USPTO Fee Collections – Well Under Spending
Patent – Patently-O 2017-08-05
We’re now approaching the end of FY2017 (Sept 30, 2017), and the USPTO is very likely to end up spending well more than it collects in fees. The chart below is just through June 30 (Q3), but look fairly harsh with a several hundred million dollar gap between income and spending. PTO Finance Chief Tony Scardino suggest that the gap will be almost – but not quite – be eliminated by the end of the Fiscal Year. However, its not clear to me how that might happen without dramatic changes.
