For the [[Little Guy Academic Paper]], the fee status a firm asserts for a patent identifies the firms that may be used to study the disadvantages small firms face in patent litigation. Using the Fee Table which records whether a firm asserted late, micro, or small entity status, the Fee Status Table was created to track a firm's status. If a firm identifies as a small or micro firm at any given point for at least one of its patents, it will be treated as such in the Little Guy Academic Paper. The fee status table will also help confirm whether a patent is no longer in effect.
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==Table Structure==
Table "public.feestatus"