Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 30, 2025

Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance last revised: Feb 18, 2025
§ 121.801 - May patent fees be reduced if a concern is small?

These sections apply to size status for the purpose of paying reduced patent fees authorized by Pub. L. 97-247, 96 Stat. 317. The eligibility requirements for independent inventors and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of paying reduced patent fees are set forth in regulations of the Patent and Trademark Office of the Department of Commerce, 37 CFR 1.9, 1.27, 1.28.

authority: 15 U.S.C. 632,634,636,662,and
source: 61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 13 CFR 121.801