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 105 STAT. 1638 PUBLIC LAW 102-204—DEC. 10, 1991 ally delayed payment of the fee for issuing each patent, $820, unless the petition is filed under section 133 or 151 of this title, in which case the fee shall be $78. "(8) For petitions for 1-month extensions of time to take actions required by the Commissioner in an application— "(A) On filing a first petition, $78; "(B) on filing a second petition, $172; and "(C) on filing a third petition or subsequent petition, $340. "(9) Basic national fee for an international application where the Patent and Trademark Office was the International Preliminary Examining Authority and the International Searching Authority, $450. "(10) Basic national fee for an international application where the Patent and Trademark Office was the International Searching Authority but not the International Preliminary Examining Authority, $500. "(11) Basic national fee for an international application where the Patent and Trademark Office was neither the International Searching Authority nor the International Preliminary Examining Authority, $670. "(12) Basic national fee for an international application where the international preliminary examination has been paid to the Patent and Trademark Office, and the international preliminary examination report states that the provisions of Article 33 (2), (3), and (4) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty have been satisfied for all claims in the application entering the national stage, $66. "(13) For filing or later presentation of each independent claim in the national stage of an international application in excess of 3, $52. "(14) For filing or later presentation of each claim (whether independent or dependent) in a national stage of an international application in excess of 20, $14. "(15) For each national stage of an international application containing a multiple dependent claim, $160. For the purpose of computing fees, a multiple dependent claim as referred to in section 112 of this title or any claim depending therefrom shall be considered as separate dependent claims in accordance with the number of claims to which reference is made. Errors in payment of the additional fees may be rectified in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner.". (2) Subsection (b) of section 41 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking "a patent in force" and all that follows through the end of paragraph 3. and inserting the following: "in force all patents based on applications filed on or after December 12, 1980: "(1) 3 years and 6 months after grant, $650. "(2) 7 years and 6 months after grant, $1,310. "(3) 11 years and 6 months after grant, $1,980.". (3) Subsection (d) of section 41, of title 35, United States C!ode, is amended to read as follows: "(d) The Commissioner 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 Commissioner shall charge the following fees for the following services: "(1) For recording a document affecting title, $40 per property.

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