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Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025

The Patent and Trademark Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on November 20, 2024. It took effect on January 19, 2025.

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What the agency says

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sets or adjusts patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). The fee adjustments are needed to provide the USPTO with sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate estimated costs of patent operations in future years (based on assumptions and estimates found in the agency's Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Justification (FY 2025 Budget)), including implementing the USPTO 2022-2026 Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan).

Key facts

Document number: 2024-26821
Type: Final rule
Action: Final rule
Agency: Commerce Department; Patent and Trademark Office
Published: November 20, 2024
Takes effect: January 19, 2025
Dates: This rule is effective on January 19, 2025. The amendments to Sec. 1.18(b)(1) shall apply to those international design applications under the Hague Agreement having a date of international registration on or after January 19, 2025.
Docket: Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0033
Regulation ID (RIN): 0651-AD64
Code of Federal Regulations: 37 CFR 1; 37 CFR 41; 37 CFR 42
Topics: Administrative practice and procedure; Biologics; Courts; Freedom of information; Inventions and patents; Lawyers; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Small businesses
Pages: 114

The document on federalregister.gov PDF

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