Wire Payment

How do I send a wire payment to the USPTO?

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You may send your wire payment through the Federal Reserve Fedwire System by providing the below wire transfer information to your bank.  Your bank may charge a fee, and your sending bank may use an intermediate bank to transfer the funds (and the intermediate bank may withhold their fee from the payment that is transmitted).  Please ensure the full amount of the fee required in U.S. dollars is transmitted. 

You must provide the purpose of the wire payment and information that helps identify the transaction (e.g., patent maintenance fee, patent#, application#) in the Originator to Beneficiary Information field to ensure timely processing of your payment.  Failure to provide the required information in the correct fields may result in delays or rejection of your wire payment.

Note: At this time, trademark fees cannot be submitted via a wire payment.  (See the Trademark Fee Information page for acceptable methods of payment.)

 

Fedwire Field Tag	Fedwire Field Name	Required Information
{1510}	Type/Subtype	1000
{2000}	Amount	(enter payment amount)
{3400}	Receiver ABA Routing Number	021030004
{3400}	Receiver ABA Short Name (account is with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York)	TREAS  NYC 33 Liberty Street New York, NY 10045
{3600}	Business Function Code	CTR     (or CTP)
{4200}	Beneficiary ID Code	D
{4200}	Beneficiary Identifier (account number)	13100001
{4200}	Beneficiary Name	USPTO 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314
{5000}	Originator	(enter your company name)
{6000}	Originator to Beneficiary Information (up to 4 lines of 35 characters each)	(enter the brief purpose of payment and information that helps identify the transaction (e.g., maintenance fee, patent#, application#), and a phone number)
	SWIFT Code (only for international wire transfers)	FRNYUS33FX1