37 CFR 1.19 — Document supply fees

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office will supply copies of the following patent-related documents upon payment of the fees indicated. Paper copies will be in black and white unless the original document is in color, a color copy is requested and the fee for a color copy is paid.

• (a) Uncertified copies of patent application publications and patents:
  • (1)

    Printed copy of the paper portion of a patent application publication or patent, including a design patent, statutory invention registration, or defensive publication document. Service includes preparation of copies by the Office within two to three business days and delivery by United States Postal Service; and preparation of copies by the Office within one business day of receipt and delivery to an Office Box or by electronic means (e.g., facsimile, electronic mail):......$3.00.

  • (2)

    Printed copy of a plant patent in color:......$15.00.

  • (3)

    Color copy of a patent (other than a plant patent) or statutory invention registration containing a color drawing:...... $25.00.

• (b) Copies of Office documents to be provided in paper, or in electronic form, as determined by the Director (for other patent-related materials see § 1.21(k) ):
  • (1) Copy of a patent application as filed, or a patent-related file wrapper and contents, stored in paper in a paper file wrapper, in an image format in an image file wrapper, or if color documents, stored in paper in an Artifact Folder:
    • (i) If provided on paper:
      • (A)

        Application as filed: ......$35.00.

      • (B)

        Copy Patent File Wrapper, Any Number of Sheets:......$290.00

      • (C) [Reserved]
      • (D)

        Individual application documents, other than application as filed, per document:......$25.00.

    • (ii) If provided on compact disc or other physical electronic medium in single order or if provided electronically ( e.g., by electronic transmission) other than on a physical electronic medium:
      • (A)

        Application as filed:......$35.00.

      • (B)

        Copy Patent File Wrapper, Electronic, Any Size:......$60.00

      • (C) [Reserved]
    • (iii) [Reserved]
    • (iv)

      If provided to a foreign intellectual property office pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement (see § 1.14(h)):......$0.00.

  • (2) [Reserved]
  • (3)

    Copy of Office records, except copies available under paragraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section:......$25.00.

  • (4)

    For assignment records, abstract of title and certification, per patent:......$35.00.

• (c)

  Library service (35 U.S.C. 13): For providing to libraries copies of all patents issued annually, per annum:...... $50.00.

• (d) [Reserved]
• (e) [Reserved]
• (f)

  Uncertified copy of a non-United States patent document, per document:......$25.00.

• (g) [Reserved]
• (h)

  Copy of Patent Grant Single-Page TIFF Images (52 week subscription):......$10,400.00.

• (i)

  Copy of Patent Grant Full-Text W/ Embedded Images, Patent Application Publication Single-Page TIFF Images, or Patent Application Publication Full-Text W/Embedded Images (52 week subscription):......$5,200.00.

[Added 47 FR 41272, Sept. 17, 1982, effective date Oct. 1, 1982; para. (b), 49 FR 552, Jan. 4, 1984, effective date Apr. 1, 1984; paras. (f) and (g) added, 49 FR 34724, Aug. 31, 1984, effective date Nov. 1, 1984; paras. (a) and (c), 50 FR 9379, Mar. 7, 1985, effective date May 8,1985; 50 FR 31825, Aug. 6, 1985, effective date Oct. 5, 1985; revised, 54 FR 6893, Feb. 15, 1989; 54 FR 9432, March 7, 1989, effective Apr. 17, 1989, revised 56 FR 65142, Dec. 13, 1991, effective Dec. 16, 1991; paras. (b)(4), (f) and (h), 57 FR 38190, Aug. 21, 1992, effective Oct.1, 1992; para. (a)(3), 58 FR 38719, July 20, 1993, effective Oct. 1, 1993; paras. (a)(1)(ii), (a)(1)(iii), (b)(1)(i), & (b)(1)(ii) amended, 60 FR 41018, Aug. 11, 1995, effective Oct. 1, 1995; paras. (a)(2) and (a)(3) amended, 62 FR 40450, July 29, 1997, effective Oct. 1, 1997; paras. (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(iii) revised, 64 FR 67486, Dec. 2, 1999, effective Dec. 2, 1999; introductory text and paras. (a) and (b) revised, 65 FR 54604, Sept. 8, 2000, effective Nov. 7, 2000; paras. (g) and (h) removed and reserved, 65 FR 54604, Sept. 8, 2000, effective Nov. 7, 2000; para. (a) revised, 65 FR 57024, Sept. 20, 2000, effective Nov. 29, 2000; paras. (a)(1) and (b)(1) revised, 67 FR 70847, Nov. 27, 2002, effective Jan. 1, 2003; introductory text and para. (b) revised and para. (g) added, 69 FR 56481, Sept. 21, 2004, effective Nov. 22, 2004; para. (b)(1)(iv) added, 72 FR 1664, Jan. 16, 2007, effective Jan. 16, 2007; revised, 78 FR 4212, Jan. 18, 2013, effective Mar. 19, 2013; para. (b)(1)(iv) revised, 80 FR 65649, Oct. 27, 2015, effective Nov. 30, 2015; para. (b) revised, paras. (d), (e) and (g) removed and reserved, and paras. (h)-(l) added, 82 FR 52780, Nov. 14, 2017, effective Jan. 16, 2018; paras. (b)(1)(i)(B) and (b)(1)(ii)(B) revised and paras. (j)-(l) removed, 85 FR 46932, Aug. 3, 2020, effective Oct. 2, 2020]