[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: 37CFR1.22]

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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. 1.22  Fees payable in advance.

    (a) Patent and trademark fees and charges payable to the Patent and 
Trademark Office are required to be paid in advance, that is, at the 
time of requesting any action by the Office for which a fee or charge is 
payable with the exception that under Sec. 1.53 applications for patent 
may be assigned a filing date without payment of the basic filing fee.
    (b) All patent and trademark fees paid to the Patent and Trademark 
Office should be itemized in each individual application, patent or 
other proceeding in such a manner that it is clear for which purpose the 
fees are paid.


(35 U.S.C. 6, Pub. L. 97-247)

[48 FR 2708, Jan. 20, 1983]