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DOC/PTO | RIN: 0651-AC54 | Publication ID: Spring 2013 |
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: Completed Actions |
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:
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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, Related to 0651-AC86 | |
Agency Contact: Michelle Picard Senior Advisor for Financial Management Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22313 Phone:571 272-6354 Fax:571 273-6354 Email: michelle.picard@uspto.gov |