Micro Entity Calculator

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Who owns this patent or patent application? (select one)*
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- For Profit Business
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How many employees including does the business have?*
- 500 or less employees and affiliates
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What was the Gross Income for the business or organization during the last calendar year?*
- More than $206,109 in Gross Income
- Less than or equal to $206,109 in Gross Income

Based on the information provided, you may qualify for Micro Entity Status and may receive 75% reduced fees from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) assuming your co-inventors (if any) also qualify for Micro Entity status.

Please fill in your information below to receive an electronic PDF confirmation affidavit of this determination plus a signed Certification of Micro Entity Status form. A copy may also be sent to your patent attorney for their records (optional).
INVENTOR NAME (your name):*
First Last
EMAIL ADDRESS:*
INVENTOR PHONE NUMBER (required for USPTO form PTO/SB/15A):*
First Named Inventor (may be your name if only one inventor or will be the main inventor that should be listed first):*
First Last
Note: If only one inventor, this is your name. If more than one inventor, this is the first person you will list on the patent.
INVENTION TITLE:*
PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER (if known)
PATENT NUMBER (if known)
PATENT ATTORNEY (OR AGENT) NAME
PATENT ATTORNEY (OR AGENT) EMAIL ADDRESS (optional)
PATENT REFERENCE No. (optional).
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CERTIFICATION OF MICRO ENTITY STATUS (GROSS INCOME BASIS)
Application Number or Control Number (if applicable):	Patent Number (if applicable):
First Named Inventor:	Title of Invention:
The applicant hereby certifies the following— SMALL ENTITY REQUIREMENT - The applicant qualifies as a small entity as defined in 37 CFR 1.27. APPLICATION FILING LIMIT - Neither the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor has been named as the inventor or a joint inventor on more than four previously filed U.S. patent applications, excluding provisional applications and international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for which the basic national fee under 37 CFR 1.492(a) was not paid, and also excluding patent applications for which the applicant has assigned all ownership rights or is obligated to assign all ownership rights as a result of the applicant’s previous employment. GROSS INCOME LIMIT ON APPLICANTS AND INVENTORS - Neither the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor, in the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the applicable fee is being paid, had a gross income, as defined in section 61(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 61(a)), exceeding the “Maximum Qualifying Gross Income” reported on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/micro_entity.jsp which is equal to three times the median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by the Bureau of the Census. GROSS INCOME LIMIT ON PARTIES WITH AN “OWNERSHIP INTEREST” - Neither the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor has assigned, granted, or conveyed, nor is under an obligation by contract or law to assign, grant, or convey, a license or other ownership interest in the application concerned to an entity that, in the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the applicable fee is being paid, had a gross income, as defined in section 61(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, exceeding the “Maximum Qualifying Gross Income” reported on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/micro_entity.jsp which is equal to three times the median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by the Bureau of the Census.

Affidavit For Micro Entity Status

I, am an inventor of an invention entitled for which an application for patent is being made or has been made (the “patent application concerned”) and I hereby swear or affirm the following to be true:

1. SMALL ENTITY REQUIREMENT: The applicant for the patent application concerned qualifies as a small entity under 37 CFR 1.27.

2. Application Filing Limit: I have not been named as an inventor nor joint inventor on more than four previously filed U.S. non-provisional patent applications that were not assigned , or obliged to be assigned, to a previous employer.

3. Gross Income Limit: I did not have a Gross Income exceeding three times the median household income during the preceding calendar year.

4. Gross Income Limit on Parties with “Ownership Interest”: Neither I nor the applicant for the patent application concerned (if not the same) have assigned, granted, or conveyed a license or other ownership interest in the patent application concerned to an entity that had a Gross Income exceeding three times the median household income during the preceding calendar year. Furthermore, neither I nor the applicant for the patent application concerned (if not the same) are under an obligation to assign, grant, or convey a license or other ownership interest in the patent application concerned to an entity that had a Gross Income exceeding three times the median household income during the preceding calendar year.

I SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE ABOVE REPRESENTATIONS ARE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND BELIEF.

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