Form PTO/SB/17i Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal

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PTO/SB/17i (07-09)
Approved for use through 01/31/2014. OMB 0651-0031
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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PROCESSING FEE

Under 37 CFR 1.17(i)

TRANSMITTAL

(Fees are subject to annual revision)
Send completed form to: Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Application Number
Filing Date
First Named Inventor
Art Unit
Examiner Name
Attorney Docket Number

Enclosed is a paper filed under 37 CFR _________ that requires a processing fee (37 CFR 1.17(i)).
Payment of $__________ is enclosed.
This form should be included with the above-mentioned paper and faxed, mailed to the Office using the appropriate Mail Stop, if
applicable. For transmittal of petition fees under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) or (h), see form PTO/SB/17p.

Payment of Fees (small entity amounts are NOT available for the processing fees)
The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge the following fees to Deposit Account No.__________________:
processing fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i)

any deficiency of fees and credit of any overpayments

Check in the amount of $___________________ is enclosed.

Payment via EFS-Web.

Payment by credit card (Form PTO-2038 or equivalent enclosed). Do not provide credit card information on this form.
Processing Fees under 37 CFR 1.17(i): Fee $130

Fee Code 1808 for all,
Except for § 1.221 papers (Fee Code 1803)

For papers filed under:

§ 1.28(c)(3) - for processing a non-itemized fee deficiency based on an error in small entity status.
§ 1.4E - for supplying the name or names of the inventor or joint inventors in an application without either an application data sheet
or the inventor's oath or declaration, except in provisional applications.
§ 1.48 - for correcting inventorship, except in provisional applications.
§ 1.52(d) - for processing a nonprovisional application filed with a specification in a language other than English.
§ 1.53(F)(3) - to convert a provisional application filed under § 1.53(c) into a nonprovisional application under § 1.53(b).
§ 1.55 - for entry of late priority papers.
§ 1.71(g)(2) - for processing a belated amendment under §1.71(g).
§ 1.103(b) - for requesting limited suspension of action, continued prosecution application for a design patent (§ 1.53(d)).
§ 1.103(c) - for requesting limited suspension of action, request for continued examination (§ 1.114).
§ 1.103(d) - for requesting deferred examination of an application.
§ 1.217 - for processing a redacted copy of a paper submitted in the file of an application in which a redacted copy was submitted for
the patent application publication.
§ 1.221 - for requesting voluntary publication or republication of an application. Fee Code 1803
§ 1.291(c)(5) - for processing a second or subsequent protest by the same real party in interest.
§ 3.81 - for a patent to issue to assignee, assignment submitted after payment of the issue fee.

Signature

Date

Typed or printed name

Registration No., if applicable

This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.17. The information is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public which is to file (and by the
USPTO to process) an application. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 5 minutes
to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the completed application form to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual
case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden, should be sent to the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND FEES
OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.

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