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Annual Fee for Registered Practitioners May Be Delayed

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Christopher P. Singer -- As previously reported on Patent Docs, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had planned to institute an annual fee for all registered practitioners (73 Fed. Reg. 67750). The fee was intended to be required for practitioners to maintain active status to practice before the Office, and was thought to be due in fiscal year 2009 (i.e., by September 30, 2009). However, in a series of e-mail newsletters sent by Hal Wegner (at left) on Monday, the USPTO may not make the fee due this year. According to Mr. Wegner's newsletter, "[a] reliable source today...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).