Filing Fee

An application under Trademark Act §1 or §44 must include a

filing fee for each class of goods or services.

15 U.S.C.

§§1051(a)(1)

,

1051(b)(1)

, and

1126(a)

.

The required filing fee for at least one class of goods or

services must be received before an application can be given a filing date.

37 C.F.R. §2.21(a)(5)

.

The current application filing fee amounts are available

online at

https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-fee-information

.

Electronic applications.

Generally, §1 or

§44 applications must be filed electronically using the trademark electronic filing system.

See

TMEP §301.01

.

Applications filed on or after January 18, 2025 that meet

the base application requirements are subject only to the filing fee per class set forth in

37 C.F.R.

§2.6(a)(1)(iii)

.

Applications filed on or after January 18, 2025 that do not

meet the base application requirements are subject to the filing fee per class set forth in

37 C.F.R.

§2.6(a)(1)(iii)

,

and

one or more of the following

additional fees, as applicable:

(1) Insufficient information fee per class as set forth in

37 C.F.R.

§2.6(a)(1)(iv)

;

(2) Free-form text box identification fee (free-form text

ID fee) per class as set forth in

37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(v)

, when any

identification of goods and/or services is not taken directly from the USPTO’s

Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual

(ID

Manual) in the electronic form (i.e., free-form text ID entry) or the

fill-in-the-blank field of an ID Manual entry is misused; and/or

(2) Free-form text box identification fee (free-form text

ID fee) per class as set forth in

37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(v)

, when any

identification of goods and/or services is not taken directly from the USPTO’s

Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual

(ID

Manual) in the electronic form (i.e., free-form text ID entry) or the

fill-in-the-blank field of an ID Manual entry is misused; and/or

(3) Excess character identification fee (excess character

ID fee) for each group of additional 1,000 characters beyond the first 1,000

characters in classes using free-form text ID entries per affected class as set forth

in

37 C.F.R.

§2.6(a)(1)(vi)

.

See

TMEP §819.02

for

information about when the insufficient information fee is required,

§819.03

regarding when the free-form text ID fee is required,

and

§819.04

regarding when the excess character ID

fee is required.

As of January 18, 2025, the trademark electronic filing system

will require all filing fees and any applicable additional fees assessed by the form and

known at the time of filing. All such filing fees and any additional fees must be paid to

submit the application.

See

TMEP §819.06

regarding

examination of TEAS Standard, TEAS RF, and TEAS Plus applications filed before January 18,

2025.

Permitted Paper Applications.

In limited

circumstances, an applicant may file a paper application at the highest per class filing

fee set forth in

37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(i)

. See

TMEP

§301.01

regarding the limited exceptions when paper submissions

may be permitted. Applications that are downloaded from the trademark electronic filing

system, printed, and mailed to the USPTO are considered paper applications.

See

TMEP §1403.02(c)

and

§1403.05

for further information about fees in multiple-class

applications

est per class filing

fee set forth in

37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(i)

. See

TMEP

§301.01

regarding the limited exceptions when paper submissions

may be permitted. Applications that are downloaded from the trademark electronic filing

system, printed, and mailed to the USPTO are considered paper applications.

See

TMEP §1403.02(c)

and

§1403.05

for further information about fees in multiple-class

applications.

See also

TMEP §§405–405.06

regarding payment of

fees to the USPTO and

§§202.03(a)

and

202.03(a)(i)

regarding the processing of

applications in which a check submitted as the application filing fee is returned unpaid,

or an electronic funds transfer or credit card payment is refused or charged back by a

financial institution.

Section 66(a) applications

. The filing fee

for a §66(a) application is sent to the USPTO by the IB, pursuant to the provisions of the

Madrid Protocol and the

Regulations Under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid

Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

.

See

37 C.F.R.

§2.6(a)(1)(ii)

.  The examining attorney must not require additional

fees during examination.