[Patentpractice] deposit account covers MOST of it but not enough funds

[Randall Svihla]

As far as I know, you can only pay whole fees online.  You can't pay $2350 of a $2500 fee with a deposit account, and then fax in a credit card form for the remaining $150.  You can only select the $2500 fee on the fee calculation page.


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Subject: [Patentpractice] deposit account covers MOST of it but not enough funds

Dear List,
We need to pay a $2500 fee [approximately $2500 --> not a time extension] for a client, where we usually pay via the client's deposit account.
There is $2350 in the deposit account. The client does NOT want to replenish the deposit account- they want to bring it down to zero and close it.

Is there a way for me to pay $2350 using their deposit account, and to then pay the $150 by credit card.

For example, to fax a credit card sheet authorizing $150 and then to write a letter nothing that --> USD $150 has been paid by credit card [faxed to USPTO], with a clear instruction to take the $2350 from deposit account number '12345'

Would that work?

Thanks
Bill
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