The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed patent fee adjustments in a notice of proposed rulemaking published on September 30, 2016. Comments on the fee adjustments must be received on or before December 2, 2016.
The proposal includes:
The USPTO Press Release is available here.
The Federal Register Notice is available here.
Additional Commentary is available here.
Summary By: Robert Dewald
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