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):
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.
- 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.
| uspto_fee_schedule--effective_jan._16___uspto.pdf |
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