13 CFR 121.802 : Business Credit And Assistance (Parts 1-100 To Parts 501-599) — (Parts 1-100 To Parts 501-599) — Small Business Administration (Parts 1-100 To Parts 148-199) — Small Business Size Regulations (§ 121.101 To § 121.1206) — Size Eligibility Provisions And Standards (§ 121.101 To § 121.1103) — Size Eligibility Requirements For Paying Reduced Patent Fees (§ 121.801 To § 121.805) — What size standards are applicable to reduced patent fees programs?

A concern eligible for reduced patent fees is one:

(a) Whose number of employees, including affiliates, does not exceed 500 persons; and

(b) Which has not assigned, granted, conveyed, or licensed (and is under no obligation to do so) any rights in the invention to any person who made it and could not be classified as an independent inventor, or to any concern which would not qualify as a non-profit organization or a small business concern under this section.