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<p>Of course what one imagines is that the USPTO clerk who pounces
on entity-size filings to try to collect the penalties might fail
to notice the cover letter.</p>
<p>I guess though if the clerk pounces, mailing out whatever the
clerk mails out, it would be very satisfying to be able to deal
with it in a better way. Instead of filing a document styled as a
"response", one would be able to file a document entitled "request
that the clerk's letter be withdrawn". The basis being that the
cover letter already addressed the issue.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/12/2025 1:01 PM, Suzannah K.
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small entity to large
<span class="SpellE">bc</span> of, e.g., licensing or a
change in the size of the applicant, I think I am going to
submit a cover letter explaining the effective date the
small entity status was lost to preempt having to respond to
the USPTO asking me to explain the change in entity status.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Per the OG Notice:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>\u201cDivision W of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted the Unleashing American
Innovators Act of 2022 and amended Title 35 of the United
States Code to provide for penalties for false assertions
and certifications under 35 U.S.C. 41G) and 123(t),
respectively. See Public Law 117-328. In December 2024,
Public Law 118-151 further amended Title 35 to provide good
faith exceptions to the statutory penalty system of 35
U.S.C. 41G) and 123(t). Consequently, 35 U.S.C. 41G) and
123(t) require the USPTO to assess a fine of not less than
three times the amount an entity failed to appropriately pay
the USPTO, when the entity is found by the USPTO to have
falsely made an assertion or certification of small or micro
entity status that resulted in the payment of a fee in an
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>This was provided for in one of the
past rulemaking notices, but they have never implemented it.</span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Fwd: USPTO to assess
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<p><span>I imagine that part of what will go on here is a
consequence of an applicant self-reporting.</span></p>
<p><span>In the past, if an applicant were to self-report that
it paid (say) a small fee when it should have paid a
non-small fee, the consequence was that the applicant topped
up the deficiency. And everybody moved forward.</span></p>
<p><span>Now I guess the applicant that self-reports and tops up
will receive a notice demanding that the applicant pay a
times-three for the deficiency.</span></p>
<p><span>I imagine that this will lead to less self-reporting of
deficiencies.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/12/2025 7:59 AM, Michael Brown via
Patentpractice wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is an interesting development. I
am curious as to the mechanism to be used when "the
USPTO makes a preliminary determination" about the
improper payment. I suppose for micro entity, a cross
check of an inventor's name could be done, but what
would they do for small entities?</p>
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