Top of Notices   (5)  December 29, 2015

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

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Mail Issues, Office Closures, Postal Emergencies, etc.

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(5)              Change of Mailing Address for Submitting
                     Patent Maintenance Fee Payments

   Beginning on June 1, 2015, payments and correspondence that are sent by
U.S. Postal Service first-class mail to pay a U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) patent maintenance fee should be mailed to: Director of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Attn: Maintenance Fees, 2051 Jamieson
Avenue, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314.

   Patent maintenance fee payments and correspondence received at the
lockbox address (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000) will be forwarded to the Alexandria, VA address
through November 30, 2015. Payments and correspondence received at the
lockbox address after November 30, 2015 will be returned to the sender.

   Patent maintenance fee payments submitted over the USPTO website at
www.uspto.gov using the credit card, USPTO deposit account, and electronic
funds transfer (EFT) payment methods are not affected by the change to the
mailing address.

   Questions regarding patent maintenance fees should be directed to the
Maintenance Fee Branch at (571) 272-6500. Questions regarding this notice
should be forwarded to Matthew Lee, Director of the Receipts Accounting
Division, Office of Finance, by e-mail at matthew.lee@uspto.gov.

                                                               MARK KRIEGER
                                                Director, Office of Finance

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