How are issue fee payments applied to multiple applications?
When issue fee payments are made for multiple applications, the following rules apply:
- A single payment can cover issue fees for multiple applications.
- The payment must clearly identify each application and the fee being paid for each.
- If the payment is insufficient to cover all fees, it will be applied in ascending application number order.
MPEP 1306 states: “Where the payment submitted is sufficient to pay the issue fee for all the allowed applications, the payment will be applied accordingly. If the payment submitted is insufficient to cover all the issue fees, the payment will be applied in ascending application number order.”
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