What method of payments are available for paying the IPR petition filing fees?
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Apr 26
About the Author: Mr. Sheerin is a California licensed patent attorney having represented clients accused of patent infringement in Federal District Court as well as through Inter Partes Review (IPR) at the US Patent Office. A few of Mr. Sheerin's recent results may be viewed here:
The IPR filing fees (petition fee and post-institution trial fee) are both due at the time the IPR petition is filed (the post-institution trial fee is refunded if the IPR is not instituted). These combined fees exceed the daily credit card limit of the US patent office. Trust me when I say this: you CANNOT use a credit cared to pay the IPR filing fees no matter how many different angles you approach it (e.g., paying using multiple cards, paying over multiple days, etc.). You simply cannot use a credit card to pay the IPR filing fees.
Therefore, the ONLY option for paying the IPR filing fees is to use a USPTO deposit account. You can fund a deposit account using an electronic funds transfer (ETF) from your bank account; however, there is an 8 day authentication period for the first transfer. If you are up against a deadline, you can wire money to a deposit account which will be deposited the day after the wire is received by the USPTO as long as you follow the USPTO wiring instructions and send the wire before the cut-off deadline on the day of the wire. For liability reasons, I'm not going to provide a link to the USPTO wiring instructions. Just know they can be found on the Internet and it does work (I've used this service).
About the Author: Mr. Sheerin is a California licensed patent attorney having represented clients accused of patent infringement in Federal District Court as well as through Inter Partes Review (IPR) at the US Patent Office. A few of Mr. Sheerin's recent results may be viewed here:
The IPR filing fees (petition fee and post-institution trial fee) are both due at the time the IPR petition is filed (the post-institution trial fee is refunded if the IPR is not instituted). These combined fees exceed the daily credit card limit of the US patent office. Trust me when I say this: you CANNOT use a credit cared to pay the IPR filing fees no matter how many different angles you approach it (e.g., paying using multiple cards, paying over multiple days, etc.). You simply cannot use a credit card to pay the IPR filing fees.
Therefore, the ONLY option for paying the IPR filing fees is to use a USPTO deposit account. You can fund a deposit account using an electronic funds transfer (ETF) from your bank account; however, there is an 8 day authentication period for the first transfer. If you are up against a deadline, you can wire money to a deposit account which will be deposited the day after the wire is received by the USPTO as long as you follow the USPTO wiring instructions and send the wire before the cut-off deadline on the day of the wire. For liability reasons, I'm not going to provide a link to the USPTO wiring instructions. Just know they can be found on the Internet and it does work (I've used this service).