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<p>Keep in mind that if the documents that you faxed to the USPTO
include a document that leads to the USPTO taking money from you,
then you will benefit from the fact that they have internal
standards that somebody at the USPTO acts on the money-grab as
fast as is humanly possible. If they did in fact receive the fax,
then I absolutely predict that your credit card charge (if that is
what it was) will get processed no later than one business day.
In other words, no later than tomorrow.</p>
<p>At which point you could check the web site of your credit card
company and see the charge. And then you can be confident that
the fax really did go through.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/18/2023 3:36 PM, Sandra L
Etherton via Patentcenter wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had to file a petition to pay a late
maintenance fee <u>by fax</u> today since a) Patent Center
didn’t have the right fees in “Calculate Fees” and b) couldn’t
file an ePetition because I wasn’t entered as POA in the file
and instead was submitting a new POA. I faxed to 571-273-8300
as suggested by EBC.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I got a fax receipt from my webfax company
that the fax went through successfully, but I haven’t received
a fax receipt from the Patent Office. In the old days the PTO
faxed-back a receipt almost immediately. It’s been several
hours now and no PTO receipt yet. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does the Patent Office still send fax
acknowledgements that a fax was received? If so, how long does
it take?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sandra<o:p></o:p></p>
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