[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.21]

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             TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
    CHAPTER I--PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.21  Miscellaneous fees and charges.

    The Patent and Trademark Office has established the following fees 
for the services indicated:
    (a) Registration of attorneys and agents:
    (1) For admission to examination for registration to practice:
    (i) Application Fee (non-refundable)--$40.00
    (ii) Registration examination fee--$310.00
    (2) On registration to practice--$100.00
    (3) For reinstatement to practice--$40.00
    (4) For certificate of good standing as an attorney or agent--$10.00

Suitable for framing--$20.00

    (5) For review of a decision of the Director of Enrollment and 
Discipline under Sec. 10.2(c)--$130.00
    (6) For requesting regrading of an examination under Sec. 10.7(c):
    (i) Regrading of morning section (PTO Practice and Procedure)--
$230.00
    (ii) Regrading of afternoon section (Claim Drafting)--$230.00
    (b) Deposit accounts:
    (1) For establishing a deposit account--$10.00
    (2) Service charge for each month when the balance at the end of the 
month is below $1,000--$25.00
    (3) Service charge for each month when the balance at the end of the 
month is below $300 for restricted subscription deposit accounts used 
exclusively for subscription order of patent copies as issued--$25.00
    (c) Disclosure document: For filing a disclosure document--$10.00
    (d) Delivery box: Local delivery box rental, per annum--$50.00
    (e) International type search reports: For preparing an 
international type search report of an international type

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search made at the time of the first action on the merits in a national 
patent application--$40.00
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) Self-service copy charge, per page--$0.25
    (h) For recording each assignment, agreement or other paper relating 
to the property in a patent or application, per property--$40.00
    (i) Publication in Official Gazette: For publication in the Official 
Gazette of a notice of the availability of an application or a patent 
for licensing or sale:

Each application or patent--$25.00

    (j) Labor charges for services, per hour or fraction thereof--$40.00
    (k) For items and services that the Commissioner finds may be 
supplied, for which fees are not specified by statute or by this part, 
such charges as may be determined by the Commissioner with respect to 
each such item or service--Actual Cost
    (l) For processing and retaining any application abandoned pursuant 
to Sec. 1.53(f), unless the required basic filing fee (Sec. 1.16)has 
been paid--$130.00
    (m) For processing each check returned ``unpaid'' by a bank--$50.00
    (n) For handling an application in which proceedings are terminated 
pursuant to Sec. 1.53(e)--$130.00
    (o) Marginal cost, paid in advance, for each hour of terminal 
session time, including print time, using Automated Patent System full-
text search capabilities, prorated for the actual time used. The 
Commissioner may waive the payment by an individual for access to the 
Automated Patent System full-text search capability (APS-Text) upon a 
showing of need or hardship, and if such waiver is in the public 
interest--$40.00  

[56 FR 65153, Dec. 13, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 38195, Aug. 21, 1992; 
57 FR 40493, Sept. 3, 1992; 59 FR 43741, Aug. 25, 1994; 60 FR 20222, 
Apr. 25, 1995; 60 FR 41022, Aug. 11, 1995; 61 FR 39588, July 30, 1996; 
61 FR 43400, Aug. 22, 1996; 62 FR 40453, July 29, 1997; 62 FR 53183, 
Oct. 10, 1997; 63 FR 67580, Dec. 8, 1998]