[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR1.482]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--International Processing Provisions
 
Sec. 1.482  International preliminary examination fees.

    (a) The following fees and charges for international preliminary 
examination are established by the Commissioner under the authority of 
35 U.S.C. 376:
    (1) A preliminary examination fee is due on filing the Demand:
    (i) Where an international search fee as set forth in 
Sec. 1.445(a)(2) has been paid on the international application to the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office as an International Searching 
Authority, a preliminary examination fee of--$490.00
    (ii) Where the International Searching Authority for the 
international application was an authority other than the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, a preliminary examination fee of--$750.00
    (2) An additional preliminary examination fee when required, per 
additional invention:

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    (i) Where the International Searching Authority for the 
international application was the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office--$140.00
    (ii) Where the International Searching Authority for the 
international application was an authority other than the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office--$270.00
    (b) The handling fee is due on filing the Demand.

(35 U.S.C. 6, 376)

[52 FR 20048, May 28, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 65154, Dec. 13, 1991; 57 
FR 38196, Aug. 21, 1992; 58 FR 4346, Jan. 14, 1993; 60 FR 41023, Aug. 
11, 1995; 61 FR 39588, July 30, 1996; 62 FR 40453, July 29, 1997]