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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1113. Fees
(a) Applications; services; materials
The Director shall establish fees for the filing and processing
of an application for the registration of a trademark or other mark
and for all other services performed by and materials furnished by
the Patent and Trademark Office related to trademarks and other
marks. Fees established under this subsection may be adjusted by
the Director once each year to reflect, in the aggregate, any
fluctuations during the preceding 12 months in the Consumer Price
Index, as determined by the Secretary of Labor. Changes of less
than 1 percent may be ignored. No fee established under this
section shall take effect until at least 30 days after notice of
the fee has been published in the Federal Register and in the
Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office.
(b) Waiver; Indian products
The Director may waive the payment of any fee for any service or
material related to trademarks or other marks in connection with an
occasional request made by a department or agency of the
Government, or any officer thereof. The Indian Arts and Crafts
Board will not be charged any fee to register Government trademarks
of genuineness and quality for Indian products or for products of
particular Indian tribes and groups.
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