MPEP Section 2500, Maintenance Fees
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This document contains the chapter index for Chapter 2500 ("Maintenance Fees ") of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (the "M.P.E.P."), Eighth Edition, Eighth Revision (July 2010). This page was last updated in January 2011. You may return to the main Section index to find a different chapter of the MPEP. Alternatively, you may search the MPEP using the search box that appears on the left side of every page of BitLaw--you may restrict your search to the MPEP on the search results page. BitLaw also provides a key word index to the MPEP that can be directly accessed through the following list:
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2501 Introduction [R-7]
2504 Patents Subject to Maintenance Fees [R-7]
2506 Times for Submitting Maintenance Fee Payments
2510 Submission of Maintenance Fee Payments and Documents [R-7]
2515 Information Required for Submission of Maintenance Fee Payment [R-7]
2520 Maintenance Fee Amounts [R-5]
2522 Methods of Payment [R-5]
2530 Special Acceptance of Maintenance Fee Payments Containing Informalities [R-5]
2531 Payment Late or Insufficient
2532 Duplicate Payments
2540 Fee Address for Maintenance Fee Purposes [R-7]
2542 Change of Correspondence Address [R-7]
2550 Small Entity Status
2560 Revocation of Power of Attorney and Withdrawal of Attorney [R-7]
2570 Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests [R-7]
2575 Notices [R-5]
2580 Review of Decision Refusing to Accept and Record Payment of a Maintenance Fee Filed Prior to Expiration of Patent [R-5]
2590 Acceptance of Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in Expired Patent to Reinstate Patent [R-7]
2591 Intervening Rights in Reinstated Patents
2595 Forms [R-7]