How Per-Class Fees and Deadlines Shape a USPTO Trademark Under the 2025 Fee Changes

A trademark application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office covers the goods and services listed in it, and each class of goods or services carries its own fee.

The process runs in stages, from filing through examination and publication, and then a set of deadlines that continue after a mark is registered. Some stages carry deadlines and, where noted, their own fees. The figures below are the USPTO’s published amounts.

What the Base Application Fee Covers

Since January 18, 2025, an application under Trademark Act Sections 1 and 44 is priced at $350 per class of goods and services. The change replaced the two electronic filing tiers, TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard, with one base fee. Before the change, TEAS Plus cost $250 and TEAS Standard cost $350.

Surcharges can raise the total. An application that is missing required information carries a $100 fee per class. Using free-form text instead of the Trademark ID Manual adds $200 per class, and each additional group of 1,000 characters beyond the first 1,000 adds $200 per affected class. The surcharges are new as of the January change.

A filing covering three classes would carry a base fee of $1,050 before any surcharge.

Applications filed through WIPO under the Madrid system pay $600 per class, up from $500. For fees paid to WIPO, the new amounts took effect February 18, 2025, a month after the USPTO changes took effect.

The USPTO describes the adjustments as part of its regular fee assessment. It says they provide funding to administer the trademark registration system, and it links the fees to its 2022–2026 Strategic Plan. The fees also let it fight fraud, support IT infrastructure, reduce trademark pendency and root out unused trademarks from the register.

Base Fee Since January 2025
The USPTO’s base application fee is $350 per class, and an application missing required information carries a $100 surcharge per class. The fee changes took effect January 18, 2025 for fees paid to the USPTO.

Filing, Examination and Publication

The USPTO says its review of an application takes about one month, and that an approved mark publishes about one month after approval. For current processing times, it points applicants to a wait-times dashboard, since the timeline is only an estimate and does not cover every scenario.

Approved marks are published in the Trademark Official Gazette. Anyone who believes their business will be harmed may file an opposition within 30 days of the publication date. Registration waits until the opposition period ends and any oppositions are resolved.

Filing fees are generally not refunded, even when an application is refused. Applicants with questions can contact the Trademark Assistance Center.

Office Actions and the Response Clock

When an examining attorney issues a refusal, the applicant has three months from the date the office action was issued to respond. A three-month extension can be requested for a fee.

A missed deadline abandons the application.

The petition to revive an application costs $250, up from $150.

Intent-to-Use Filings and the Statement of Use

An application based on intent to use a mark does not register on approval. After publication, the USPTO issues a Notice of Allowance within two months. A Notice of Allowance is not a registration. It means the mark has cleared the opposition period and can register once an acceptable Statement of Use is filed.

The applicant then has six months to file a Statement of Use or an extension request. If neither is filed in that window, the application abandons.

Each granted extension lasts six months, and a total of five extension requests may be filed. An applicant must keep filing requests while an extension is still active. The Statement of Use must be filed within 30 months of the date of the first extension request.

Once an extension has been granted, the Statement of Use is due within six months of the previous granted extension.

The Statement of Use and the amendment to allege use each carry a fee of $150 per class, up from $100 per class.

The USPTO says the next step after a Statement of Use comes in about one to two months. The USPTO also allows one extension request with or after the Statement of Use to address deficiencies, such as specimen issues. A Statement of Use cannot be withdrawn.

Cancelled registrations cannot be revived, and a new application is required.

Keeping a Registration in Force

A registration requires filings after it issues. A Section 8 declaration is due between the fifth and sixth years after registration, and it requires evidence of use. If a timely declaration is not filed, the USPTO will cancel the registration. A cancelled registration cannot be revived, and a new application is required.

A late Section 8 declaration can be filed within six months after the deadline, with an additional fee. The grace-period fee is $425 per class, compared with $325 for a timely filing. The USPTO’s definitions page describes the added charge as $100 for Section 8 declarations filed in that period.

The combined Section 8 and Section 9 filing covers the declaration of use and the renewal request together. It is due between the ninth and tenth years after registration, and the same window repeats every 10 years after that. The grace period for the combined filing is also six months, with an additional fee of $200.

The Section 15 declaration is optional. It must be filed within one year after a five-year period of continuous use. It costs $250 per class.

Cancelled registrations cannot be revived, and a new application is required.

Other Fees That Changed on January 18, 2025

Several other fees rose on the same date. The Section 8 declaration went from $225 to $325, and the Section 9 renewal from $300 to $325. The Section 15 declaration went from $200 to $250.

Petition and protest fees also increased. A petition to the Director rose from $250 to $400, a petition to revive an application from $150 to $250, and a letter of protest from $50 to $150.

January 18, 2025 is the effective date for fees paid to the USPTO. February 18, 2025 applies to fees paid to WIPO.