What is the mailing address for USPTO maintenance fee payments?
The MPEP provides specific mailing addresses for maintenance fee payments and related correspondence: For United States Postal Service (USPS) deliveries: Mail Stop Maintenance FeeDirector of the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeP.O. Box 1450Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 For deliveries by other delivery services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, DHL): United States Patent and Trademark OfficeMail Center, Mail Stop…
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No, a fee address cannot be directed to multiple addresses. According to MPEP 2540: “Maintenance fee correspondence will not be directed to more than one address.” This means that all communications related to maintenance fees will be sent to a single designated fee address. It’s important for patent owners to ensure that the designated fee…
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