35 U.S.C. § 41
Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems
United States · Title 35 — PATENTS · Status: effective
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- 35 U.S.C. § 41, Patent fees; patent and trademark search systems, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470801
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The Director shall charge the following fees:
In addition to the fee specified in paragraph (1)—
For petitions for 1-month extensions of time to take actions required by the Director in an application—
The Director shall charge the following fees for maintaining in force all patents based on applications filed on or after December 12, 1980:
The fees referred to in subparagraph (A) are—
The Director shall establish fees for all other processing, services, or materials relating to patents not specified in this section to recover the estimated average cost to the Office of such processing, services, or materials, except that the Director shall charge the following fees for the following services:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 and title 35 of the United States Code to change the name of the Patent Office to the "Patent and Trademark Office".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to carry into effect certain provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend the patent and trademark laws.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to make technical and conforming changes in the patent and trademark laws and in the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Patent Law Amendments of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to the late payment of maintenance fees, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Uruguay Round Agreements Act
- United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally