Original Air Date 3.10.23
Free AIPLA Member Benefit
This program is not eligible for CLE.

The $400 fee for not filing using a DOCX document is fast approaching reality. As of April 3, 2023, if you don’t file a 111 application via Patent Center you will incur the large entity fee of $400. While the USPTO provides weekly webinars on how to file, learn what can go wrong when you least expect it. AIPLA and others have been talking to the USPTO about problems that have been encountered and will continue to be encountered which can lead to errors which you may or may not be able to fix. The discussions have helped lead to delays in implementation of the fee, but those delays will soon be over. We will provide a short how-to-file session and include ways to minimize or eliminate errors without having to pay the additional fee.

Presented by:

• Brad Forrest, Principal, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, Minneapolis, MN
• Kasie Grover, Paralegal, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, Minneapolis, MN