"USPTO Proposes New 5-Year & 8-Year Continuing Application Fees"

On April 3, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) proposed an array of patent fee adjustments for Fiscal Year 2025. 89 FR 23226. Among the proposed adjustments are new fees for claims to the benefit of earlier filing dates more than five years and more than eight years after the earliest filing date for which benefit is claimed under 35 USC §§ 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c). The proposed fees would be $2200 (large entity), $880 (small entity), or $440 (micro entity) for the first presentation of a benefit claim more than five years after the earliest benefit date, and $3500 (large entity), $1400 (small entity), or $700 (micro entity) for the first presentation of a benefit claim more than eight years after the earliest benefit date. 89 FR 23237.