Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office 37 CFR Parts 1, 41, and 42 [Docket No. PTO-P-2022-0033] RIN 0651-AD64 ( printed page 23226) AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) proposes to set or adjust patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), as amended by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (SUCCESS Act). The proposed fee adjustments are needed to provide the USPTO with sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate costs of patent operations in future years (based on assumptions and estimates found in the agency's Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Justification (FY 2025 Budget)), including implementing the USPTO 2022-2026 Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan). DATES: The USPTO solicits comments from the public on this proposed rule. Written comments must be received on or before June 3, 2024 to ensure consideration. ADDRESSES: Written comments on proposed patent fees must be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov . To submit comments via the portal, commenters should go to https://www.regulations.gov/​docket/​PTO-P-2022-0033 or enter docket number PTO-P-2022-0033 on the https://www.regulations.gov homepage and select the “Search” button. The site will provide search results listing all d…