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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font color="#cd232c">The original question</font> --></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Does the previous fee for an Issue Fee remain fixed ($1200) for a large entity after January 19, 2025 for an issue fee due January 21, 2025? If not, does the Applicant pay the new fee - $1290? <b>[it seems like the USPTO will allow applicant to pay the EARLIER fee after Jan 19, 2025 -- $1200]</b></span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font color="#cd232c">My follow-on question [background]</font>-> last month, I filed a new US application without paying any filing fees.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Earlier today, the USPTO mailed a 'notice to file missing parts' asking for filing fees, exam fees and search fees <u>for one of our cases.</u></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A specific dollar appeared on the 'notice to file missing parts' (i.e. the current USPTO fees) and a March 14, 2025 deadline also appeared on the 'notice to file missing parts'</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b> <span><span style="color: rgb(205, 35, 44); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">My follow-on [<u>The Actual Question</u>]</span></span> </b>-- can I pay in February 2025 according to the dollar amounts listed on today's "notice to file missing parts" ??</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bill</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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On Monday, January 13, 2025 at 10:29:36 PM GMT+2, Timothy Snowden via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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<div id="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565yqt33101" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565yqt4555297615"><div class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-cite-prefix">On 1/13/2025 2:25 PM, Sarah Adriano via
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<p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall Svihla via Patentpractice<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2025 12:14 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice
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<b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <a shape="rect" href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><rsvihla@nsiplaw.com></a><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025
USPTO Fees question</span></p>
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<p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">Yes.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;background:white;">Under
the changes to </span><b><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e303440" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#031D4E;">35
U.S.C. 151</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;background:white;"> in
the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act (PLTIA) (Public
Law 112-211), the sum specified in the Notice of Allowance
will constitute the issue fee and any required publication
fee, and the Office will proceed to issue a patent when
the applicant pays the sum specified in the Notice of
Allowance, regardless of the issue fee and/or publication
fee in effect on the date the sum specified in the Notice
of Allowance is paid.</span><span style="font-family:serif;"></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025 USPTO
Fees question</span>
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<p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Does
the previous fee for an Issue Fee remain fixed ($1200)
for a large entity after January 19, 2025 for an issue
fee due January 21, 2025? If not, does the Applicant
pay the new fee - $1290?</span></p>
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