MPEP § 2510 — MPEP § 2510
Current through: 2022-07-01

2510-Submission of Maintenance Fee Payments and Documents 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 Section 2510 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 2510 Submission of Maintenance Fee Payments and Documents [R-01.2024]

 A listing of available payment options and current mailing
 addresses is available on the USPTO website at www.uspto.gov/PatentMaintenanceFees .
 

 I. SUBMISSION OVER THE INTERNET Maintenance fee payments can be made quickly and easily over the
 internet at www.uspto.gov by electronic funds
 transfer (EFT), credit card, debit card, or deposit account payment methods.
 Maintenance fees paid online must be paid only through the Patent Maintenance Fees
 Storefront ( https://fees.uspto.gov/MaintenanceFees ). See
 MPEP
 § 509 and § 2522 for additional information
 pertaining to payments by credit card and payments by deposit account. Payment
 receipts for all payments submitted over the internet are available immediately in
 the Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront after the payment is processed. Receipts for
 bulk file payments of maintenance fees will include a listing of accepted payments
 for each patent maintained in force as well as a listing of any payments that could
 not be accepted with an explanation why. Note that the bulk file payment option can
 only be done online using the Patent Maintenance Fees Storefront. 
 

 II. SUBMISSION BY MAIL Maintenance fee payments not electronically submitted over the
 internet, and correspondence related to maintenance fees may be addressed to:
 

 Mail Stop Maintenance
 Fee
Director of the United States
 Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450

 For maintenance fee payments to be delivered by mail
 to the USPTO by a delivery service (e.g. Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser,
 Action, Purolator, etc.), rather than by the United States Postal Service (USPS),
 the maintenance fee payments should be addressed to the Customer Service Window (see
 MPEP §
 501 , subsection III) with “Mail Stop Maintenance Fee”
 included in the address.
 

 37
 CFR 1.366(b) provides that the certificate of mailing
 procedures of 37
 CFR 1.8 or the mailing by Priority Mail Express® provisions
 of 37 CFR
 1.10 may be utilized in paying maintenance fees. The specific
 requirements of either 37 CFR 1.8 or 1.10 must be
 fully complied with if the benefits of either are desired. See MPEP § 512 and
 §
 513 . 
 

 III. SUBMISSION BY FACSIMILE Payment of a maintenance fee is accepted via facsimile to the fax
 number stated on the Maintenance Fee Transmittal Form (SB/45), when charged to a
 deposit account or to a credit card. Credit Card Payment Form (PTO-2038) should be
 used if payment is made by credit card. See MPEP § 509 and
 §
 2522 . In addition, requests pertaining to post-issuance
 documents, such as change of correspondence address, assignment of fee address,
 etc., may be submitted by facsimile. 
 

 37 CFR
 1.366(b) provides that the certificate of transmission
 procedure of 37
 CFR 1.8 may be utilized in paying maintenance fees. The
 specific requirements of 37 CFR 1.8 must be fully
 complied with if the benefits thereof are desired. See MPEP § 512 .
 

 IV. SUBMISSION BY HAND-DELIVERY Maintenance fee payments may be hand-carried to the Patent Customer
 Service Window. See MPEP § 501 , subsection III for information regarding
 hand-delivery of papers. Although the receptionist will not process the maintenance
 fee payment, if the payment is delivered with an itemized postcard, the receptionist
 will provide a delivery receipt by date stamping the postcard. The maintenance fee
 payment should be placed in an envelope with MAINTENANCE FEE written in dark ink
 across the envelope.
 

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 2501-Introduction 

 2502-2503-[Reserved] 

 2504-Patents Subject to Maintenance Fees 

 2505-[Reserved] 

 2506-Times for Submitting Maintenance Fee Payments 

 2507-2509-[Reserved] 

 2510-Submission of Maintenance Fee Payments and Documents 

 2511-2514-[Reserved] 

 2515-Information Required for Submission of Maintenance Fee Payment 

 2516-2519-[Reserved] 

 2520-Maintenance Fee Amounts 

 2521-[Reserved] 

 2522-Methods of Payment 

 2523-2529-[Reserved] 

 2530-Special Acceptance of Maintenance Fee Payments Containing Informalities 

 2531-Payment Late or Insufficient 

 2532-Duplicate Payments 

 2533-2539-[Reserved] 

 2540-Fee Address for Maintenance Fee Purposes 

 2541-[Reserved] 

 2542-Change of Correspondence Address 

 2543-2549-[Reserved] 

 2550-Entity Status Discounts 

 2551-2559-[Reserved] 

 2560-Revocation of Power of Attorney and Withdrawal of Attorney 

 2561-2569-[Reserved] 

 2570-Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests 

 2571-2574-[Reserved] 

 2575-Notices 

 2576-2579-[Reserved] 

 2580-Review of Decision Refusing to Accept and Record Payment of a Maintenance Fee Filed Prior to Expiration of Patent 

 2581-2589-[Reserved] 

 2590-Acceptance of Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in Expired Patent to Reinstate Patent 

 2591-Intervening Rights in Reinstated Patents 

 2592-2594-[Reserved] 

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