[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 13, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 13CFR121.802]



[Page 330]

 

                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE

 

                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 121_SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart A_Size Eligibility Provisions and Standards

 

Sec. 121.802  What size standards are applicable to reduced patent 

fees programs?



    A concern eligible for reduced patent fees is one:

    (a) Whose number of employees, including affiliates, does not exceed 

500 persons; and

    (b) Which has not assigned, granted, conveyed, or licensed (and is 

under no obligation to do so) any rights in the invention to any person 

who made it and could not be classified as an independent inventor, or 

to any concern which would not qualify as a non-profit organization or a 

small business concern under this section.