Form PTO/SB/17p Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) & (h) Transmittal

Certain Patent Petitions Requiring a Fee

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Petition Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal

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PETITION FEE 


Application Number

Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) & (h) 


Filing Date

TRANSMITTAL


First Named Inventor
Art Unit
Examiner Name

(Fees are subject to annual revision)
Send completed form to: Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Attorney Docket Number

Enclosed is a petition filed under 37 CFR _________ that requires a processing fee (37 CFR 1.17(f),
(g), or (h)). Payment of $____________ is enclosed.
This form should be included with the above-mentioned petition and faxed or mailed to the Office using the appropriate Mail Stop
(e.g., Mail Stop Petition), if applicable. For transmittal of processing fees under 37 CFR 1.17(i), see form PTO/SB/17i.

Payment of Fees

(small entity amounts are NOT available for the petition fees)

The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge the following fees to Deposit Account No.__________________:
petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) or (h)

any deficiency of fees and credit of any overpayments

Check in the amount of $___________________ is enclosed.
Payment by credit card (Form PTO-2038 or equivalent enclosed). Do not provide credit card information on this form.
Petition Fees under 37 CFR 1.17(f):

Fee $400

Fee Code 1462

For petitions filed under: 

§ 1.36(a) - for revocation of a power of attorney by fewer than all applicants

§ 1.53(e) - to accord a filing date. 

§ 1.57(a) - to accord a filing date. 

§ 1.182 - for decision on a question not specifically provided for. 

§ 1.183 - to suspend the rules. 

§ 1.378(e) - for reconsideration of decision on petition refusing to accept delayed payment of maintenance fee in an expired patent. 

§ 1.741(b) - to accord a filing date to an application under § 1.740 for extension of a patent term.


Petition Fees under 37 CFR 1.17(g):

Fee $200

Fee Code 1463

For petitions filed under: 

§ 1.12 - for access to an assignment record. 

§ 1.14 - for access to an application.

§ 1.47 - for filing by other than all the inventors or a person not the inventor. 

§ 1.59 - for expungement of information. 

§ 1.103(a) - to suspend action in an application. 

§ 1.136(b) - for review of a request for extension of time when the provisions of section 1.136(a) are not available. 

§ 1.295 - for review of refusal to publish a statutory invention registration. 

§ 1.296 - to withdraw a request for publication of a statutory invention registration filed on or after the date the notice of intent to publish issued. 

§ 1.377 - for review of decision refusing to accept and record payment of a maintenance fee filed prior to expiration of a patent. 

§ 1.550(c) - for patent owner requests for extension of time in ex parte reexamination proceedings. 

§ 1.956 - for patent owner requests for extension of time in inter partes reexamination proceedings. 

§ 5.12 - for expedited handling of a foreign filing license. 

§ 5.15 - for changing the scope of a license. 

§ 5.25 - for retroactive license. 


Petition Fees under 37 CFR 1.17(h):

Fee $130

Fee Code 1464

For petitions filed under: 

§ 1.19(g) - to request documents in a form other than that provided in this part. 

§ 1.84 - for accepting color drawings or photographs. 

§ 1.91 - for entry of a model or exhibit. 

§ 1.102(d) - to make an application special. 

§ 1.138(c) - to expressly abandon an application to avoid publication.

§ 1.313 - to withdraw an application from issue.

§ 1.314 - to defer issuance of a patent. 


Signature

Date

Typed or printed name

Registration No., if applicable

This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.17. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the
USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 5 minutes
to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual
case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES
OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.

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