Below is a listing of the USPTO's new patent fees effective December 8, 2004. The USPTO's new filing fees are broken into three parts (filing, search, and examination). These components are itemized in the USPTO's Fee Transmittal Form (PTO/SB17), but since the total of all components must be paid at the time of filing, the listing below includes only the total fee. A slash (/) separates large entity/small entity fees:
Basic Utility Patent Application Filing (incl. search and exam fees): $1,000/500
Basic Utility Patent Application Electronic Filing (incl. search and exam fees): $1,000/425
Each Independent Claim Over Twenty: $50/25
Each Independent Claim Over Three: $200/100
Multiple Dependent Claim: $360/180
Design Patent Application Filing (incl. search and exam fees): $430/215
Plant Patent Application Filing (incl. search and exam fees): $660/330
Utility Patent Application Issue: $1,400/700
Design Patent Application Issue: $800/400
Plant Patent Application Issue: $1,100/550
Utility Patent Maintenance: 3.5 years: $900/450
Utility Patent Maintenance: 7.5 years: $2,300/1150
Utility Patent Maintenance: 11.5 years: $3,800/1900
Extension to Reply to Office Action (1 month): $120/60
Extension to Reply to Office Action (2 months): $450/225
Extension to Reply to Office Action (3 Months): $1,020/510
Petition to Revive Unintentional Abandoned Application: $1,500/750
Appeal, filing notice of appeal or brief: $500/250
Appeal, request for oral hearing: $1,000/500
Note, there is now a "large application surcharge" for applications (utility, design, or PPA) that have over 100 sheets of specification and drawings.
The Government has not changed the publication fee or the surcharge for filing a maintenance fee in the grace period. Check the USPTO’s web site at www.uspto.gov for current USPTO and PCT fees.
Effective date:
Dec. 08, 2004
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