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kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 121.805"
title: "13"
number: "121.805"
heading: "May a business concern self-certify its size status?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/121.805"
---

# §121.805. May a business concern self-certify its size status?

- (a) **A concern verifies its size status with its submission of its patent application.**
- (b) Any attempt to establish small size status improperly (fraudulently, through gross negligence, or otherwise) may result in remedial action by the Patent and Trademark Office.
- (c) In the absence of credible information indicating otherwise, the Patent and Trademark Office may accept the verification by the concern as a small business as true.
- (d) **Questions concerning the size verification are resolved initially by the Patent and Trademark Office.** If not verified as small, the applicant may request a formal SBA size determination.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 636(a)(36), 662, and 694a(9).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.