PATENTS,
UTILITY MODELS AND DESIGNS
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1. Filing
of original application:
[a]
For invention [plus $10.00 for each claim in excess of five]......................US$
400.00
[b]
For utility model........................................................................................US$
350.00
[c]
For design................................................................................................US$
350.00
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2. Preparation
of formal drawings per sheet:...............................................................US$
80.00 |
3. Claiming
convention priority...................................................................................US$100.00 |
4. Late
filing of formal documents for each application................................................US$
100.00 |
5. Request
for substantive examination.....................................................................US$
100.00 |
6. Amendment
or correction during first examination..................................................US$
100.00 |
7. Amendment
after final action by examiner..............................................................US$
250.00 |
8. Conversion
to another kind of application, i.e., invention to utility model
[min.]........US$ 200.00 |
9. Response
to official action [min.]............................................................................US$
150.00 |
10. Petition
for revival of abandoned application........................................................US$
250.00 |
11. Request
for certification documents......................................................................US$
100.00 |
12. Recordal
of assignment, licensing or similar document.........................................US$
150.00 |
13. Submission
of retyped amended specification and claims.....................................US$
100.00 |
14. Conference
or Interview with examiner not exceeding one[1] hour....................US$
250.00 |
15. Request
for extension of time to respond to official action.....................................US$
100.00 |
16. Securing
and transmitting each original letters patent...........................................US$
100.00 |
17. Payment
of publication fee of granted patent........................................................US$
100.00 |
18. Request
for amendment or correction of letters patent.........................................US$
150.00 |
19. Payment
of annual fees.......................................................................................US$
150.00 |
20. Monitoring
due date for payment of annual fees...................................................US$100.00 |
21. Reinstatement
of a lapsed patent [min.]................................................................US$
300.00 |
22. Specific
search and report for each class or subject............................................US$
150.00 |
23. General
search and report for each class or subject...........................................US$
200.00 |
24. Recordal
of the change of name of the patentee of the letters patent....................US$
150.00 |
25. Request
for extension of term of design registration.............................................US$
300.00 |
26. Appeal
to the Director from the final action of the examiner,
including preparation of appeal brief [min.]..........................................................US$
500.00 |
27. Other
services not covered by the foregoing list...................................................US$100.00 |
[N.
B.: Plus $1.00 per page in
excess of 60 pages]
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