Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025
bis-export-control · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2024-11-20 · Effective 2025-01-19 · 89 FR 91898
Document
Document number
2024-26821
Federal Register citation
89 FR 91898
CFR reference
37 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2024-11-20
Effective date
2025-01-19
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0033
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sets or adjusts patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). The fee adjustments are needed to provide the USPTO with sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate estimated costs of patent operations in future years (based on assumptions and estimates found in the agency's Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Justification (FY 2025 Budget)), including implementing the USPTO 2022-2026 Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan).