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Keeping $118 in Your Pocket

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

By Christopher P. Singer -- "In these economic times" it seems that new USPTO Director David Kappos understands that people appreciate an opportunity to save money. Patent Docs is happy to report that the Patent Office has announced on its website (interestingly, "buried" underneath a story about the Director's swearing in) that it will not require registered practitioners to pay the $118 annual practitioner maintenance fee for FY 2009. According to the announcement, any overly-proactive practitioners who have voluntarily paid the $118 fee will receive a refund. The USPTO will be considering whether to proceed with this fee requirement in...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on August 22, 2009 (boomark / email).