How do college courses credits transfer from schools on the quarter system? Most colleges and universities award a split credit converting the units to a .67 credit per credit-hour of study at institutions on the quarter system. A 3-credit course would merit 2 credits on a trimester program.
Patent Application Fees. For utility patents, the small entity fees include a $165 filing fee ($82 if filing electronically), as well as a search fee of $270 and an examination fee of $110. For large entities, the filing fees are a $330 filing fee, a search fee of $540, and an examination fee of $220.
At present rates, a European (EPO) application costs about Â£4,500 - Â£6,500 to file. About half of this cost is in respect of the payment of the examination and designation fees, which can normally be delayed until a year after filing.his application serves to establish a priority date for the invention. The significance of this priority date is that further patent applications, based on the initial priority application may be filed within a year of the priority date and may claim priority from that first filing.