USPTO Reduces Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals

by Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology

Published on 16 Dec 2014 • USA (National/Federal)

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending its regulations to reduce certain trademark application and renewal fees.

On December 10, 2014 the USPTO issued a final rule amending its regulations to reduce fees for:

Trademark applications.
Trademark registration renewals.
Requests to transform an extension of trademark protection to the US into a US application.

Under the new rules, the USPTO will:

Create a new Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Reduced Fee application. If an applicant authorizes e-mail communication and agrees to file all responses and other specified documents electronically during the prosecution of the application, the fees for the following are reduced by $50, from $325 to $275 per class:
- an application filed using the TEAS application form; and
- a TEAS request to transform an extension of trademark protection to the US into a US application.
Reduce the fee for a TEAS Plus application by $50, from $275 to $225 per class.
Reduce the fee for a TEAS application for renewal of a registration by $100, from $400 to $300 per class.

The new rules take effect on January 17, 2015.

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