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Couple points re: the questions:

1 - On the “false marking” question for saying patent pending, here is the statute … 

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/292

Long story short, the government (or a someone who has suffered a competitive injury) can come after a person who falsely marked with the intent to deceive the public, for fines/damages.  

2 – Here’s a fee schedule:  https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment/uspto-fee-schedule.  Small entity is 50% discount; micro is 75%.

I should have clarified that ‘small entity’ can mean at or below 500 employees or a nonprofit (which includes universities, thus we at GTRC get small entity status but so should GIT).  If you have conveyed/assigned/licensed your rights (or are under an obligation to do so) to someone who would not qualify as small entity, then you can’t get the small entity status yourself.  

Here is a little bit of an overview:  https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/applying-online/entity-status-fee-purposes
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Posted Questions
[01:09 PM]
Vandan Patel asked : When you file a provisional patent, can you say "Patent Pending" ?
1 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply

Kenneth Cunefare answered -
Once filed, then you can use "patent pending".



[01:16 PM]
Richard Simmons asked : When are patent applications made public?
1 upvote | 1 answer | 0 reply

Kenneth Cunefare answered -
18 months after earliest priority date.
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