[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.25]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.25  Deposit accounts.

    (a) For the convenience of attorneys, and the general public in 
paying any fees due, in ordering services offered by the Office, copies 
of records, etc., deposit accounts may be established in the Patent and 
Trademark Office upon payment of the fee for establishing a deposit 
account (Sec. 1.21(b)(1)). A minimum deposit of $1,000 is required for 
paying any fees due or in ordering any

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services offered by the Office. However, a minimum deposit of $300 may 
be paid to establish a restricted subscription deposit account used 
exclusively for subscription order of patent copies as issued. At the 
end of each month, a deposit account statement will be rendered. A 
remittance must be made promptly upon receipt of the statement to cover 
the value of items or services charged to the account and thus restore 
the account to its established normal deposit. An amount sufficient to 
cover all fees, services, copies, etc., requested must always be on 
deposit. Charges to accounts with insufficient funds will not be 
accepted. A service charge (Sec. 1.21(b)(2)) will be assessed for each 
month that the balance at the end of the month is below $1,000. For 
restricted subscription deposit accounts, a service charge 
(Sec. 1.21(b)(3)) will be assessed for each month that the balance at 
the end of the month is below $300.
    (b) Filing, issue, appeal, international-type search report, 
international application processing, petition, and post-issuance fees 
may be charged against these accounts if sufficient funds are on deposit 
to cover such fees. A general authorization to charge all fees, or only 
certain fees, set forth in Secs. 1.16 to 1.18 to a deposit account 
containing sufficient funds may be filed in an individual application, 
either for the entire pendency of the application or with a particular 
paper filed. An authorization to charge fees under Sec. 1.16 in an 
international application entering the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 
371 will be treated as an authorization to charge fees under Sec. 1.492. 
An authorization to charge fees set forth in Sec. 1.18 to a deposit 
account is subject to the provisions of Sec. 1.311(b). An authorization 
to charge to a deposit account the fee for a request for reexamination 
pursuant to Sec. 1.510 or Sec. 1.913 and any other fees required in a 
reexamination proceeding in a patent may also be filed with the request 
for reexamination. An authorization to charge a fee to a deposit account 
will not be considered payment of the fee on the date the authorization 
to charge the fee is effective as to the particular fee to be charged 
unless sufficient funds are present in the account to cover the fee.

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

[49 FR 553, Jan. 4, 1984, as amended at 50 FR 31826, Aug. 6, 1985; 65 FR 
76772, Dec. 7, 2000; 67 FR 523, Jan. 4, 2002]