The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office typically raises its fees every few years. However, this year the Office will implement a new category of fees for patent continuations with more senior priority. For mature patent portfolios, consider filing planned continuations by January 19th to avoid the new fee.
Patents – January 19, 2025
- New fees for continuations claiming more than 6 or 9 years of priority benefit.
| Entity Size |
Benefit Claim |
Fee |
| Large |
> 6 years |
$2,700 |
| Large |
> 9 years |
$4,000 |
| Small |
> 6 years |
$1,080 |
| Small |
> 9 years |
$1,600 |
|
New tiered fees for patent Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) filings with numerous references.
| Filing IDS such that cumulative reference count is |
Fee |
| 50–100 |
$200 |
| 100–200 |
$500 (less any amount previously paid) |
| > 200 |
$800 (less any amount previously paid) |
|
The USPTO details the patent fee changes here: Patent Fee Spreadsheet – 2025
Trademarks – January 18, 2025
- New fees for applications that fail to include required information, for applications that include goods and services not described in the USPTO Acceptable Identification of Goods Manual( “ID Manual”), and for applications that include lengthy descriptions of goods and services
| New Fees Assessed for the following |
Fee |
| Insufficient information in base application |
$100 (per class) |
| Including description of goods/services not found in the ID Manual |
$200 (per each class in application, even if only one class contains goods not found in the ID Manual) |
| Excess character identification in applications that contain goods not included in the ID Manual (Characters includes text, punctuation, and spaces) |
$200 (per each additional group of 1000 characters, beyond the first 1000 characters, for that class) |
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- Please see a detailed list of the trademark fee increases here
- Please see the USPTO Trademark Examination Guide 1-25 explaining the new fees here: Trademark Fee Guide – 2025
Please contact your attorney at Knobbe Martens if you have questions or would like to arrange for a patent or trademark filing.
