Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights last revised: May 03, 2024
§ 42.404 - Derivation fee.

(a) A derivation fee set forth in § 42.15(c) must accompany the petition.

(b) No filing date will be accorded to the petition until payment is complete.

authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 6, 21, 23, 41, 135, 311, 312, 316, 321-326; Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; and Pub. L. 112-274, 126 Stat. 2456
source: 77 FR 48669, Aug. 14, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 37 CFR 42.404