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The USPTO has revised fees
for certain petition types, updated the petitions-related data on the Patents
Dashboard, and made changes to PDF-based ePetitions.
Revised Petition Fees: Effective
Jan. 16, fees for petitions based on an unintentional delay (e.g.,
petition for revival of an abandoned application, petition for delayed payment
of the issue fee, petition for delayed submission of priority or benefit claim,
petition for the restoration of priority, and petition for delayed payment of
the maintenance fee) will include a separate fee for micro- entities. The fees for these petitions will be: $2,000 (large entity), $1,000 (small entity),
and $500 (micro entity). See 37 CFR
1.17(m). For more information on the fee changes, please see Fee
Schedule Effective January 16.
Updates to the Patents
Dashboard: The “Stat of the Quarter” on the Patents Dashboard has been updated
to reflect the continued progress in reducing the backlog of undecided PPH
requests. Since February 2016, the
Office of Petitions has reduced the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) backlog by over 80 percent. See Patents
Dashboard for more
information.
Changes to ePetitions: Effective
Feb. 1, the USPTO is retiring the PDF-based ePetitions for the Petition to Make Special based on Age (37 CFR
1.102) and the "Petition to Accept
Unintentional Delayed Payment of the Maintenance Fee (37 CFR 1.378(b)). The web-based version of these ePetitions, which provide
enhanced functionality, will continue to be available for both types of
petitions. For more information on ePetitions, see the ePetitions
Resource page.
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