2570 Maintenance Fee Payment Status Requests [R-08.2017]
The Maintenance Fee Branch will respond to requests for the maintenance fee payment status of patents. Maintenance fee status information for a patent of interest can be obtained over the internet by entering the patent number and the corresponding application number in the appropriate spaces on the webpage available at https://fees.uspto.gov/ MaintenanceFees. In addition, maintenance fee status can be requested by telephone. Telephone status requests are limited to two patent numbers per telephone call. See MPEP ยง 1730 for the telephone number.