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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font color="#cd232c">The original question</font> --&gt;</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?&nbsp; 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>-&gt; 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>&nbsp;</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 &lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt; wrote:
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    <p>It's why I really appreciate this list. It's like RI for patent
      practitioners (RI = REAL intelligence)!<br clear="none">
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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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Thanks
            Randall!</span></p> 
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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;">
                Patentpractice
                [<a shape="rect" href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>]
                <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
                <a shape="rect" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br clear="none">
                <b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <a shape="rect" href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&lt;rsvihla@nsiplaw.com&gt;</a><br clear="none">
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025
                USPTO Fees question</span></p> 
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        <p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</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&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;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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              Patentpractice &lt;<a shape="rect" href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
              on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice &lt;<a shape="rect" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br clear="none">
              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2025 3:06 PM<br clear="none">
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              <b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl &lt;<a shape="rect" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">carl@oppedahl.com</a>&gt;<br clear="none">
              <b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025 USPTO
              Fees question</span> 
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            <p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> 
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            <p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">A
                listserv member asks to post anonymously ...</span></p> 
            <p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> 
            <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?&nbsp; If not, does the Applicant
                pay the new fee - $1290?</span></p> 
            <p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> 
            <p class="ydp9e79d3b1yiv0029877565xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a shape="rect" href="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uspto.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2FPatent-Fees-Current-Final-Unit-Cost-FR-2025.xlsx&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patent-Fees-Current-Final-Unit-Cost-FR-2025.xlsx</a></span></p> 
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