アメリカ特許商標庁は、9月18日付のSNSで、9月9日から15日にかけて発送された認可通知（Notice of Allowance）に記載された料金が10月2日以降に適用される改正後の料金が誤って記載されていることを通知し、9月中に支払う場合の注意を求めた。既に、ミスの通知は発送されたとのこと。こうした通知が発送されることは珍しいので、ご参考まで。
| General advisory on issue fee amounts |
| Notices of Allowance mailed between September 9 and September 15 may have specified an incorrect issue fee amount: the issue fee due under the new fee rule that goes into effect October 2, 2020, rather than the issue fee due under the current rule. The USPTO will be mailing a corrected Notice of Allowance in all affected cases. If you have already paid the issue fee for a notice mailed in this timeframe, the USPTO will contact you with further guidance. If you have any questions, please contact the resources listed below. Notices of Allowance for international design applications were not affected by this error. Please see the USPTO Systems Status and Availability page for more detailed information and updates. For questions regarding issue fee calculation, please contact the Application Assistance Unit at 888-786-0101 or HelpAAU@uspto.gov. |