16, Director of the USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.