PTO/AIA/47 "Fee Address" Indication Form

Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees

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Fee Address Indication Form (Private Sector)

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PTO/AIA/47 (12-20)
Approved for use through XX/XX/20XX. OMB 0651-0016
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“FEE ADDRESS” INDICATION FORM
Address to:
Mail Stop Maintenance Fee
Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Fax to:
571-273-6500

-OR-

INSTRUCTIONS: The issue fee must have been paid for the application(s) listed on this form. In addition, only an address
represented by a Customer Number can be established as the fee address for maintenance fee purposes (hereafter, fee
address). A fee address should be established when correspondence related to maintenance fees should be mailed to a
different address than the correspondence address for the application.
When to check the first box below: If you have a Customer Number to represent the fee address.
When to check the second box below: If you have no Customer Number representing the desired fee address, in which case
a completed Request for Customer Number (PTO/SB/125) must be attached to this form. For more information on Customer
Numbers, see the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 403.
For the following listed application(s), please recognize as the “Fee Address” under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.363 the
address associated with:
Customer Number:
OR
The attached Request for Customer Number form (PTO/SB/125)
PATENT NUMBER
(if known)

APPLICATION NUMBER

Completed by (check one):
Applicant/Inventor
Attorney or Agent of record _______________
Reg. No.
Assignee of record of the entire interest. See
37 CFR 3.71. Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(c)
(Form PTO/AIA/96) is enclosed or was filed on
______________________________________
(Date)

_________________________________________________
Signature
_________________________________________________
Typed or printed name
_________________________________________________
Requester’s telephone number
_________________________________________________
Date

NOTE: Signatures of all the inventors or assignees of record of the entire interest or their representative(s) are required. If the assignee is a
juristic entity, this form must be signed by a patent practitioner (attorney or agent) of record. Submit multiple forms if more than one
signature is required, see below*.

*Total of ___________________ forms are submitted
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burden to the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 or email
[email protected]. DO NOT SEND FEES OR COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.
If you need assistance in completing the form, call 1-800-PTO-9199 and select option 2.

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