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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AC54 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees 
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) takes this action in accordance with the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act to set and adjust certain patent fee amounts to provide the Office with a sufficient amount of aggregate revenue to recover its aggregate cost of patent operations. This action also helps the Office implement a sustainable funding model, reduce the current patent application backlog, decrease patent pendency, improve patent quality, and upgrade the Office's patent business information technology capability and infrastructure. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16    37 CFR 1.16(a-e)    37 CFR 1.17    37 CFR 1.17(a)    37 CFR 1.17e(l-m)    37 CFR 1.18    37 CFR 1.20    37 CFR 1.492(a)    37 CFR 1.492    37 CFR 1.492(c)    37 CFR 1.492(d-t)    37 CFR 41.20    37 CFR 1.26    37 CFR 42.15   
Legal Authority: 35 USC 119    35 USC 120    35 USC 132(b)    35 USC 376    35 USC 41    PL 109-383    PL 110-116    PL 110-137    PL 110-149    PL 110-161    PL 110-5    PL 110-92    PL 112-29   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/06/2012  77 FR 55028   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/05/2012 
Final Rule  02/00/2013 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC44, Related to 0651-AC62, Related to 0651-AC42, Related to 0651-AC65, Related to 0651-AC68, Related to 0651-AC69, Related to 0651-AC71, Related to 0651-AC72, Related to 0651-AC73 
Agency Contact:
Gilda Lee
Economist
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
600 Dulany Street, P. O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Phone:571 272-8698
Email: gilda.lee@uspto.gov