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USPTO Patent Fees

The following table lists the patent fees charged by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. USPTO Trademark Fees are listed separately. A complete copy of the USPTO's fee schedule is available from their website. 

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Notes:

37 CFR Sec.

DESCRIPTION

Fee

 Pending Fees

1.16(a)

Basic Filing Fee

$380  

1.16(a)

Basic Filing Fee (Small Entity)

190  
1.16(a)(1) Basic Filing Fee (Small Entity) if filed electronically 95  

1.16(h)

Independent Claims - in excess of 3

250  

1.16(h)

Independent Claims - in excess of 3 (Small Entity)

125  

1.16(i)

Claims in Excess of 20

60  

1.16(i)

Claims in Excess of 20 (Small Entity)

30  

1.16(j)

Multiple Dependent Claims

450  

1.16(j)

Multiple Dependent Claims (Small Entity)

225  
1.16(o) Examination Fee (utility patent)  250  
1.16(o) Examination Fee (utility patent) (Small Entity) 125  
1.16(k) Search Fee 620  
1.16(k) Search Fee (Small Entity) 310  
1.16(s) Excess pages - if more than 100 pages, per add'l 50 pages 
(note: each page in an electronically filed application counts as 3/4 of a page for the purpose of calculating this fee, so that for electronically filed applications this fee becomes, in effect, $250/125 for each additional 66 pages if there are more than 133 electronically filed pages)  		310  
1.16(s) Excess pages (Small Entity) 155  

1.16(e)

Surcharge - Late Filing Fee, search fee, examination fee or oath/declaration

130  

1.16(e)

Surcharge - Late Filing Fee (Small Entity)

65  

1.16(b)

Design Filing Fee

250  

1.16(b)

Design Filing Fee (Small Entity)

125  
1.16(p) Examination Fee (design patent)  160  
1.16(p) Examination Fee (design patent) (Small Entity) 80  
1.16(l) Search Fee (design patent) 120  
1.16(l) Search Fee (Small Entity) (design patent) 60  
1.16(n) Reissue Search Fee 620  
1.16(n) Reissue Search Fee (Small Entity) 310  
1.16(r) Reissue Examination Fee 750  
1.16(r) Reissue Examination Fee (Small Entity) 375  

1.16(c)

Plant Filing Fee

250  

1.16(c)

Plant Filing Fee (Small Entity)

125  
1.16(q) Examination Fee (plant patent)  200  
1.16(q) Examination Fee (plant patent) (Small Entity) 100  
1.16(m) Search Fee (plant patent) 380  
1.16(m) Search Fee (Small Entity) (plant patent) 190  

1.16(e)

Reissue Filing Fee

380  

1.16(e)

Reissue Filing Fee (Small Entity)

190  

1.16(i)

Reissue Independent Claims, in excess of 3

250  

1.16(i)

Reissue Independent Claims (Small Entity)

 125  

1.16(j)

Reissue Claims in Excess of 20

60  

1.16(j)

Reissue Claims in Excess of 20 (Small Entity)

30  

1.16(d)

Provisional Application Filing Fee

250  

1.16(d)

Provisional Application Filing Fee (Small Entity)

125  

1.16(l)

Surcharge - Incomplete Provisional App. Filed

50  

1.16(l)

Surcharge - Incomplete Provisional App. Filed (Small Entity)

25  

1.17(a)(1)

Extension - First Month

150  

1.17(a)(1)

Extension - First Month (Small Entity)

75  

1.17(a)(2)

Extension - Second Month

560  

1.17(a)(2)

Extension - Second Month (Small Entity)

280  

1.17(a)(3)

Extension - Third Month

1,270  

1.17(a)(3)

Extension - Third Month (Small Entity)

635  

1.17(a)(4)

Extension - Fourth Month

1,980  

1.17(a)(4)

Extension - Fourth Month (Small Entity)

990  

1.17(a)(5)

Extension - Fifth Month

 2,690  

1.17(a)(5)

Extension - Fifth Month (Small Entity)

 1,345  

1.17(e)

Request for Continued Examination (RCE)

 930  

1.17(e)

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) (Small Entity)

 465  
1.17(c) "Request for Prioritized Examination" (a/ka/ "Track I" or "Fast Track") 4,800  
1.17(c) "Request for Prioritized Examination" (Small Entity) 2,400  
1.17(f) Petitions under the following 37 CFR sections

1.53, 1.57(a), 1.741(b) - to accord a filing date
1.182 - question not otherwise provided for
1.183 - to suspend the rules
1.378(e) - reconsideration of decision on petition refusing to accept delayed payment of maintenance fee in expired patent.

 400  
1.17(g) Petitions under the following 37 CFR sections

1.12 - access to an assignment record
1.14 - access to an application
1.47 -  filing by other than all the inventors or by a person other than the inventor
1.59 - expungement of records
1.103(a) - to suspend action in an application
1.136(b) - review of a request for extension of time
1.295 - review of refusal to publish SIR
1.296 - withdrawal of request for publication of SIR
1.377 - review of decision refusing to accept maintenance fee filed prior to expiration of patent
1.550(c) and 1.956 - patent owner's request for extension of time in reexamination
5.12 - expedited handling of a foreign filing license
5.15 - changing the scope of a license
5.25 - retroactive foreign filing license

200  

1.17(h)

Petitions under the following 37 CFR sections

1.19(g)—to request documents in a form other than that provided in this part.
1.84—for accepting color drawings or photographs.
1.91—for entry of a model or exhibit.
1.102(d)—to make an application special.
1.138(c)—to expressly abandon an application to avoid publication.
1.313—to withdraw an application from issue.
1.314—to defer issuance of a patent.

130  

1.17(i)

Petitions under the following 37 CFR sections

1.28(c)(3)—for processing a non-itemized fee deficiency based on an error in small entity status.
1.41—for supplying the name or names of the inventor or inventors after the filing date without an oath or declaration as prescribed by § 1.63, except in provisional applications.
1.48—for correcting inventorship, except in provisional applications.
1.52(d)—for processing a nonprovisional application filed with a specification in a language other than English.
1.53(b)(3)—to convert a provisional application filed under 1.53(c) into a nonprovisional application under § 1.53(b).
1.55—for entry of late priority papers.
1.99(e)—for processing a belated submission under § 1.99.
1.103(b)—for requesting limited suspension of action, continued prosecution application for a design patent (§ 1.53(d)).
1.103(c)—for requesting limited suspension of action, request for continued examination (§ 1.114).
1.103(d)—for requesting deferred examination of an application.
1.217—for processing a redacted copy of a paper submitted in the file of an application in which a redacted copy was submitted for the patent application publication.
1.221—for requesting voluntary publication or republication of an application.
1.291(c)(5)—for processing a second or subsequent protest by the same real party in interest.
1.497(d)—for filing an oath or declaration pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4) naming an inventive entity different from the inventive entity set forth in the international stage.
3.81—for a patent to issue to assignee, assignment submitted after payment of the issue fee.

130  

1.17(i)

Non-English Specification

130  

1.17(j)

Petition - Public Use Proceeding

1,510  
1.17(k) Request for Expedited Examination (Design) 900  

1.17(l)

Petition - Revive Unavoidably Abandoned Application

620  

1.17(l)

Petition - Revive Unavoidably Abandoned Application (Small Entity)

310  

1.17(m)

Petition - Revive Unintentionally Abandoned Appl.

1,860  

1.17(m)

Petition - Revive Unintentionally Abandoned Appl. (Small Entity)

930  

1.17(n)

SIR - Prior to Examiner's Action (note: SIRs will be eliminated after March 15, 2013)

920  

1.17(o)

SIR - After Examiner's Action (note: SIRs will be eliminated after March 15, 2013)

1,840  

1.17(p)

Submission of an Information Disclosure Statement (1.97)

180  

1.17(q)

Petition - Correction of Inventorship (Prov. App.)

50  

1.17(q)

Petition - Add inventors without cover sheet (Prov. App.)

50  

1.17(q)

Petition - Convert Nonprovisional application to Provisional Application

50  

1.17(r)

Filing a submission after final rejection (1.129(a))

810  

1.17(r)

Filing a submission after final rejection (1.129(a)) (Small Entity)

405  

1.17(s)

Per add'l invention to be examined (1.129(b))

810  

1.17(s)

Per add'l invention to be examined (1.129(b)) (Small Entity)

405  

1.17(t)

Acceptance of Unintentionally delayed claim for priority

 1,410  

1.18(a)

Utility Issue Fee

1,740  

1.18(a)

Utility Issue Fee (Small Entity)

870  

1.18(b)

Design Issue Fee

990  

1.18(b)

Design Issue Fee (Small Entity)

495  

1.18(c)

Plant Issue Fee

1,370  

1.18(c)

Plant Issue Fee (Small Entity)

685  
1.18(a) Reissue Issue Fee 1,740  
1.18(a) Reissue Issue Fee (Small Entity) 870  

1.18(d)

Publication fee - early, voluntary, normal or republication

 300  

1.18(e)

Filing Application for patent term adjustment

 200  

1.18(f)

Request for reinstatement of term reduced

 400  

1.19(a)(1)

Copy of Patent or Published Patent Application

 3  

1.19(a)(2)

Plant Patent Copy in color

15  

1.19(a)(3)(i)

Copy of Utility Patent or SIR in Color

25  

1.19(b)(1)(i)(A)

Paper Copy of Patent Application as Filed

20  

1.19(b)(1)(i)(B)

Paper Copy of File Wrapper (up to 400 pages)

200  
1.19(b)(1)(i)(C) - each additional 100 pages 40  
1.19(b)(1)(i)(D) Paper copies of documents in file, other than application, per document 25  
1.19(b)(1)(ii)(B) CDROM copy of File Wrapper (first CDROM) 55  
1.19(b)(1)(ii)(C) - each additional CDROM 15  
1.19(b)(1)(iii)(B) electronically transmitted copy of File Wrapper 55  

1.19(b)(3)

Certified or uncertified copy of document, not otherwise provided

 25  

1.19(b)(4)

For Assignment Records, Abstract of Title and Certification

25  

1.19(c)

Library Service

50  

1.19(d)

List of Patents in Subclass

3  

1.19(e)

Uncertified Statement-Status of Maintenance Fee Payment

10  

1.19(f)

Copy of Non-U.S. Patent Document

25  

1.19(g)

Petitions for documents in form other than that provided by this part, or in form other than that generally provided by Director, to be decided in accordance with merits

AT COST  

1.20(a)

Certificate of Correction

100  
1.20(b) Processing fee for correcting inventorship in a patent 130  

1.20(c)(1)

Request for ex parte Reexamination

2,520  
1.20(c)(2) Request for inter partes Reexamination 8,800  
1.20(c)(3) Reexamination - excess independent claims 250  
1.20(c)(3) Reexamination - excess independent claims (small entity) 125  
1.20(c)(3) Reexamination - excess total claims 60  
1.20(c)(3) Reexamination - excess total claims (small entity) 30  

1.20(d)

Statutory Disclaimer

160  

1.20(d)

Statutory Disclaimer (Small Entity)

80  

1.20(e)

Maintenance Fee - 3.5 Years

1,130  

1.20(e)

Maintenance Fee - 3.5 Years (Small Entity)

565  

1.20(f)

Maintenance Fee - 7.5 Years

2,850  

1.20(f)

Maintenance Fee - 7.5 Years (Small Entity)

1,425  

1.20(g)

Maintenance Fee - 11.5 Years

4,730  

1.20(g)

Maintenance Fee - 11.5 Years (Small Entity)

2,365  

1.20(h)

Surcharge - Maintenance Fee - 6 Months

150  

1.20(h)

Surcharge - Maintenance Fee - 6 Months (Small Entity)

75  

1.20(i)(1)

Surcharge - Maintenance After Expiration - Unavoidable

700  

1.20(i)(2)

Surcharge - Maintenance After Expiration - Unintentional

1,640  

1.20(j)(1)

Extension of Term of Patent Under 1.740

1,120  

1.20(j)(2)

Initial Application for Interim Extension Under 1.790

420  

1.20(j)(3)

Subsequent Application for Interim Extension Under 1.790

220  

1.21(e)

International Type Search Report

40  

1.21(g)

Self-Service Copy Charge

0.25  

1.21(h)

Recording Patent Property

40  

1.21(i)

Publication in the OG

25  

1.21(j)

Labor Charges for Services (per hour)

40  

1.21(k)

Unspecified Other Services

AT COST  

1.21(n)

Handling Fee - Incomplete Application

130  

1.296

Handling Fee - Withdrawal SIR

130  

PCT Fees - International Stage

Fee

As of 1 January 2012

1.445(a)(1) Transmittal Fee

240

 

1.445 (a)(2)i)

PCT Search Fee for USPTO search (note: Discount for prior US search has been eliminated)

2,080

  

1.445(a)(3)

Supplemental Search (per additional invention)

2,080  
  PCT Search Fee for European Patent Office (EPO) search  2,443 2,370
  PCT Search Fee for IP Australia (IPAU) search (Note: IP Australia may only be used for a limited number of technologies - be sure to check our PCT News Page for the latest list before choosing ISA/AU) 2,084 1,833
  PCT Search Fee for Korean Patent Office (KIPO) search (Note: IP Korea has a list of technologies they will not search - see our PCT News Page for the list)  $1,233 1,101
  PCT Search Fee for Russian Patent Office (Rospatent) search (available after 10 January 2012) n/a $415

1.482(a)(1)(i)

Preliminary Exam Fee (if US was International Searching Agency)

600  

1.482(a)(1)(ii)

Preliminary Exam Fee (if US was not ISA)

750  

1.482(a)(2)

Supplemental Examination (per additional invention)

600  
  Late Payment Fee (variable)  
  Transmitting Application to WIPO International Bureau to act as receiving office (RO). 

$240

 

PCT Fees - National Stage

Fee

 
 

Basic Filing Fee

   
1.492(a) Basic National Stage Fee 280  
1.492(a) Basic National Stage Fee (Small Entity) 190  
 

Fees in addition to Basic Fee

   
1.492(b)(4) National Stage Search Fee (other - i.e. if none of the exceptions below apply) 620  
1.492(b)(4) National Stage Search Fee (other)(Small Entity) 310  
  - Search fee if USPTO issued IPER saying novelty, inventive step (nonobviousness) and industrial applicability have been satisfied for all claims entering the National Stage  0  
1.492(b)(2)  - Search fee if USPTO was ISA and Int'l Search fee paid 120  
1.492(b)(2)  - Search fee if USPTO was ISA and Int'l Search fee paid (small entity) 60  
1.492(b)(3)  - Search fee if USPTO not ISA, but Int'l Search Report is provided to USPTO no later than time at which search fee is paid 490  
1.492(b)(3) - Search fee if USPTO not ISA, but Int'l Search Report is provided to USPTO no later than time at which search fee is paid (small entity) 245  
1.492(c)(2) National Stage Examination Fee 250  
1.492(c)(2) National Stage Examination Fee (Small Entity) 125  
   - Exam fee if USPTO issued IPER saying novelty, inventive step (nonobviousness) and industrial applicability have been satisfied for all claims entering the National Stage  0  

1.492(d)

Claims - Extra Independent (Over 3)

250  

1.492(d)

Claims - Extra Independent (Over 3) (Small Entity)

225  

1.492(e)

Claims - Extra Total (Over 20)

60  

1.492(e)

Claims - Extra Total (Over 20) (Small Entity)

30  

1.492(e)

Surcharge - Oath or Declaration filed after 30 months from priority date

130  

1.492(e)

Surcharge -  Oath or Declaration filed after 30 months from priority date (Small Entity)

65  

1.492(f)

Claims - if application has any multiple dependent claim (also affects total fee calculation)

450  

1.492(f)

Claims - ... multiple dependent (Small Entity)

225  

1.492(f)

English Translation filed after 30 Months from priority date (large or small entity)

130  
1.492(j) Extra pages - for each 50 sheets over 100 310  
1.492(j) Extra pages - for each 50 sheets over 100 (Small Entity) 155  

PCT Fees - to WIPO or EPO

Fees

 

PCT-WIPO Basic application fee (up to 30 pages)# $1,758 1,453
  Basic application fee if application is filed in paper with PCT-EASY file on diskette, CD-R or DVD-R or filed electronically without PCT-EASY zip file# $1,626 1,344
  Basic application fee if application is filed electronically with PCT-EASY zip file# $1,494 1,234
PCT-WIPO Basic supplemental fee (each page over 30)# $20 16
PCT-WIPO Handling Fee (Chapter II)# $264 219
PCT-WIPO International CD Application#

$5,200

  
# - Note: These fees are actually paid by the USPTO to WIPO or EPO in Swiss Francs, and therefore they will change from time to time based on the fluctuations in the exchange rate. Treat these dollar amounts as estimates only, and check when paying fees as to what they actually are at that time.   

Note on Fees for Filing PCT Applications

Not all of the fees listed in the various PCT sections will actually be paid in any given application. When filing an International Stage PCT application in the USPTO as receiving office, at least the following fees are required:

  • Basic Application Fee (from this section)
  • Transmittal Fee (from PCT Fees - International Stage)
  • Search Fee - depends on which search authority is chosen (US, EP, KR)

When entering a PCT application into the National Stage in the USPTO, at least the following fees are required (from the PCT Fees - National Stage list, above):

  • Basic National Stage Fee
  • National Stage Examination Fee
  • National Stage Search Fee

Other application fees may apply, depending on the application, but these are the only ones which every PCT application filed in the USPTO will pay. Of course, the fees on this table are only the government fees. Attorney fees and expenses are in addition to these fees - for a more complete explanation, see our Patent Budget Estimator

 

Patent Trials and Appeals Board Fees

Fees

 
41.20(a) Petitions to the Chief Judge under 37 CFR 41.3 400  

41.20(b)(1)

Notice of Appeal

620  

41.20(b)(1)

Notice of Appeal (Small Entity)

310  

41.20(b)(2)

Filing a Brief

620  

41.20(b)(2)

Filing a Brief (Small Entity)

310  

41.20(b)(3)

Request for Oral Hearing

1,240  

41.20(b)(3)

Request for Oral Hearing (Small Entity)

620  

Notes: 

The preceding table was taken from information supplied by the USPTO web site. Additional legal and handling fees may apply for preparing and processing paperwork for payment of these fees.

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