Patent Applications, Application Fees

Clarification of New Fees Applicable to Reexaminations and Reissues

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/12/2025

Takeaways - - Requestor submissions in reexamination proceedings are exempt from triggering IDS size fees. - Correcting filing benefit claims in reissue triggers the new continuing application fee. As we noted in our...more

Patent Fee Changes at the USPTO: What You Need to Know

Quarles & Brady LLP on 12/6/2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule substantially adjusting patent fees. The new fee structure will take effect on January 19, 2025....more

USPTO Patent Fee Changes: What You Need to Know

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. on 11/25/2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a final rule implementing increases to various patent fees, effective January 19, 2025. This will impact 433 patent fees, including the introduction of 52 new fees....more

PTO Announces Deferred Fees for COVID-19 Applications Under New Program

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 9/23/2020

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it will defer application fees for certain inventions relating to the fight against COVID-19. In its September 16 announcement, the PTO acknowledged its role in...more

Strategic Considerations for Participation in the USPTO’s COVID-19 Deferred-Fee Provisional Application Pilot

BakerHostetler on 9/23/2020

On Sept. 17, the United Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice implementing a deferred-fee provisional application pilot program for COVID-19-related technologies. The pilot is designed “[t]o disseminate...more

Buyer Beware: 5 Ways That Cheap Patent Application Only Bought You a Headache

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 8/6/2018

Low-cost patent applications may cost quality. It’s no secret that many more clients than in the past are demanding that their outside patent counsel prepare patent applications at a lower cost—often far lower—than their...more