MPEP Section 2570, Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests

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This document contains Section 2570 ("Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests") 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 section index to find a particular section. 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.

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2570 Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests [R-7]

The Maintenance Fee Branch will respond to requests for the maintenance fee payment status of patents. Maintenance fee status can be requested by telephone. Telephone status requests are limited to two patent numbers per telephone call. In addition, maintenance fee status information is available over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. At the top of the site, click on the "Site Index" link, click on "M," and then click on the "Maintenance **>Fee Branch<" link for additional information. See MPEP § 1730 for the telephone number.