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RIN: 0651-AC94

Publication ID: Spring 2015

Title: Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Applications for Renewal
Abstract: The Office is amending 37 CFR (Part 6) to reduce the filing fee, per class, for: (1) TEAS applications for which the applicant includes an e-mail address for correspondence, authorizes the Office to send correspondence concerning the application to the applicant or applicants attorney by e-mail, and files certain communications through TEAS; (2) TEAS Plus applications; and (3) renewal applications.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.6 37 CFR 2.2
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1113 35 U.S.C. 2 Pub. L. 112-29 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/09/2014	79 FR 26664
NPRM Comment Period End	06/23/2014
Final Rule	12/16/2014	79 FR 74633
Final Rule Effective	01/17/2015

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Phone:571 272-8742 Fax:571 273-8742 Email: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov