37 CFR 1.18 — Patent post allowance (including issue) fees

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

• (a) Issue fee for issuing each original patent, except a design or plant patent, or for issuing each reissue patent:

  TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a)

  • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$240.00

  • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......480.00

  • By other than a small or micro entity......1,200.00

• (b)
  • (1) Issue fee for issuing an original design patent:

    TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (b)(1)

    • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$148.00

    • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......296.00

    • By other than a small or micro entity......740.00

  • (2) [Reserved]
  • (3) Issue fee for issuing an international design application designating the United States, where the issue fee is paid through the International Bureau (Hague Agreement Rule 12(3)(c)) as an alternative to paying the issue fee under paragraph (b)(1) of this section: The amount established in Swiss currency pursuant to Hague Agreement Rule 28 as of the date of mailing of the notice of allowance (§ 1.311 ).
• (c) Issue fee for issuing an original plant patent:

  TABLE 3 TO PARAGRAPH (c)

  • By a micro entity (§ 1.29)......$168.00

  • By a small entity (§ 1.27(a))......336.00

  • By other than a small or micro entity......840.00

• (d)
  • (1)

    Publication fee on or after January 1, 2014......$0.00

  • (2)

    Publication fee before January 1, 2014......300.00

  • (3)

    Republication fee (§ 1.221(a))......$320.00

• (e)

  For filing an application for patent term adjustment under § 1.705......210.00

• (f)

  For filing a request for reinstatement of all or part of the term reduced pursuant to § 1.704(b) in an application for a patent term adjustment under § 1.705......420.00

[Added, 47 FR 41272, Sept. 17, 1982, effective Oct. 1, 1982; 50 FR 31824, Aug. 6, 1985, effective Oct. 5, 1985; revised, 54 FR 6893, Feb. 15, 1989, effective Apr. 17, 1989; revised, 56 FR 65142, Dec. 13. 1991, effective Dec. 16, 1991; paras. (a)-(c), 57 FR 38190, Aug. 21, 1992, effective Oct. 1, 1992; revised, 59 FR 43736, Aug. 25, 1994, effective Oct. 1, 1994; amended, 60 FR 41018, Aug. 11, 1995, effective Oct. 1, 1995; amended, 61 FR 39585, July 30, 1996, effective Oct. 1, 1996; amended, 62 FR 40450, July 29, 1997, effective Oct. 1, 1997; amended, 63 FR 67578, Dec. 8, 1998, effective Nov. 10, 1998; revised, 65 FR 49193, Aug. 11, 2000, effective Oct. 1, 2000; heading revised and paras. (d)-(f) added, 65 FR 56366, Sept. 18, 2000, effective Nov. 17, 2000; para. (d) revised, 65 FR 57024, Sept. 20, 2000, effective Nov. 29, 2000; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 65 FR 78958, Dec. 18, 2000; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 66 FR 39447, July 31, 2001, effective Oct. 1, 2001; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 67 FR 70847, Nov. 27, 2002, effective Jan. 1, 2003; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 68 FR 41532, July 14, 2003, effective Oct. 1, 2003; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 69 FR 52604, Aug. 27, 2004, effective Oct. 1, 2004; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 70 FR 3880, Jan. 27, 2005, effective Dec. 8, 2004; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 72 FR 46899, Aug. 22, 2007, effective Sept. 30, 2007; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 73 FR 47534, Aug. 14, 2008, effective Oct. 2, 2008; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 77 FR 54360, Sept. 5, 2012, effective Oct. 5, 2012; revised, 78 FR 4212, Jan. 18, 2013, effective Mar. 19, 2013; para. (b)(3) added, 80 FR 17918, Apr. 2, 2015, effective May 13, 2015; paras. (a)-(c) revised, 82 FR 52780, Nov. 14, 2017, effective Jan. 16, 2018; paras. (a), (b)(1), (c), (d)(3), (e), and (f) revised, 85 FR 46932, Aug. 3, 2020, effective Oct. 2, 2020; paras. (d)(3), (e), and (f) corrected, 85 FR 58282, Sept. 18, 2020, effective Oct. 2, 2020; revised tables in paras. (a), (b)(1) and (c), 88 FR 17147, Mar. 22, 2023, effective Mar. 22, 2023]