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米国特許庁は昨年立法化された改正法におけるSupplemental Examination、Ex parte Reexaminationのルール（案）および料金（案）を発表しました。
以下に料金の規定（案）の一部を掲載します。今回新たにもうSupplemental Examinationが、＄5,180とかなり高いのには驚きました。なお、以下のURLでルールを公開した官報を参照出来ます。
http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/77fr3666.pdf
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§ 1.20 Post issuance fees.
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(c) * * *
(1) For filing a request for ex parte reexamination
(§ 1.510(a)) ............................ $17,750.00
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(6) For filing a petition in a reexamination proceeding, except for those specifically
enumerated in §§ 1.550(i)
and 1.937(d) ......................... 1,930.00
(7) For a refused request for ex parte reexamination under § 1.510 (included in the request
for ex parte reexaminationけられる
fee) ........................... 4,320.00
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(k) In supplemental examination proceedings:
(1) For processing and treating a request for supplemental
examination .......................... $5,180.00
(2) For ex parte reexamination ordered as a result of a supplemental examination proceeding
................................. 16,120.00
(3) For processing and treating, in a supplemental examination proceeding, a non-patent document over 20 sheets in length, per document:
(i) Between 21 and 50
sheets ................................ 170.00
(ii) For each additional 50 sheets or a fraction thereof
....................................... 280.00
3. Section 1.26 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
§ 1.26 Refunds.
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(c) If the Director decides not to institute a reexamination proceeding in response to a request for reexamination or supplemental examination, fees paid with the request for reexamination or supplemental examination will be refunded or returned in accordance with paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(3) of this section. The reexamination requester or the patent owner who requested a supplemental examination proceeding, as appropriate, should indicate the form in which any refund should be made (e.g., by check, electronic funds transfer, credit to a deposit account). Generally, refunds will be issued in the form that the original payment was provided.
(1) For an ex parte reexamination request, the ex parte reexamination filing fee paid by the reexamination requester, less the fee set forth in § 1.20(c)(7), will be refunded to the
requester if the Director decides not to institute an ex parte reexamination proceeding.
(2) For an inter partes reexamination
request, a refund of $7,970 will be made to the reexamination requester if the Director decides not to institute an inter partes reexamination proceeding.
(3) For a supplemental examination request, the fee for reexamination ordered as a result of supplemental examination, as set forth in § 1.20(k)(2), will be returned to the patent owner
who requested the supplemental examination proceeding if the Director decides not to institute a reexamination proceeding.
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