Ensuring the validity of micro entity certifications – which provide reduced fees to eligible inventors and small businesses

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Ensuring the validity of micro entity certifications - which provide reduced fees to eligible inventors and small businesses

Guest blog by Andrew Faile, Acting Commissioner for Patents

A core focus of our work at the USPTO is to foster innovation, competition, and economic growth, by providing opportunities for all current and aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs to participate in the intellectual property (IP) system. The cost of filing an application for a patent or trademark should not hinder individual inventors and small businesses from obtaining these key IP protections. That is why we offer a 50% and 75% reduction on most patent application fees to independent inventors and small businesses that qualify as small and micro entities.  

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