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 nonnumeric characters.
In order to find the series code that is based upon the application filing date, use the following
table:
Application Filing Date
From To
Series Code
01/01/93
12/31/97
08
01/01/98
12/03/01
09

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12/02/04
12/07/07
12/18/10

12/01/04
12/06/07
12/17/10
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
OMB No. 0651-0016 (Exp. 3/31/2012)
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.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.

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