The Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) has temporarily extended the window for scheduling the registration examination. No action on the part of applicants is necessary. OED will set the scheduling window to 180 days for applicants who are admitted to take the registration examination in 2024.
The modification of registration examination scheduling periods as referenced herein is temporary. OED will post notice prior to a return to the regular scheduling window.
ONLINE: Online payment is preferred using our online portals. We accept credit and debit card, deposit account, or EFT when paying online.
FAX: We accept credit and debit card, or deposit account when paying by fax. For credit and debit card payments, include the Credit Card Payment Form.
MAIL: We accept check or money order, credit and debit card, or deposit account when paying by mail. For credit and debit card payments, include the Credit Card Payment Form.
Email or cash payments are NOT accepted.
You must notify OED. If you applied online, you may update your address and phone number through the Applicant Portal (preferred method). If you did not apply online, or you prefer to submit this request via email, mail, or fax, you may submit a signed or signed with your S-signature request and clearly indicate that the request is for an applicant who is taking the exam. You must also notify Prometric at the phone number and address shown on the admission letter.
An applicant reapplying after a notice of failure or no-show must submit the following:
Any documentation or transcript previously submitted to OED after 2006 need not be resubmitted.
If the applicant has time remaining on their examination window, they may call the USPTO to request their eligibility to be reset with Prometric. An applicant who fails to take a scheduled examination will be subject to Prometric rescheduling and fee policies.
If there is no time remaining on the eligibility window, the applicant may thereafter reapply for admission. The fees upon reapplication include the $110.00 application fee and the $210.00 examination fee.
The unofficial results are displayed on the computer terminal and printed at the Prometric’s Test Center at the end of the examination.
An applicant taking the examination over two days (due to a reasonable accommodations granted) will NOT receive unofficial results at the Prometric Test Center.
Official Results are typically mailed to the address of record within 5 business days.
You may schedule an appointment to review the questions and answers you answered incorrectly. Any such review session must occur within 60 days of the mailing date of the notice of results. You may schedule a computer-based review session with Prometric. The cost of a Prometric review session is currently $261.00.
Alternatively, you may schedule a paper-based review session at the Office of Enrollment and Discipline in Alexandria, Virginia. The cost of a USPTO review session is currently $470.00.
Review sessions are two and one half (2.5) hours long.
OED maintains a register of active patent practitioners who are eligible to represent others before the USPTO in patent matters.
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