[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.20]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1.20  Post issuance fees.

    (a) For providing a certificate of correction for applicant's 
mistake:

(Sec. 1.323)--$100.00

    (b) Processing fee for correcting inventorship in a patent (Sec. 
1.324)--$130.00.
    (c) In reexamination proceedings
    (1) For filing a request for ex parte reexamination (Sec. 1.510(a))-
-$2,520.00
    (2) For filing a request for inter partes reexamination (Sec. 
1.915(a))--$8,800.00
    (d) For filing each statutory disclaimer (Sec. 1.321):

By a small entity (Sec. 1.27(a))...........................       $55.00
By other than a small entity...............................      $110.00


    (e) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after December 12, 
1980, in force beyond four years; the fee is due by three years and six 
months after the original grant:

By a small entity (Sec. 1.27(a))--$445.00
By other than a small entity--$890.00

    (f) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after December 12, 
1980, in force beyond eight years; the fee is due by

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seven years and six months after the original grant:

By a small entity (Sec. 1.27(a))--$1,025.00
By other than a small entity--$2,050.00

    (g) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after December 12, 
1980, in force beyond twelve years; the fee is due by eleven years and 
six months after the original grant:

By a small entity (Sec. 1.27(a))--$1,575.00
By other than a small entity--$3,150.00

    (h) Surcharge for paying a maintenance fee during the six-month 
grace period following the expiration of three years and six months, 
seven years and six months and eleven years and six months after the 
date of the original grant of a patent based on an application filed on 
or after December 12, 1980:

By a small entity (Sec. 1.27(a))...........................       $65.00
By other than a small entity...............................      $130.00


    (i) Surcharge for accepting a maintenance fee after expiration of a 
patent for non-timely payment of a maintenance fee where the delay in 
payment is shown to the satisfaction of the Director to have been--
    (1) Unavoidable--$700.00
    (2) Unintentional--$1,640.00
    (j) For filing an application for extension of the term of a patent 
(Sec. 1.740)--$1,060.00
    (1) Application for extension under Sec. 1.740--$1,120.00
    (2) Initial application for interim extension under Sec. 1.790--
$420.00
    (3) Subsequent application for interim extension under Sec. 1.790--
$220.00

[56 FR 65153, Dec. 13, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 38195, Aug. 21, 1992; 
57 FR 56450, Nov. 30, 1992; 58 FR 44280, Aug. 20, 1993; 60 FR 41022, 
Aug. 11, 1995; 61 FR 39588, July 30, 1996; 62 FR 40453, July 29, 1997; 
63 FR 67580, Dec. 8, 1998; 64 FR 67777, Dec. 3, 1999; 65 FR 76772, Dec. 
7, 2000; 65 FR 78960, Dec. 18, 2000; 65 FR 80755, Dec. 22, 2000; 66 FR 
39450, July 31, 2001; 67 FR 70849, Nov. 27, 2002]