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Maintenance Fee Adviser

Stop treating maintenance fees like automatic renewals

MFA helps teams decide which U.S. patents deserve payment, which require business review, and which may be abandonment candidates before the next USPTO fee gate. Recommendations combine PSRP value signals, fee-window context, family coverage, assignee context, and user notes.

Maintenance analysis · US 10,770,788 · Illustrative
PayReviewAbandon

Next fee gate: 7.5-year · $1,600 · opens Mar 2027

Recommendation combines PSRP value signals, fee-window context, and family coverage.

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What you get

Gate-aware recommendations
See upcoming 3.5-, 7.5-, and 11.5-year windows with guidance tailored to each asset.
Valuation-aware context
Pair MFA output with PSRP so maintenance spend aligns with estimated economic value.
Batch and portfolio views
Work through renewal season lists or portfolio slices instead of one-off spreadsheets.
Foreign-family context
Before paying the next U.S. maintenance fee, see whether corresponding foreign family members are active, lapsed, challenged, or strategically meaningful.
Maintenance Decision Memo export
Generate client-ready PDF memos with audit footers for counsel and finance review (Pro and above).
Explainable outputs
Structured rationale you can share with finance and counsel, always combined with your policies and the MFA disclaimer.

How it works

  1. Select patents or a portfolio slice

    Start from search, import, or portfolio workspaces depending on your workflow.

  2. Review MFA recommendation

    See pay, review, or abandon style guidance with supporting factors.

  3. Document and act

    Export summaries, log decisions, and sync with portfolio review queues.

Ready to try it?

Explore the product on this page, then open the live workflow when you are ready to work with your patents.

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  • Outputs are decision support—pair with counsel and your own policies