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IS use 1058.

15 USC 1062.

66 Stat. 803.

PUBLIC LAW 89-83-JULY 24, 1965

[79 STAT.

or materials in cases of occasional or incidental requests by a Government department or agency, or officer thereof." SEC. 3. Section 31 of the Act approved July 5, 1946 (ch. 540, 60 Stat. 427; U.S.C., title 15, sec. 1113), as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (a) The following fees shall be paid to the Patent Office under this Act: " 1. On filing each original application for registration of a mark in each class, $35. "2. On filing each application for renewal in each class, $25; and on filing each application for renewal in each class after expiration of the registration, an additional fee of $5. " 3. On filing an affidavit under section 8(a) or section 8(b) for each class, $10. "4. On filing each petition for the revival of an abandoned application, $15. "5. On filing opposition or application for cancellation for each class, $25. "6. On appeal from the examiner in charge of the registration of marks to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board for each class, $25. ''7. For issuance of a new certificate of registration following change of ownership of a mark or correction of a registrant's mistake, $15. "8. For certificate of correction of registrant's mistake or amendment after registration, $15. "9. For certifying in any case, $1. "10. For filing each disclaimer after registration, $15. "11. For printed copy of registered mark, 20 cents. "12. For recording every a s s i ^ m e n t, agreement, or other paper relating to the property in a registration or afjplication, $20; where the document relates to more than one application or registration, $3 for each additional item. "13. On filing notice of claim of benefits of this Act for a mark to pe piiblished under section 12(c) hereof, $10. "(b) The Commissioner may establish charges for copies of records, publications, or services furnished by the Patent Office, not specified above. "(c) The Commissioner may refund any sum paid by mistake or in excess." SEC. 4. Section 151 of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 151. Issue of patent "If it appears that applicant is entitled to a patent under the law, a written notice of allowance of the application shall be given or mailed to the applicant. The notice shall specify a sum, constituting the issue fee or a portion thereof, which shall be paid within three months thereafter. "Upon payment of this sum the patent shall issue, but if payment is not timely made, the application shall be regarded as abandoned. "Any remaining balance of the issue fee shall be paid within three months from the sending of a notice thereof and, if not paid, the patent shall lapse at the termination of this three-month period. I n calculating the amount of a remaining balance, charges for a page or less may be disregarded. "If any payment required by this section is not timely made, but is submitted with the fee for delayed payment within three months after the due date and sufficient cause is shown for the late payment, it ma}be accepted by the Commissioner as though no abandonment or lapse liad ever occurred."

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