U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Sets 2025 Fee Schedule

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has finalized its fee schedule for 2025. The updated fee schedule is effective on January 19, 2025. It includes increases to most standard office fees. Filing, search, examination, and issuance fees for utility and design patent applications will increase by between 6% to 10%. For example, standard undiscounted fees (filing, search, examination) for a new utility patent application will increase from $1820 to $2000. Clients should take care to consider the increased fees in IP budgets for 2025 (the new fee schedule is available at Federal Register: Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025). There remains a reduced schedule for small and micro entities.