New Trademark and TTAB Fee Schedule Effective January 2, 2021

While we focus on the Trademark Modernizaton Act of 2020, signed into law by President Trump on December 27th, let's not forget that a new fee schedule for trademark matters takes effect on January 2, 2020. Set out in the table below are some of the more important fee changes, including several new fees. The USPTO's summary of the fee changes may be found here.

	Current Fee	New Fee as of 1/2/21
Application/Prosecution
TEAS Standard application (per class)	$275	$350
TEAS Plus application (per class)	$225	$250
Post Registration
Section 8 or 71 Declaration of Use (per class)	$125	$225
Deletion of goods and/or services from a registration after submitting a Section 8 or 71 declaration but before the declaration is accepted	No fee	$250
Petition/Letter of Protest
Petition to the Director	$100	$250
Petition to revive an abandoned application	$100	$150
Letter of Protest	No fee	$50
Petition to revive an abandoned application	$100	$150
TTAB Fees
Notice of Opposition (per class)	$400	$600
Petition for Cancellation (per class)	$400	$600
Initial 90-day extension request for filing a notice of opposition, or second 60-day extension request (per application)	$100	$200
Final 60-day extension request for filing a notice of opposition (per application)	$200	$400
Ex parte appeal (per class)	$200	$225
Appeal Brief in ex parte appeal (per class)	No fee	$200
Request for Oral Hearing	No fee	$500

 

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Text Copyright John L. Welch 2020.