# Fiscal Year 2009 Changes to Patent Cooperation Treaty Transmittal and Search Fees
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2008-11-12 · 73 FR 66754
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-26711
- **Category:** bis-export-control
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 66754
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2008-11-12
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: PTO-P-2008-0023
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice to adjust the transmittal and search fees for international applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The Office is adjusting the PCT transmittal and search fees to recover the estimated average cost to the Office of processing PCT international applications and preparing international search reports and written opinions for PCT international applications.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/11/12/E8-26711/fiscal-year-2009-changes-to-patent-cooperation-treaty-transmittal-and-search-fees)
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