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<p class="MsoNormal">In my view, the issue will be more problematic where an applicant claims small entity status, and then finds out that this was a mistake, made in good faith. How do you prove that?
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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.<o:p></o:p></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that the clerk's letter be withdrawn".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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/12/2025 1:01 PM, Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">From now on when a case changes from 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
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">\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 unentitled reduced amount, unless the entity establishes that the assertion or certification was made in good faith.\u201d<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This was provided for in one of the past rulemaking notices, but they have never implemented it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I imagine that part of what will go on here is a consequence of an applicant self-reporting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I imagine that this will lead to less self-reporting of deficiencies.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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Subject: USPTO to assess statutory penalties for false assertions or certifications of small and micro entity status<br>
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<h2>USPTO to assess statutory penalties for false assertions or certifications of small and micro entity status<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will begin implementing statutory penalties for falsely made assertions or certifications of small and micro entity status, as part of the USPTO\u2019s continuing efforts to mitigate threats to the U.S. patent system
and to protect that system\u2019s integrity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As required by statute, the USPTO will assess a fine of not less than three times the amount an entity failed to appropriately pay the USPTO when the entity is found to have falsely made an assertion or certification of small or micro entity status, unless
the entity shows that the assertion or certification was made in good faith. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The USPTO will begin issuing a combined notice of payment deficiency and order to show cause as to why a fine should not be assessed when the USPTO makes a preliminary determination that a pending patent application or patent contains a false assertion or
certification that resulted in the payment of at least one fee in an unentitled reduced amount. The agency will issue a subsequent notice to provide a final determination of whether a fine is being assessed, and the fine amount, based on any timely response
to the combined notice and order to show cause, and the record as a whole.<o:p></o:p></p>
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