Patent Maintenance Fees (3.5 / 7.5 / 11.5 yrs)

What this filing is, when it is due, and who has to file it for a company in United States. LawDep tracks every deadline on an auto-rolling compliance calendar and prepares the filing before you submit it.

Cadence

Multi-year (not auto-scheduled)

How often it recurs

Filed with

USPTO

35 U.S.C. § 41(b)

Due

at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant

Deadline rule

What is the Patent Maint filing?

Patent Maintenance Fees (3.5 / 7.5 / 11.5 yrs) is a multi-year compliance filing that a United States company files with USPTO. The deadline is at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. The filing is governed by 35 U.S.C. § 41(b).

Typical evidence required

payment receipt

Who files it

This filing applies to companies operating in this jurisdiction. LawDep applies it to the right entity types automatically, so a filing for one subsidiary never lands on the wrong one.

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Patent Maint is prepared for you, but it is not added to the auto-rolling calendar, because this filing's date depends on an event we cannot predict. Add it manually.

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