# Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2020
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule; delay of effective date and final rule. · Published 2022-12-29 · Effective 2023-04-03 · 87 FR 80073
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-28436
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 80073
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2022-12-29
- **Effective date:** 2023-04-03
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: PTO-P-2018-0031
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register on August 3, 2020, that includes a fee for patent applications that are not filed in DOCX format, except for design, plant, or provisional applications. This new fee was scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2023. Through this final rule, the USPTO is delaying the effective date of this fee until April 3, 2023.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/29/2022-28436/setting-and-adjusting-patent-fees-during-fiscal-year-2020)
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