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`APPLICATION ELEMENTS
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`See MPEP chapter 600 concerning utility patent application contents.
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`Fee Transmittal Form
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`Applicant asserts small entity status.
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`(1) Benefit claims under 37 CFR 1.78 and foreign priority claims under 1.55 must be included in an Application Data Sheet (ADS).
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`1. BASIC FILING, SEARCH, AND EXAMINATION FEES (U = undiscounted fee; S = small entity fee; M = micro entity fee)
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`SEARCH FEES
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`* The $140 small entity status filing fee for a utility application is further reduced to $70 for a small entity status applicant who files the application via EFS-Web,
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`2. EXCESS CLAIM FEES
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`Each claim over 20 (including Reissues)
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`3. APPLICATION SIZE FEE
`If the specification and drawings exceed 100 sheets of paper (excluding electronicaliy filed sequence or computer listings under 37 CFR 1.52(e)), the application size
`fee due is $400 ($200 for small entity) ($100 for micro entity) for each additionai 50 sheets or fraction thereof. See 35 USC. 41(a)(1)(G) and 37 CFR 116(3),
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`4. OTHER FEE(S)
`Non—English specification, $130 fee (no small or micro egtity discount)
`Non-electronic filing fee under 37 CFR 1.16(t) for a tility application, $400 fee ($200 small or micro entity)
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