MPEP Chapter 2500 — Maintenance fees
Chapter 2500 of the USPTO Manual of Patent Examining Procedure covers maintenance fees. It runs to 23 file-level sections, of which 20 carry substantive text and 3 are marked [Reserved].
Sections in this chapter
- § 2501Introduction
- § 2504Patents Subject to Maintenance Fees
- § 2505[Reserved]
- § 2506Times for Submitting Maintenance Fee Payments
- § 2510Submission of Maintenance Fee Payments and Documents
- § 2515Information Required for Submission of Maintenance Fee Payment
- § 2520Maintenance Fee Amounts
- § 2521[Reserved]
- § 2522Methods of Payment
- § 2530Special Acceptance of Maintenance Fee Payments Containing Informalities
- § 2531Payment Late or Insufficient
- § 2532Duplicate Payments
- § 2540Fee Address for Maintenance Fee Purposes
- § 2541[Reserved]
- § 2542Change of Correspondence Address
- § 2550Entity Status Discounts
- § 2560Revocation of Power of Attorney and Withdrawal of Attorney
- § 2570Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests
- § 2575Notices
- § 2580Review of Decision Refusing to Accept and Record Payment of a Maintenance Fee Filed Prior to Expiration of Patent
- § 2590Acceptance of Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in Expired Patent to Reinstate Patent
- § 2591Intervening Rights in Reinstated Patents
- § 2595Forms