Electronic Maintenance Fee Transactions

USPTO - Patent Maintenance Fees

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Patent Maintenance Fees
Please enter both a patent number and its corresponding application number to do the following:
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Click on ‘Retrieve Fees to Pay’ to pay a maintenance fee.
Click on 'Get Bibliographic Data' to obtain patent bibliographic data.
Click on ‘View Payment Windows’ to determine when maintenance fees are due.
Select the applicable year (4, 8 or 12) from the drop-down list box next to ‘Payment Window’ and
click 'View Statement' to print a statement showing receipt of a maintenance fee payment.

Patent Number (exclude special characters; e.g. commas):
Application Number (must be 8 numeric digits - see NOTE below):
Retrieve Fees to Pay
Get Bibliographic Data
View Payment Windows
View Statement

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The Privacy Act of 1974 - as it relates to Maintenance Fees
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 - as it relates to Maintenance Fees
Terms of Use:
The USPTO databases are intended for use by the general public. Due to limitations of equipment and
bandwidth, they are not intended to be a source for bulk downloads of USPTO data. Individuals,
companies, IP addresses, or blocks of IP addresses who, in effect, deny service to the general public
by generating unusually high numbers (10,000 or more, roughly equivalent to viewing 1,000 patents)
of daily database accesses (searches, pages, or hits), whether generated manually or in an
automated fashion, may be denied access to these servers without notice.
For information about which patents are subject to maintenance fees and the time of payment for
maintenance fees, please refer to Chapter 2500, Maintenance Fees, of the Manual of Patent
Examining Procedure.
NOTE: The application number consists of a 2-digit series code PLUS the 6-digit serial number; e.g. if
your series code is ‘08’ and your serial number is ‘123456’, the complete application number will be
entered as ‘08123456.’ Do not use commas, slashes or other non-numeric characters.
In order to find the series code that is based upon the application filing date, use the following table:

From
01/01/93
01/01/98
12/04/01
12/2/04

Application Filing Date
To
Series Code
12/31/97
08
12/03/01
09
12/1/04
10
Present
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Paperwork Reduction Act

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
OMB No. 0651-0016 (Exp. 04/30/2009)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
This collection of information is required by 37 CFR 1.366. This information is used by the
public to submit (and by the USPTO to process) payment of patent maintenance fees.
Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. § 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. This collection is estimated to
take 20 seconds to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the maintenance
fee payment. Time will vary depending on the individual case. Any comments on the amount
of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden should
be sent to the Chief Information Officer, USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

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The Privacy Act of 1974 (P

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The Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579) requires that you be given certain information in connection
with your request to charge your maintenance fees against your deposit account or credit card.
Accordingly, pursuant to the requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1) the authority for the
collection of this information can be found in 35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(h), 1.363, and 1.366
(c) and (d); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is required to keep a patent in force; and (3) the
principal purpose for which the information is used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is to
extend the term of a patent so that it does not expire. If you do not furnish the requested information,
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will not be able to extend the term of a patent and also may not
be able to maintain correct records of payment of the associated maintenance fees.
The information provided by you in this form will be subject to the following routine uses:
1. The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C 552(a)). Records from
this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice to determine whether
disclosure of these records is required by the Freedom of Information Act.
2. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, in the course of
presenting evidence to a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal, including disclosures to
opposing counsel in the course of settlement negotiations.
3. A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Member of Congress
submitting a request involving an individual when the individual has requested assistance from
the Member with respect to the subject matter of the record.
4. A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a contractor of the
Agency having need for the information in order to perform the contract. Recipients of
information shall be required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
5. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the Administrator,
General Services, or his designee, during an inspection of records conducted by GSA as part of
that agency’s responsibility to recommend improvements in records management practices and
programs, under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in
accordance with the GSA regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any
other relevant (i.e., GSA or Commerce directive. Such disclosure shall not be used to make
determinations about individuals.