Almost all trademark fees are calculated on a per-class basis for all goods and services. For applications based on Trademark Act Section 1 (use in commerce or intent-to-use) or Section 44 (foreign application or registration), the cost to register your trademark depends on three things:
- The total number of classes of goods or services in your application. Although you can only include one trademark per application, you can list multiple classes, goods, and services.
- The completeness and complexity of your application. There may be additional fees if your application doesn’t meet certain requirements or requires a more detailed review.
- Your application filing basis. If you choose an intent-to-use filing basis under Section 1(b), you’ll need to submit additional documents and fees showing you’re actually using your mark in commerce before your mark may register.
For a full list of all trademark fees, including for applications and registrations based on Section 66(a), see our USPTO fee schedule page.
Base application filing fee
The base application filing fee for each class of goods or services in a Section 1 or Section 44 application is $350 if the application meets the requirements. For example, you might have a clothing line of golf shirts, dress shirts, and T-shirts. These goods all fall under the same international class, so your filing fee would be $350 if your application otherwise meets the base application requirements. However, if you also provide custom T-shirt printing services, you’d have goods and services in two different international classes. In that case, your filing fee would be $700 ($350 for each class).
Additional fees
We now have additional fees for Section 1 and Section 44 applications that:
- Don’t include required information
- Contain custom identifications of goods or services
- Have lengthy identifications
These fees encourage customers to file more complete applications, which improves examination efficiency and reduces the time it takes to register your trademark. For more information and examples, see our additional fees page.
Additional fee description | Fee |
|---|---|
| Insufficient information, per class | $100 |
| Using the free-form text box instead of the Trademark ID Manual within the electronic application to identify goods and services, per class | $200 |
| Each additional group of 1,000 characters in the free-form text box beyond the first 1,000, per affected class | $200 |
Fees for Section 1(b) intent-to-use applications
In addition to paying the base application fee per class and any additional fees that you may incur, later in the process you’ll need to pay:
- $150 per class when you file an amendment to allege use or a statement of use to claim you’re using your trademark in commerce
- $125 per class if you file a request for an extension of time to file a statement of use
For more information about these additional requirements, see our intent-to-use applications page.
Fee to revive your abandoned application
If your application is abandoned for not timely responding to an office action, for example, you may file a petition to revive your application. The cost to file is $250.
Registration maintenance filing fees
After you register your trademark and you file your first declaration of use in the sixth year after registration, you must file certain documents at regular intervals to show you’re continuing to use your trademark in commerce.
There is a six-month grace period after the one-year deadline for certain maintenance documents. You can file during the grace period, but you'll need to pay an additional fee. If you don't file before the end of the grace period, your registration will be canceled or will expire, or your extension of protection to the U.S. will be invalidated (if you filed the underlying application via the World Intellectual Property Organization under the Madrid system). For more information about filing maintenance documents, see our page on keeping your registration alive.
Form | Fee |
|---|---|
| Five-year declaration, per class (also called a Section 8 or Section 71 declaration of use) | $325 |
| Five-year declaration grace period fee, per class | $100 |
Five-year declaration, per class combined with a declaration of incontestability, per class (also called a combined Section 8 or Section 71 and Section 15 declaration) | $575 |
10-year renewal, per class combined with a five-year declaration, per class (also called a combined Section 8 or Section 71 and Section 9 declaration) | $650 |
10-year renewal grace period fee, per class | $100 |
Declaration of incontestability, per class (also called a Section 15 declaration) | $250 |
Methods of payment
We only accept payment in U.S. dollars. When you file a new trademark application in Trademark Center, you pay the application fee with a credit or debit card, or USPTO deposit account.
When you file other forms in the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and TEASi, you pay using our Financial Manager system. Financial Manager allows you to pay with a credit or debit card, a USPTO deposit account, or an electronic funds transfer.
In certain circumstances, such as a systems outage, you may be able to file your document using an alternative filing method and payment option. For more information, see our page on filing trademark documents when unable to file electronically.
Refunds and processing fees
Generally, we don’t refund fees. Filing an application doesn’t automatically guarantee your trademark will be registered or, if registered, that it will stay registered. For more information, see TMEP section 405.04.
There is a $50 processing fee for a refused or charged back payment. This is not a per-class fee.
Fee questions
If you have questions about fees or payment methods, contact the Trademark Assistance Center.