US Trademark Fee Changes to Take Effect on January 18, 2025

Release Time：2024-11-19 10:05Author：Views：92

On November 15, 2024, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced updated trademark fees in a final rule, effective January 18, 2025.

The proposal for updated trademark fees was shaped by public feedback beginning with a public hearing in June 2023 hosted by the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC). Following the hearing, TPAC provided a written report detailing the public comments received and its recommendations regarding the proposed fees. All comments, advice, and recommendations were considered and analyzed, and on March 26, 2024, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on setting and adjusting trademark fees was published. Again, additional comments were invited and considered and responses to these comments are included in the final rule.

This final rule sets or adjusts 28 trademark fees, which involve some important and inevitable fees and show a significant increase. Some of those changes are highlighted below.

l Application fees

This final rule replaces the two types of application fees—Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Plus and TEAS Standard—with one base application fee for applications under Trademark Act sections 1 and 44. Customers will also see new surcharges based on the complexity and completeness of their application.

Fee description	Current fee	New fee
TEAS Standard application	$350	n/a
TEAS Plus application	$250	n/a
Base application (sections 1 and 44), per class	n/a	$350
Application fee filed with WIPO (section 66(a)), per class	$500	$600
Subsequent designation fee filed with WIPO (section 66(a)), per class	$500	$600
Surcharge description	Current fee	New fee
Insufficient information (sections 1 and 44), per class	n/a	$100
Using the free-form text box instead of the Trademark ID Manual within Trademark Center to identify goods and services (sections 1 and 44), per class	n/a	$200
Each additional group of 1,000 characters in the free-form text box beyond the first 1,000 (sections 1 and 44), per class	n/a	$200

l Post-registration maintenance fees

The fees for post-registration maintenance filings are increased.

Fee description	Current fee	New fee
Section 9 registration renewal application, per class	$300	$325
Section 8 declaration, per class	$225	$325
Section 15 declaration, per class	$200	$250
Section 71 declaration, per class	$225	$325
Renewal fee filed at WIPO	$300	$325

l Petitions and letters of protest fees

Fee description	Current fee	New fee
Petition to the Director	$250	$400
Petition to revive an application	$150	$250
Letter of protest	$50	$150

l Intent-to-use fees

Amendment to allege use (AAU) and statement of use (SOU) fees haven’t been adjusted since 2002, even as processing costs increased during the subsequent two decades. However, as the examination time for these filings has also increased due to the volume of questionable specimens received by USPTO, the two fees are increased correspondently.