Elimination of Credit Cards as Payment for Replenishing Deposit Accounts
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending its rules of practice to eliminate acceptance of credit cards as payment for replenishing deposit accounts. Deposit account customers may still submit payments to replenish their deposit accounts by electronic funds transfer (EFT) through the Federal Reserve Fedwire System or over the Office's Internet Web site (http://www.uspto.gov), and by check or money order sent through the mail. The Office will continue to accept credit cards as payment for all other products and services for which fees are required.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/07/22/04-16753/elimination-of-credit-cards-as-payment-for-replenishing-deposit-accounts (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- Fee mentioned in title or summary (Confirmed in the document text)
- What you need (account or API key)
- Account or key mentioned in title or summary (Confirmed in the document text)
- Published
- 2004-07-22
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
- Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
- Mailing Address Changes Related to USPTO Deposit Accounts and Patent Maintenance Fees
- Changes to Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Fees by Credit Card
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Changes To Permit Payment of Patent and Trademark Office Fees by Credit Card
- Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
- Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
- Trademark Fee Adjustment
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Matters Related to the Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law
- Submission for OMB Review
- Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearings on Genetic Diagnostic Testing
- Clarification of Patent and Trademark Copy Fees
- Discontinuing the Mass Mailing of Paper Fee Schedules to Registered Attorneys, Agents, and Deposit Account Holders
- Request for Comments on Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Practice
- Request for Comments on Proposed Change To Missing Parts Practice
- Electronic Submission of Applications for Registration and Other Documents