Maintenance Fee Related Petitions

OPET – Office of Petitions

Generally Available

Petition Type	Average Days Pending of Decided Petitions	Median Days Pending of Decided Petitions	Grant Rate Percentage	Deciding Office	ePetition Option
521 - To Review Refusal to Accept and Record Maintenance Fee Filed on or after 8/27/82 (37 CFR 1.377)	None	None	None	OPET
533 - To Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee (37 CFR 1.378(b))	125	140	62%	OPET

*Infrequently Filed Petition
 

Displayed are 12 month rolling average and median values. When the median value is significantly different than the average value the median value will provide a better representation of when a particular category of petition has been decided. This is because a small number of outliers can disproportionately impact the average value. The values exclude ePetitions.

The data is current as of October 4, 2022 and is updated quarterly.