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Furthermore, because no examination of the patentability of the application in view of the prior art is performed, the USPTO fee for filing a provisional patent application is significantly lower ($65 - $325 as of January 19, 2025 [11]) than the fee required to file a standard non-provisional patent application.
The rank of Under Secretary is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. In January 2010, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $165,300. [citation needed] As of January 2025, Coke Morgan Stewart is acting undersecretary and director, [2] having been appointed to the position by President Trump on January 20. [3]
2011: Public Law 112-29 (America Invents Act) – Establishes USPTO's authority to set most patent and trademark fees such that aggregate revenue from the fee schedule recovers aggregate costs. Establishes additional small entity fees and new micro entity fees. Design patents and plant patents are not subject to maintenance fees at all. [27]
Fee Setting Authority. The USPTO is given authority to adjust its fees in a way that "in the aggregate" recover the estimated costs of its activities. [10] Review of inter partes reexamination. Direct appeal to the Federal Circuit is the only option for judicial review in inter partes reexamination cases. [10] Additional USPTO facilities.
The search report is also useful for the public and the competitors, so that they may have an idea of the scope of protection which may be granted to the pending patent application. [14] In some jurisdictions, including the U.S., a separate search is not conducted, but rather search and examination are combined.
From "Template:Cite patent/doc": "Simple patent template for citing patents or patent applications from any country in the esp@cenet database. This database is more useful than the USPTO database since it highlights related patents/applications in other countries, provides current status information, and is available in three languages.
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Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) is an online service provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to allow users to see the prosecution histories of United States patents and patent applications and obtain copies of documents filed therein.