USPTO Raising Patent Fees - Effective 01/16/2018

By: Ashley Sloat, Ph.D. 

Starting Tuesday, January 16, 2018, the USPTO will be raising patent fees. In general, fees will be increased $5 to $50 for micro entities, $10 to $100 for small entities, and $20 to $200 more for large entities. Particularly notable fee changes include (all based on small entity status):

• Provisional (Utility) Patent Application Filing: $130-$140
• Nonprovisional (Utility) Patent Application Filing: $730 to $785
• Utility Issue fee: $480 to $500
• Excess independent claim fees: $210 to $230
• Late submission of IDS fees: $90 to $120
• Request for Continued Examination: $600 to $650

• Design Patent Application Filing: $380 to $480
• Design Issue Fee: $280 to $350

• Forwarding Appeal or Ex Parte Reexam to PTAB: $1,000 to $1,120
• Fee for delayed payment of maintenance fee for keeping a patent in force: $1,000 to $850

The USPTO also added sequence listing fees for sequence listings having a file size in excess of 300MB or 800MB and a fee for providing a sequence listing late in response to an invitation under PCT rule 13.

This is just a brief overview of the changes that will be effective on January 16, 2018. For a more complete view, please see the pdf below in which I have highlighted all fees which will change on January 16, 2018. 

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