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The "micro entity" status is a further status, which was introduced with the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA), enacted in 2011. The small entity status allows small businesses, independent inventors, nonprofit organizations to file a patent application and maintain an issued patent for a reduced fee—a 60% reduction. [1]
Title 37 is the principal set of rules and regulations issued by federal agencies of the United States regarding patents, trademarks, and copyrights. It is available in digital and printed form, and can be referenced online using the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR).
According to United States patent law, a continuing application is a continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part application filed under the conditions specified in 35 U.S.C. §§ 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) and 37 CFR § 1.78. [16]