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Status as a small entity must be specifically established by an assertion in each related, continuing and reissue application in which status is appropriate and desired. Status as a small entity in one application or patent does not affect the status of any other application or patent, regardless of the relationship of the applications or patents.
To benefit from this fee reduction, applicants and patentees must establish “micro entity status” according to the USPTO Regulation - 37 CFR 1.29. Micro entity status may be available if you have limited income and have never or have rarely filed a patent application.
18 sty 2013 · Any party (person, small business concern who meets the size standard in 13 CFR 121.801 through 13 CFR 121.805, or nonprofit organization) who is entitled to small entity status in accordance with the definitions set forth in 37 CFR 1.27(a) is entitled to a 50 percent discount on eligible fees.
In order to establish small entity status for the purpose of paying small entity fees, applicant must make a determination of entitlement to small entity status under 37 CFR 1.27(f) and make an assertion of entitlement to small entity status in the manner set forth in 37 CFR 1.27(c)(1) or 37 CFR 1.27(c)(3).
The small entity status allows small businesses, independent inventors, nonprofit organizations to file a patent application and maintain an issued patent for a reduced fee—a 60% reduction. [1] Under 13 C.F.R. § 121.802(a), an entity qualifies as a "small business concern", and so qualifies for small entity status, if its number of employees ...
Once small entity status is established in an application or patent, fees as a small entity may thereafter be paid in that application or patent without regard to a change in status until the issue fee is due or any maintenance fee is due.
Small entity fee eligibility is based on the size or certain non-profit status of the applicant’s business. Micro entity fee eligibility is described in Section 10(g) of the Act. There are also 42 new fees being introduced or replacing one of the 14 fees that are being discontinued.
