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Quarles & Brady LLP

Trademark Fee Changes at the USPTO: Increased Costs for New Application Filing Fees

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We previously reported that on January 18, 2025, the USPTO implemented its new fee schedule, setting certain new fees and raising some existing ones. Now that the fees have been in place for a while, this Client Alert is to...more

Saul Ewing LLP

USPTO Accelerates the Issuance of Patents: What Intellectual Property Owners Need to Know

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On April 15, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) informed the public that, effective May 13, 2025, the USPTO will be accelerating the process for issuing patents. Currently, the time between Issue...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

[Webinar] To Fee, or Not to Fee: New USPTO IDS-Related Fees - April 29th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am PDT

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The recent 2025 fee setting by the USPTO includes not only fee increases, but the introduction of new fees. One of these new fees is the so-called Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) size fees, which adds a range of fees...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New USPTO Continuation Fee: A Hidden Trap for Patent Filers

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently introduced a Continuing Application Fee (CAF) to address the growing backlog of continuing applications and encourage timely prosecution. Effective January 19,...more

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Overview of Key USPTO Trademark Filing Fee Increases Effective January 18, 2025

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As part of its ongoing efforts to address rising operational costs, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced a series of trademark filing fee increases that went into effect January 18, 2025. These changes include...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Clarification of New Fees Applicable to Reexaminations and Reissues

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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

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Trademark Practice Considerations Following the USPTO 2025 Fee Increases

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) could see fewer trademark applications filed in numerous Classes with lengthy descriptions of goods and services as a result of an increase in trademark fees and new surcharges...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Sterne Kessler’s Reissue, Reexamination, and Supplemental Examination Practice Tips – January 2025

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In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners. As a result, the...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

USPTO Trademark Fee Changes: Key Updates and Fee Avoidance Strategies for Applicants

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The USPTO has announced significant changes to its trademark fee schedule, introducing new surcharges and increasing existing fees. These changes will take effect on January 18, 2025, for most filings and on February 18,...more

Jones Day

USPTO Launches Significant Patent Fee Increases

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") raised patent fees and introduced new surcharges....more

Perkins Coie

USPTO’s Significant Restructuring of Trademark Fees Takes Effect January 18, 2025

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) previously announced a final trademark rule that will increase application filing, renewal, and other trademark-related fees effective January 18, 2025. The USPTO’s new fee...more

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Fee Changes for Patent Matters

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced changes to patent fees, which will take effect on Jan 19, 2025. Most current fees are subject to a 7.5% across-the-board increase while other fees are...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Major Changes Ahead: New USPTO Trademark Filing Fees and Procedures

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Significant changes are coming to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Saturday, January 18 with regards to trademark filing fees and procedures. These changes aim to improve the trademark application...more

Sullivan & Worcester

U.S. Trademark Fees to Increase Effective January 18, 2025

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has announced increases and adjustments of certain trademark official fees, effective January 18, 2025. These changes follow a year-long comprehensive review process and...more

Stinson LLP

USPTO's New Trademark Fees Expected to Impact Filing Costs

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has implemented significant changes to its trademark filing fee structure, effective January 18, 2025. These changes represent a fundamental shift from the previous...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Announced Updated TM Fees, Effective 1/18/2025

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The USPTO is restructuring its electronic trademark filing process by replacing the current TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard options with a single streamlined electronic application. Under the new system, the separate fees for...more

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Fee Changes for Trademark Matters

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced changes to trademark fees, all of which will take effect on Jan. 18, 2025, except for the fees for international applications filed under the Madrid...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Major Changes in PTO Fees Effective January 19, 2025

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a final rule setting out patent fee increases that will come into effect on January 19, 2025. The USPTO states that costs justify an increase of 10% for...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Intellectual Property Client Alert - Intellectual Property Fees

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Please take note that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase the following patent and trademark fees effective January 18, 2025...more

Erise IP

Eye on IPRs: January 2025: USPTO Fee Increases; Patent Challengers Can't Dismiss Fed. Cir. Appeal After Decision

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Effective January 19, 2025, the USPTO is increasing various patent filing fees, including an across-the-board fee increase as well as specific increases for America Invents Act trials, Director Review, and other procedures....more

BakerHostetler

USPTO Trademark Fee Increases May Help Reshape Examining Efficiency

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) biannual fee increase is now in effect. The USPTO anticipates the fee increases and the addition of new fees will significantly streamline the application process in addition to...more

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IP Hot Topic: USPTO Issues Final Rule Increasing Front-End Filing Fees

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In addition to Continuation and Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) fee changes, the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s (USPTO) published final rule also increases front-end filing fees....more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Big Fee Increases for Continuation Patent Applications – Effective January 19, 2025

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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has finalized new fees for continuation (CON) patent applications, effective January 19, 2025.  These fees include $2,700 for CONs filed more than six years after the earliest...more

Jones Day

PTAB Fee Increases in 2025

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Petitioners may soon need to check their account balances, as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is raising patent fees across the board, effective January 19, 2025. 89 Fed. Reg. 91898....more

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Overview of the 2025 USPTO Trademark Fee Changes Starting January 18, 2025

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced significant changes to trademark filing fees, which will take effect on January 18, 2025. The changes impact both new applications and post-registration maintenance...more

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