# Fee for Filing a Patent Application Other Than by the Electronic Filing System
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2011-11-15 · Effective 2011-11-15 · 76 FR 70651
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-29462
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 70651
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2011-11-15
- **Effective date:** 2011-11-15
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0065
## Abstract

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act provides an additional fee of $400 for applications not filed electronically. This final rule revises the rules of practice to include the fee for applications not filed electronically.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/11/15/2011-29462/fee-for-filing-a-patent-application-other-than-by-the-electronic-filing-system)
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