Eighteen-Month Publication

• Access:

• Applications are no longer maintained in confidence once they are published

• USPTO will not provide direct physical access to a pending published application

• USPTO will provide (for a fee) a copy of the file wrapper and content of a published application

  • The fee is $200 for the first 400 pages and $40 for each additional 100 pages

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