Commerce Department, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sets or adjusts trademark 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 fee adjustments will provide the USPTO sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate costs of trademark 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).
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 2 and 7 [Docket No. PTO-T-2022-0034] RIN 0651-AD65 ( printed page 91062) AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sets or adjusts trademark 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 fee adjustments will provide the USPTO sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate costs of trademark 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: This rule is effective on January 18, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Hourigan, Director, Office of Planning and Budget, at 571-272-8966 or Brendan.Hourigan@uspto.gov ; or C. Brett Lockard, Director, Forecasting and Analysis Division, at 571-272-0928 or Christopher.Lockard@uspto.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary A. Introduction The USPTO publishes this final rule under section 10 of the AIA (section 10), Public Law 112-29 , 125 Stat. 284, available at https://www.congress.gov/​112/​plaws/​publ29/​PLAW-112publ29.pdf , as amended by the SUCCESS Act, Public Law 115-273 , 132 Stat. 41…
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Citation: 89 FR 91062
