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GAO-13-329R 1 (2013-02-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpja0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-324336 February 4, 2013 The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Chairman The Honorable Chuck Grassley Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Bob Goodlatte Chairman The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office: Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees 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, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), entitled Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees (RIN: 0651-AC54). We received the rule on January 11, 2013. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on January 18, 2013. 78 Fed. Reg. 4212. The final rule sets or adjusts patent fees as authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The fees will provide PTO with a sufficient amount of aggregate revenue to recover its aggregate cost of patent operations, while helping PTO implement a sustainable funding model, reduce the current patent application backlog, decrease patent application pendency, improve patent quality, and upgrade PTO's patent business information technology (IT) capability and infrastructure. The fees also will further key policy considerations. The final rule also reduces fees for micro entities under section 10(b) of the Act by 75 percent in this rulemaking and extends the existing fee discount of 50 percent for small entities to additional fees in this rulemaking. This rule is effective on March 19, 2013, except for amendments to § 1.1 8(a)(1), (b)(1), (c)(1), and (d)(1) (patent issue and publication fees); § 1.21 (h)(1) (fee for recording a patent assignment electronically); § 1.482(a)(1 )(i)(A), (a)(1)(ii)(A), and GAO-13-329R

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