USPTO Fee Setting – Activity Trial Information and Trademark Fee Unit Expense Methodology This document provides additional detail on the cost methodologies used to derive the historical fee unit expenses outlined in the Table of Trademark Fees Current, Final Rule and Unit Costs. – Five sections are included: Background: Provides background information on the Activity Based Information (ABI) program at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Objective: Outlines the detailed objective(s) of the ABI program in calculating historical expenses by activity using ABI expense models. Discusses the key components of the ABI expense Foundational Elements: methodology. Fully Burdened Expense: Explains the approach for calculating the full expense of Trademark processes and activities. Fee Unit Expense Calculation: Outlines the trial major approaches for developing a fee unit expense calculation based on the fully burdened expense of Trademark processes and activities. Also provides historical fee unit expense information for the previous three fiscal years.
USPTO Fee Setting – Activity Information and Trademark Fee Unit Expense Methodology This document provides additional detail on the cost methodologies used to derive the historical fee unit expenses outlined in the Table of Trademark Fees – Current, Final Rule and Unit Costs. Five sections are included: Background: Provides background information on the Activity Based Information (ABI) program at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Objective: Outlines the detailed objective(s) of the ABI program in calculating historical expenses by activity using ABI expense models. Foundational Elements: Discusses the key components of the ABI expense methodology. Fully Burdened Expense: Explains the approach for calculating the full expense of Trademark processes and activities. Fee Unit Expense Calculation: Outlines the major approaches for developing a fee unit expense calculation based on the fully burdened expense of Trademark processes and activities. Also provides historical fee unit expense information for the previous three fiscal years. Trial trial
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