Fees and payment

Access current fee amounts, all USPTO systems to file and pay online, and links to additional fee and payment information.

Pay online (preferred method)

From the table below, select the USPTO system in which you want to make an online payment. We accept credit cards, debit cards that do not require a PIN, deposit accounts, or EFT when paying online. Guest users can only pay with a credit or debit card, but signed in USPTO.gov account users can pay with any payment method stored in Financial Manager.

Patents

Trademarks

If your deadline is today and the system is unavailable, refer to the alternative payment instructions in the Pay by fax or mail section below.

Pay by fax or mail

Patent fees

The fax number depends on the type of payment you wish to make. We accept credit and debit card, or deposit account when paying by fax. For credit and debit card payments, include the Credit Card Payment Form.

Office

Type of payment

Fax number

The mailing address depends on the type of payment you wish to make. We accept check or money order, credit and debit card, or deposit account when paying by mail. For credit and debit card payments, include the Credit Card Payment Form.

If our systems are unavailable, see Filing Patent documents during an outage or Filing PTAB documents during an outage for alternative methods to file and pay fees.

Trademark fees

Trademark fees must generally be paid using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and are not accepted by fax or regular mail except in certain circumstances, such as a system outage.

If our systems are unavailable, see Filing Trademark documents during an outage or Filing TTAB documents during an outage for alternative methods to file and pay fees.