---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.18"
title: "37"
number: "1.18"
heading: "Patent post allowance (including issue) fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.18"
---

# §1.18. Patent post allowance (including issue) fees.

- (a) Issue fee for issuing each original patent, except a design or plant patent, or for issuing each reissue patent:
- (b)
  - (1) **Issue fee for issuing an original design patent—**
  - (2) [Reserved]
  - (3) Issue fee for issuing an international design application designating the United States, where the issue fee is paid through the International Bureau (Hague Agreement [Rule 12(3)(c)](/cfr/37/12.md?p=3-c)) as an alternative to paying the issue fee under [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section: The amount established in Swiss currency pursuant to Hague Agreement [Rule 28](/cfr/37/28.md) as of the date of mailing of the notice of allowance ([§ 1.311](/cfr/37/1.311.md)).
- (c) **Issue fee for issuing an original plant patent—**

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 4286, Jan. 18, 2013, as amended at 80 FR 17955, Apr. 2, 2015; 82 FR 52814, Nov. 14, 2017; 85 FR 46988, Aug. 3, 2020; 85 FR 58283, Sept. 18, 2020; 88 FR 17156, Mar. 22, 2023; 89 FR 92006, Nov. 20, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1.16 through 1.22 also issued under 35 U.S.C. 41, 111, 119, 120, 132(b), 156, 157, 255, 302, and 311, Public Laws 103-465, 106-113, and 112-29.

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 4286, Jan. 18, 2013, as amended at 80 FR 17955, Apr. 2, 2015; 82 FR 52814, Nov. 14, 2017; 85 FR 46988, Aug. 3, 2020; 85 FR 58283, Sept. 18, 2020; 88 FR 17156, Mar. 22, 2023; 89 FR 92006, Nov. 20, 2024]