112 STAT. 3272 PUBLIC LAW 105-358—NOV. 10, 1998 Public Law 105-358 105th Congress An Act Nov. 10, 1998 To authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Patent and [H.R. 3723] Trademark Office, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of United States the United States of America in Congress assembled, Patent and Trademark Office SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Act^iscafvear This Act may be cited as the "United States Patent and Trade- 1999. mark Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999". 35 USC 1 note. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be made available for the payment of salaries and necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office in fiscal year 1999, $66,000,000 from fees collected in fiscal year 1998 and such fees as are collected in fiscal year 1999, pursuant to title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.). Amounts made available pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended. SEC. 3. LEVEL OF FEES FOR PATENT SERVICES. (a) GENERAL PATENT FEES. — Section 41 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: "(a) The Commissioner shall charge the following fees: "(1)(A) On filing each application for an original patent, except in design or plant cases, $760. "(B) In addition, on filing or on presentation at any other time, $78 for each claim in independent form which is in excess of 3, $18 for each claim (whether independent or dependent) which is in excess of 20, and $260 for each application containing a multiple dependent claim. "(C) On filing each provisional application for an original patent, $150. "(2) For issuing each original or reissue patent, except in design or plant cases, $1,210. "(3) In design and plant cases— "(A) on filing each design application, $310; "(B) on filing each plant application, $480; "(C) on issuing each design patent, $430; and "(D) on issuing each plant patent, $580. "(4)(A) On filing each application for the reissue of a patent, $760. "(B) In addition, on filing or on presentation at any other time, $78 for each claim in independent form which is in excess of the number of independent claims of the original
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