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Can the United States Patent and Trademark Office expire my patent if I do not pay the maintenance fee?

April 26, 2017fee maintenance Office patent pay Trademark united states

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Can the United States Patent and Trademark Office expire my patent if I do not pay the maintenance fee?

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office can expire patents for many reasons. Failure to pay maintenance fees is indeed among the reasons they can expire a patent.