[Patentcenter] fax receipt from Patent Office?

[Patent Lawyer]

The PTO used to send a fax acknowledgment to the fax number from which the incoming fax was received.

Maybe the PTO still does that.  But maybe that number (from which the incoming fax was received) is probably a fax number of your web fax company.

So maybe the PTO sent an acknowledgment fax there.  Or maybe web faxing does not provide a number to the recipient.  Or maybe the PTO does not send acknowledgment faxes anymore.  But my guess is that your acknowledgment fax went to your web fax company’s number.  Good luck.


From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Patentcenter Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
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Date: Monday, December 18, 2023 at 5:38 PM
To: Patentcenter Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
Cc: Sandra L Etherton <sandra at ethertonlaw.com>
Subject: [Patentcenter] fax receipt from Patent Office?

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I had to file a petition to pay a late maintenance fee by fax 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.

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.

Does the Patent Office still send fax acknowledgements that a fax was received? If so, how long does it take?

Sandra

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