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Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees

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Micro entity status is a newer status, introduced under the America Invents Act Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) in 2011 as an effort to reduce the cost of patenting for small businesses and individual inventors. Reduce your patent fees. Patent prosecution can be a substantial investment to some.