The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is setting or adjusting patent fees for Fiscal Year 2020, which is the first fee increase in almost three years. The Final Rule will benefit the intellectual property (IP) community by enabling the USPTO to continue to enhance the quality of patent examinations, achieve optimal examination times, invest in modernizing patent information technology (IT) systems and infrastructure, and provide stability to USPTO operations, even in times of financial fluctuations.This new schedule of fees will be effective on October 2, 2020.
Official Fee |
Current Large Entity Fee (USD) |
New Large Entity Fee (USD) |
Basic Filing Fee-Utility (paper filing) |
300 |
320 |
Basic Filing Fee-Design |
200 |
220 |
Each Independent Claim in Excess of Three |
460 |
480 |
IDS per time |
240 |
260 |
Utility Search Fee |
660 |
700 |
Utility Examination Fee |
760 |
800 |
Design Examination Fee |
600 |
640 |
Request for RCE - 1st Request |
1300 |
1360 |
Request for RCE - 2nd and Subsequent Request |
1900 |
2000 |
Utility Issue Fee |
1000 |
1200 |
Design Issue Fee |
700 |
740 |
For Maintaining an Original or Any Reissue Patent, Due at 3.5 years |
1600 |
2000 |
For Maintaining an Original or Any Reissue Patent, Due at 7.5 years |
3600 |
3760 |
For Maintaining an Original or Any Reissue Patent, Due at 11.5 years |
7400 |
7700 |
The USPTO has also added a Non-DOCX filing surcharge, large entities is USD400, small entities is USD200 and micro entities is USD100.However, which is effective on January 1, 2022.
Source: USPTO