[E-trademarks] What happens when the USPTO fails to collect filing fees?

[Lindsey Corbin]

There is no fee if it’s a request to make special due to an inadvertently
canceled registration.

If it’s a petition, then it’s $250 and you’ll probably get a phone call or
email from the PTO to request payment.

Lindsey

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM Lara Pearson via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> A strange thing happened to me the other day
> about which I am curious what you have to say
> I filed a Petition to Make Special but couldn't pay
> cause the filing fee had simply gone away
> the screen for the fee actually did appear
> but the amt was $0.00 which makes me fear
> that even though I have a filing receipt
> my filing will be considered incomplete
> I took a screencap of the form
> but how do I get my filing to conform?
> Any suggestions are welcome now
> as the point of the Petition was to speed things up, not slow them down
> thank you for helping set me straight
> while the USPTO's been quite challenging as of late
>
> [image: image.png]
>
>
> Lara Pearson (she/her/hers) [Why pronouns
> <https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743>
> ?] (Hear how I say my name <https://namedrop.io/larapearson>)
>
> Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC
>
> Leader, Brand Geek
>
> Lara at BrandGeek.net | Ph: 775.833.1600 | My bio
> <http://brandgeek.net/about/>
>
> This e-mail may contain information that is *privileged* or *confidential*.
> If you received this communication in error, please immediately notify the
> sender and delete/destroy all copies of this correspondence. Thank you.
>
>
> *Brand Geek practices flex-time and a 4-day work week Mon-Thurs.** If you
> see us working weekends, that's our choice. We do not expect anyone
> (including you!) to work/respond on the weekend. Please respond at a time
> that works for you. *
>
> *Protecting the Brands that are Changing the World**®*
>
> *Protecting the Businesses that are Changing the World*
> *®Protecting the Brands of Soulfulpreneurs**®*
>
>
> *Leading the way, we belong to **1% for the Planet (since January 2006),
> SVN (since Spring 2007), **Certified B Corporation (since February 2008).*
>
>
>
>
> *Save the planet! Please don't print.*
>
> *I acknowledge my privilege to live, work and play on the unceded
> traditional lands of the first people of Lake Tahoe, the Washoe or Wašišiw
> ("people from here," pronounced Wa She Shu). With humility and gratitude, I
> honor this sacred land, and the Washoe Tribe <https://washoetribe.us/>. *
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> --
> E-trademarks mailing list
> E-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com
> http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20251014/bd562695/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 53270 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20251014/bd562695/attachment.png>