Form PTO/SB/17i Processing Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal

PTO/SB/17i (01-25)
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Application Number

PROCESSING FEE Under
37 CFR 1.17(i)
TRANSMITTAL

Filing Date
First Named Inventor
Art Unit

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

Examiner Name
Practitioner Docket No.

Enclosed is a paper filed under 37 CFR __________ that requires a processing fee (37 CFR 1.17(i)(1) or (2)).
Payment of $ __________ is enclosed.
This form should be included with the above-mentioned paper and faxed or mailed to the Office using the appropriate Mail Stop, if
applicable. For transmittal of petition fees under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) or (h), see form PTO/SB/17p or PTO/AIA/17p, as applicable.
Applicant asserts small entity status. See 37 CFR 1.27.
Applicant certifies micro entity status. See 37 CFR 1.29.

Form PTO/SB/15A or B or equivalent must either be enclosed or have been submitted previously.

Payment of Fees
The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge the following fees to Deposit Account No. _______________:
processing fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i)(1)

processing fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i)(2)

Check in the amount of $ _______________ is enclosed.

any deficiency of fees and credit of any
overpayments

Payment by USPTO patent electronic filing system.

Payment by credit card (Form PTO-2038 or equivalent is enclosed). Do not provide credit card information on this form.

Processing Fees Under 37 CFR 1.17(i)(1):
Undiscounted Fee $150 (Fee Code 1053)
Small Entity Fee $60 (Fee Code 2053) Micro Entity Fee $30 (Fee Code 3053)
For papers filed under:
§ 1.28(c)(3) - for processing a non-itemized fee deficiency based on an error in small entity status.
§ 1.29(k)(3) - for processing a non-itemized fee deficiency based on an error in micro entity status.
§ 1.41(b) - for supplying the name or names of the inventor or joint inventors in an application without either an application data sheet or
the inventor’s oath or declaration, except in provisional applications.
§ 1.48 - for correcting inventorship, except in provisional applications.
§ 1.52(d) - for processing a nonprovisional application filed with a specification in a language other than English.
§ 1.53(c)(3) - to convert a provisional application filed under § 1.53(c) into a nonprovisional application under § 1.53(b).
§ 1.71(g)(2) - for processing a belated amendment under § 1.71(g).
§ 1.102(e) - for requesting prioritized examination of an application.
§ 1.103(b) - for requesting limited suspension of action, continued prosecution application for a design patent (§ 1.53(d)).
§ 1.103(c) - for requesting limited suspension of action, request for continued examination (§ 1.114).
§ 1.103(d) - for requesting deferred examination of an application.
§ 1.291(c)(5) - for processing a second or subsequent protest by the same real party in interest.
§ 3.81 - for a patent to issue to assignee, assignment submitted after payment of the issue fee.

Processing Fees Under 37 CFR 1.17(i)(2):
Fee $151 (small and micro entity discounts are not available for the 37 CFR 1.17(i)(2) processing fee)
For papers filed under:
§ 1.217 - for processing a redacted copy of a paper submitted in the file of an application in which a redacted copy was submitted
for the patent application publication. FEE CODE 1808
§ 1.221 - for requesting voluntary publication or republication of an application. FEE CODE 1803

SUBMITTED BY
Signature
Name (Print/Type)

Registration No.
(Attorney/Agent)

Telephone
Date

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