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B-329591 1 (2017-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduar0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-329591 November 29, 2017 The Honorable Chuck Grassley Chairman The Honorable Dianne Feinstein Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Bob Goodlatte Chairman The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Interim Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office: Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2017 Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Commerce, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2017 (RIN: 0651 -AD02). We received the rule on November 6, 2017. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on November 14, 2017, with an effective date of January 16, 2018. 82 Fed. Reg. 52,780. The final rule sets or adjusts patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. USPTO stated that the fees will provide USPTO with a sufficient amount of aggregate revenue to recover its aggregate cost of patent operations (based on current operations), while maintaining momentum towards achieving strategic goals. Enclosed is our assessment of USPTO's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801 (a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that USPTO complied with the applicable requirements.

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