[Patentpractice] January 19, 2025 USPTO Fees question

[Timothy Snowden]

It's why I really appreciate this list. It's like RI for patent 
practitioners (RI = REAL intelligence)!

On 1/13/2025 2:25 PM, Sarah Adriano via Patentpractice wrote:
>
> Thanks Randall!
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE--This email is intended only for the person(s) 
> named in the message header.  Unless otherwise indicated, this email 
> contains information that is confidential, privileged and/or exempt 
> from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this 
> message in error, please notify the sender of the error and delete the 
> message. Even if you are an intended recipient of this E-Mail, the 
> author requests that you not forward it to any other person without 
> written prior consent. E-Mail is covered by the Electronic 
> Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510-2521 and is legally 
> privileged. Thank you.
>
> *From:*Patentpractice 
> [mailto:patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Randall Svihla via Patentpractice
> *Sent:* Monday, January 13, 2025 12:14 PM
> *To:* Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025 USPTO Fees question
>
> Yes.
>
> Under the changes to *35 U.S.C. 151 
> <https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e303440>* 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.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on 
> behalf of Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice 
> <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 13, 2025 3:06 PM
> *To:* patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com 
> <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com>
> *Subject:* [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025 USPTO Fees question
>
> A listserv member asks to post anonymously ...
>
> 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?
>
> Patent-Fees-Current-Final-Unit-Cost-FR-2025.xlsx 
> <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&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20250113/5615a5b1/attachment.html>