Fee Table
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Table Structure
Table "public.fee" Column | Type | Modifiers ---------+-------------------+----------- patent | character varying | appnum | integer | size | character varying | filedate | date | gdate | date | feedate | date | feecode | character varying |
Example of table entries:
patent | appnum | size | filedate | gdate | feedate | feecode --------+---------+------+------------+------------+------------+--------- 4287053 | 6218896 | N | 1980-12-22 | 1981-09-01 | 1985-02-11 | M170 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1993-03-30 | SM02 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1993-03-03 | M285 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1992-12-08 | RMPN 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1992-12-08 | ASPN 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1988-11-16 | ASPN 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1988-11-07 | M171 4289713 | 6222552 | Y | 1981-01-05 | 1981-09-15 | 1985-03-06 | M170 4291808 | 6215853 | N | 1980-12-12 | 1981-09-29 | 1985-10-31 | EXP. 4291808 | 6215853 | N | 1980-12-12 | 1981-09-29 | 1985-08-12 | REM. 4292069 | 6227825 | N | 1981-01-23 | 1981-09-29 | 1993-09-26 | EXP.
Table Variables
Patent represents patent number and appnum represents application number for the patent in question. Size records whether the firm that owns the patent is considered large by the USPTO or if it has asserted small or micro entity status, according to the guidelines set by the America Invents Act. When the entry is N, the firm is large, and when the entry is Y, the firm is small. An M indicates a micro firm. The filedate is the date the patent application was filed. The gdate is the date the patent was granted. The feedate corresponds to when each fee payment was received by the USPTO. Each fee has a specific code defined by the USPTO. Maintenance Fee MaintFeeEventsFileDocumentation.pdf
