From: Ernst van Knobelsdorff
To: Fee.Setting
Subject: Proposed Patent fees Letter Fides BV
Date: Friday, December 02, 2016 3:43:55 AM
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Dear Sir / Madam,
Please find attached our letter on behalf of Fides B.V.
Met vriendelijke groet / Best regards,
Ernst van Knobelsdorff
Junior Legal Counsel
Address: Coldenhovelaan 6 | 2678PS | De Lier | The Netherlands
T. +31 174 530 174 | M. +31 655 867 458
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DNA Green Group B.V., operating under the name of Dümmen Orange, is a limited liability company registered in
De Lier, The Netherlands under number 57754950. For more information, please refer to
http://www.dummenorange.com
December
2,
2016
Commissioner
of
Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313
Dear Commissioner:
This letter is
in
reference
to
the proposed U.S. Patent Fees, specifically the significant
increases for U.S. Plant Patent applications.
The U.S. public greatly benefits from the introduction
of
new plant varieties. The
process
of
breeding, selection and development
of
these new plant varieties typically takes a
number
of
years and there
is
significant costs prior
to
introduction. The cost
of
a U.S. Plant
Patent is one
of
these costs and a significant increase in the U.S. Patent Office's fees could be
prohibitive to many plant breeders' programs.
These new products are not sold in high volumes nor at a high cost per unit. Therefore, it
can take many years to
"payback" the development costs, including the patent costs.
Increasing the U.S. Plant Patent fees will increase the financial burden on these plant
breeders and poses a financial barrier
to
the Applicants/Assignees from procuring U.S. Plant
Patents for their new plants.
On
behalf
of
the U.S. Plant Patent Applicants/ Assignees (plant breeders, plant breeding
companies, licensees), we respectively request that the U.S. Patent Office reconsider these
excessive increases on U.S. Plant Patent applications.
Thank-you.
Fide
E.J. van Knobelsdorff
Legal Counsel
