Petition Fee

A petition must be accompanied by the fee required by

37 C.F.R.

§2.6

.

37 C.F.R. §§2.66(b)(1)

,

2.146(c)

,

2.147(a)(2)(iv), (b)(2)(v)

.

Any petition that is not accompanied by the required fee is

incomplete.  A staff attorney or paralegal in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for

Trademark Examination Policy will notify the petitioner in writing that the petition is

incomplete and grant the petitioner 30 days to submit the fee.  If the fee is not submitted

within the time allowed, the petition is denied without consideration on the merits, because

the petitioner has not met the requirements for filing a petition.

If a petition is permitted to be filed on paper, and a check

submitted as a petition fee is returned to the USPTO unpaid, or an electronic funds transfer

or credit card is refused or charged back by a financial institution, the petitioner must

resubmit the petition fee, along with a fee for processing the payment that was refused or

charged back, before the petition will be considered on the merits.

See

37 C.F.R.

§2.6(b)(10)

. See

TMEP §405.06

regarding payments refused or

charged back by financial institutions.