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1.17 Patent application and reexamination processing fees.

  • (a) Extension fees pursuant to § 1.136(a) :

    • (1) For reply within first month: TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a)(1)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$44.00
      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......88.00

      • By other than a small or micro entity......220.00

        • (2) For reply within second month: TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (a)(2)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$128.00

      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......256.00

      • By other than a small or micro entity......$640.00

        • (3) For reply within third month: TABLE 3 TO PARAGRAPH (a)(3)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$296.00

      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......592.00

      • By other than a small or micro entity......1,480.00

        • (4) For reply within fourth month: TABLE 4 TO PARAGRAPH (a)(4)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$464.00

      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......928.00

      • By other than a small or micro entity......$2,320.00

        • (5) For reply within fifth month: TABLE 5 TO PARAGRAPH (a)(5)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$632.00

      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......1,264.00
      • By other than a small or micro entity......3,160.00
      • (b) For fees in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, see § 41.20 and § 42.15 of this title.
      • (c) For filing a request for prioritized examination under § 1.102(e) : TABLE 6 TO PARAGRAPH (c)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$840.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......1,680.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity ......4,200.00

    • (d) For correction of inventorship in an application after the first action on the merits: TABLE 7 TO PARAGRAPH (d)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$128.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......256.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......640.00
    • (e) To request continued examination pursuant to § 1.114 :

    • (1) For filing a first request for continued examination pursuant to § 1.114 in an application: TABLE 8 TO PARAGRAPH (e)(1)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$272.00
      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a)) ......544.00

      • By other than a small or micro entity......1,360.00

        • (2) For filing a second or subsequent request for continued examination pursuant to § 1.114 in an application: TABLE 9 TO PARAGRAPH (e)(2)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$400.00

      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......800.00
      • By other than a small or micro entity......2,000.00
      • (f) For filing a petition under one of the following sections which refers to this paragraph (f): TABLE 10 TO PARAGRAPH (f)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$84.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......168.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......420.00

    • (g) For filing a petition under one of the following sections which refers to this paragraph (g): TABLE 11 TO PARAGRAPH (g)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$44.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......88.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......220.00

    • (h) For filing a petition under one of the following sections that refers to this paragraph (h): TABLE 12 TO PARAGRAPH (h)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$28.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......56.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......140.00
    • (i) Processing fees.

    • (1) For taking action under one of the following sections that refers to this paragraph (i)(1): TABLE 13 TO PARAGRAPH (i)(1)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$28.00
      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......56.00

      • By other than a small or micro entity......140.00

        • (2) For taking action under one of the following sections that refers to this paragraph (i)(2): TABLE 14 TO PARAGRAPH (i)(2)

      • By a micro entity (§ 1.29......$140.00

      • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......140.00
      • By other than a small or micro entity......140.00
      • (j) [Reserved]
      • (k) For filing a request for expedited examination under § 1.155(a) : TABLE 15 TO PARAGRAPH (k)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$320.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......640.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......1,600.00
    • (l) [Reserved]

    • (m) For filing a petition for the revival of an abandoned application for a patent, for the delayed payment of the fee for issuing each patent, for the delayed response by the patent owner in any reexamination proceeding, for the delayed payment of the fee for maintaining a patent in force, for the delayed submission of a priority or benefit claim, for the extension of the 12-month (six-month for designs) period for filing a subsequent application (§§ 1.55(c) and (e) , 1.78(b) , (c) , and (e) ; 1.137 ; 1.378 ; and 1.452 ), or for filing a petition to excuse applicant’s failure to act within prescribed time limits in an international design application ( § 1.1051 ): TABLE 16 TO PARAGRAPH (m)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$420.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......840.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......2,100.00
    • (n) [Reserved]

    • (o) For every ten items or fraction thereof in a third-party submission under § 1.290 : TABLE 17 TO PARAGRAPH (o)

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a)) or micro entity (§ 1.29)......$72.00

    • By other than a small or micro entity......$180.00

    • (p) For an information disclosure statement under § 1.97(c) or (d) : TABLE 18 TO PARAGRAPH (p)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$52.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......104.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......260.00
    • (q) Processing fee for taking action under one of the following sections that refers to this paragraph (q):......$50.00.
    • § 1.41 —to supply the name or names of the inventor or inventors after the filing date without a cover sheet as prescribed by § 1.51(c)(1) in a provisional application.
    • § 1.48 —for correction of inventorship in a provisional application.
    • § 1.53(c)(2) —to convert a nonprovisional application filed under § 1.53(b) to a provisional application under § 1.53(c) .

    • (r) For entry of a submission after final rejection under § 1.129(a) : TABLE 19 TO PARAGRAPH (r)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$176.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......352.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......880.00

    • (s) For each additional invention requested to be examined under § 1.129(b) : TABLE 20 TO PARAGRAPH (s)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$176.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......352.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......880.00

    • (t) For filing a petition to convert an international design application to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 (§ 1.1052 ): TABLE 21 TO PARAGRAPH (t)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$36.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......72.00
    • By other than a small or micro entity......180.00

[Added 47 FR 41272, Sept. 17, 1982, effective Oct. 1, 1982; para. (h), 48 FR 2696, Jan. 20, 1983, effective Feb. 27, 1983; para. (h), 49 FR 13461, Apr. 4, 1984, effective June 4, 1984; para. (h), 49 FR 34724, Aug. 31, 1984, effective Nov. 1, 1984; paras. (e), (g), (h) and (i), 49 FR 48416, Dec. 12, 1984, effective Feb. 11, 1985; paras. (h), (n) and (c), 50 FR 9379, Mar. 7, 1985, effective May 8, 1985; 50 FR 31824, Aug. 6, 1985, effective Oct. 5, 1985; paras. (a)-(m), 54 FR 6893, Feb. 15, 1989, 54 FR 9431, March 7, 1989, effective Apr. 17, 1989; para. (i)(1), 54 FR 47518, Nov. 15, 1989, effective Jan. 16, 1990; paras. (a)-(o), 56 FR 65142, Dec. 13, 1991, effective Dec. 16, 1991; para. (i)(1), 57 FR 2021, Jan. 17, 1992, effective March 16, 1992; para. (p) added, 57 FR 2021, Jan. 17, 1992, effective March 16, 1992; para. (i)(1), 57 FR 29642, July 6, 1992, effective Sept. 4, 1992; corrected 57 FR 32439, July 22, 1992; paras. (b)-(g), (j), and (m)-(o), 57 FR 38190, Aug. 21, 1992, effective Oct. 1, 1992; para. (h), 58 FR 38719, July 20, 1993, effective Oct. 1, 1993; paras. (b)-(g), (j) and (m)-(p), 59 FR 43736, Aug. 25, 1994, effective Oct. 1, 1994; paras. (h) & (i) amended and paras. (q)-(s) added, 67 FR 20195, Apr. 25, 1995, effective June 8, 1995; paras. (b)-(g), (j), (m)-(p), (r) & (s) amended, 60 FR 41018, Aug. 11, 1995, effective Oct. 1, 1995; paras. (b)-(g), (j), (m)-(p), (r) and (s) amended, 61 FR 39585, July 30, 1996, effective Oct. 1, 1996; paras. (b)-(g), (j), (m)-(p), (r) & (s) amended, 62 FR 40450, July 29, 1997, effective Oct. 1, 1997; paras. (a) - (d), (h), (i) & (q) revised, paras. (e)-(g) reserved, 62 FR 53132, Oct. 10, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997; para. (q) corrected, 62 FR 61235, Nov. 17, 1997, effective Dec. 1, 1997; paras. (a)-(d), (l) and (m) revised, 63 FR 67578, Dec. 8, 1998, effective Nov. 10, 1998; paras. (r) and (s) revised, 63 FR 67578, Dec. 8, 1998, effective Dec. 8, 1998; paras. (r) and (s) revised, 64 FR 67774, Dec. 3, 1999, effective Jan. 10, 2000; para. (e) added and para. (i) revised, 65 FR 14865, Mar. 20, 2000, effective May 29, 2000 (adopted as final, 65 FR 50092, Aug. 16, 2000); paras. (a)-(e), (m), (r) and (s) revised, 65 FR 49193, August 11, 2000, effective October 1, 2000; paras. (h), (i), (k), (l), (m), (p), and (q) revised, 65 FR 54604, Sept. 8, 2000, effective Nov. 7, 2000; heading and paras. (h), (i), (l), (m) and (p) revised, 65 FR 57024, Sept. 20, 2000, effective Nov. 29, 2000; para. (t) added, 65 FR 57024, Sept. 20, 2000, effective Nov. 29, 2000; paras. (a)-(e), (r) and (s) revised, 65 FR 78958, Dec. 18, 2000; heading and para. (h) revised, 66 FR 47387, Sept. 12, 2001, effective Sept. 12, 2001; paras. (a)(2)-(a)(5), (b)-(e), (m) and (r)-(t) revised, 66 FR 39447, July 31, 2001, effective Oct. 1, 2001; paras. (a)(2)-(a)(5), (e), (m), and (r) through (t) revised, 67 FR 70847, Nov. 27, 2002, effective Jan. 1, 2003; para. (h) revised, 68 FR 38611, June 30, 2003, effective July 30, 2003; paras. (a)(2)-(a)(5), (b)-(e), (m), and (r)-(t) revised, 68 FR 41532, July 14, 2003, effective Oct. 1, 2003; paras. (c) and (d) removed and reserved and paras. (b) and (h) revised, 69 FR 49959, Aug. 12, 2004, effective Sept. 13, 2004; paras. (a)(2)-(a)(5), (e), (m), and (r)-(t) revised, 69 FR 52604, Aug. 27, 2004, effective Oct. 1, 2004; paras. (f) and (g) added and paras. (h) and (i) revised, 69 FR 56481, Sept. 21, 2004, effective Nov. 22, 2004; paras. (a), (l) and (m) revised, 70 FR 3880, Jan. 27, 2005, effective Dec. 8, 2004; para. (i) revised, 70 FR 54259, Sept. 14, 2005, effective Sept. 14, 2005; para. (f) revised, 70 FR 56119, Sept. 26, 2005, effective Nov. 25, 2005; paras. (l) & (m) revised, 72 FR 18892, Apr. 16, 2007, effective May 16, 2007; paras. (a)(2)-(a)(5), (e), (l), (m), and (r)-(t) revised, 72 FR 46899, Aug. 22, 2007, effective Sept. 30, 2007; paras. (a)(4) and (a)(5) corrected, 72 FR 55055, Sept. 28, 2007, effective Sept. 30, 2007; para. (f) revised, 72 FR 46716, Aug. 21, 2007 (implementation enjoined and never became effective); para. (t) revised, 72 FR 51559, Sept. 10, 2007, and corrected 72 FR 57864, Oct. 11, 2007, effective Nov. 9, 2007; paras. (a), (l), and (m) revised, 73 FR 47534, Aug. 14, 2008, effective Oct. 2, 2008; para. (f) revised, 74 FR 52686, Oct. 14, 2009, effective Oct. 14, 2009 (to remove changes made by the final rules in 72 FR 46716 from the CFR); para. (c) added and para. (i) revised, 76 FR 18399, Apr. 4, 2011, effective date delayed until further notice, 76 FR 23876, Apr. 29, 2011 and withdrawn effective Sept. 23, 2011, 76 FR 59050, Sept. 23, 2011; para. (c) added and para. (i) revised, 76 FR 59050, Sept. 23, 2011, effective Sept. 26, 2011; para. (j) removed and reserved and para. (p) revised, 77 FR 42150, July 17, 2012, effective Sept. 16, 2012; para. (b) revised, 77 FR 46615, Aug. 6, 2012, effective Sept. 16, 2012; paras. (g) and (i) revised, 77 FR 48776, Aug. 14, 2012, effective Sept. 16, 2012; paras. (a), (l), and (m) revised, 77 FR 54360, Sept. 5, 2012, effective Oct. 5, 2012; paras.(g) and (i) revised and paras. (n) and (o) removed and reserved, 78 FR 11024, Feb. 14, 2013, effective Mar. 16, 2013; paras. (a)-(i), (k)-(m), and (p)-(t) revised, 78 FR 4212, Jan. 18, 2013, effective Mar. 19, 2013; revised, 78 FR 17102, Mar. 20, 2013, effective Mar. 20, 2013; paras. (f), (g), (m), and (p) revised, para. (o) added and paras. (l) and (t) removed and reserved, 78 FR 62368, Oct. 21, 2013, corrected 78 FR 75251, Dec. 11, 2013, effective Dec. 18, 2013; paras. (f), (g), (i)(1) and (m) revised and para. (t) added, 80 FR 17918, Apr. 2, 2015, effective May 13, 2015; paras. (e), (h), (m), (p) and (t) revised, 82 FR 52780, Nov. 14, 2017, effective Jan. 16, 2018; paras. (a), (c)-(h), (i)(1), (i)(2), (k), (m), and (p)-(s) revised and table headings added to paras. (o) and (t), 85 FR 46932, Aug. 3, 2020, effective Oct. 2, 2020; paras. (a)(2), (f), (g), (i)(2), and (q) corrected, 85 FR 58282, Sept. 18, 2020, effective Oct. 2, 2020; revised tables in paras. (a)(1) through (5), (c), (d), (e)(1) and (2), (f) through (h), (i)(1), (k), (m), (o), (p), and (r) through (t), 88 FR 17417, Mar. 22, 2023, effective Mar. 22, 2023]