{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-3.41","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 3.41","heading":"Recording fees.","body":"(a) All requests to record documents must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a fee is required for each application, patent and registration against which the document is recorded as identified in the cover sheet. The recording fee is set in § 1.21(h) of this chapter for patents and in § 2.6(b)(6) of this chapter for trademarks.\n(b) No fee is required for each patent application and patent against which a document required by Executive Order 9424 is to be filed if:\n(1) The document does not affect title and is so identified in the cover sheet (see § 3.31(c)(2)); and\n(2) The document and cover sheet are either: Faxed or electronically submitted as prescribed by the Director, or mailed to the Office in compliance with § 3.27.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 3—ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"fea632f066ab74aafa40a41e2043c6226877802908d8fa54b0ab6ce07dd4739d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-3.34","next":"us/37-cfr-3.51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}