Pub. L. 94-131, tit. IV, ch. 37, sec. 3

Sec. 3. Item 1 of section 41(a) of title 35, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 41. Patent fees “(a) The Commissioner shall charge the following fees: “1. On filing each application for an original patent, except in design cases, $65; in addition on filing or on presentation at any other time, $10 for each claim in independent form which is in excess of one, and $2, for each claim (whether independent or dependent) which is in excess of ten. For the purpose of computing fees, a multiple dependent claim as referred to in section 112 of this title or any claim depending therefrom shall be considered as separate dependent claims in accordance with the number of claims to which reference is made. Errors in payment of the additional fees may be rectified in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner.”.