human: How should I respond to the Notice to File Missing Parts of Application stating that I owe a large entity filing fee and a large entity surcharge when I submitted an unsigned small entity statement with no authorization to charge fees prior to the effecti
assistant: You must timely respond to the Notice to File Missing Parts to avoid abandonment of the application. Your response may request reevaluation of your prior attempt to claim small entity status since the Office will not on its own reevaluate your prior attempt to claim small entity status. Additionally, the response should include a new written assertion of entitlement to small entity status (e.g., Your attempt to claim small entity status while being ineffective under the former rule, is effective under the amended rule since an unsigned small entity statement accompanied application papers that were signed.).
A small entity surcharge should also be submitted since the surcharge is owed even if the Office accords small entity status, pursuant to the rule change, based on the previous ineffective attempt to claim small entity status.