# CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2012-09-05 · Effective 2012-10-05 · 77 FR 54360
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-21974
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 54360
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2012-09-05
- **Effective date:** 2012-10-05
- **Commerce docket:** PTO-C-2011-0007
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) is adjusting certain patent fee amounts for fiscal year 2013 to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The patent statute provides for the annual CPI adjustment of patent fees set by statute to recover the higher costs associated with doing business as reflected by the CPI.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/09/05/2012-21974/cpi-adjustment-of-patent-fees-for-fiscal-year-2013)
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