USPTO To Increase Fees in January, 2025

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on Nov 29, 2024

By Louis Levy

The USPTO will be increasing fees for trademark application and maintenance filings. This fee increases will be effective as of January 18, 2025.

The fee increases include new charges for filing applications with long identifications of goods and services and “deficiencies” in applications. Please keep these charges in mind as you develop your trademark application strategies.

We have prepared the chart below summarizing the most important fee increases.

U.S. Application Filings

Application	$350 per class
Extension of time for filing a response to a pre-registration office action	$125 per class
Fee for insufficient information	$100 per class
Fee for using free-form text to enter identification of goods/services	$200 per class
Statement of Use	$150 per class
Request for Extension of Time to file Statement of Use	$125 per class (no change)
Petition to Director	$400
Petition to Revive	$250

U.S. Maintenance Filings

Declaration of Use	$300 per class
Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability	$575 per class
Combined Declaration of Use and Application for Renewal	$650 per class

We also call your attention to fee increases relating to applications filed under the Madrid Protocol, as follows:

Madrid Protocol Filings

Application	$350 per class
Fee for insufficient information	$100 per class
Fee for each additional group of 1000 characters beyond first 1000 characters	$200 per class

If you have any questions, please let us know.