
The new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office trademark fee schedule eliminates the TEAS Plus discount for new trademark applications. The USPTO instead set a fee of $350 per class of goods and services for filing any new "Base Application" including all required components. Further, the USPTO imposes a new $100 insufficiency fee for failure to include any of the required components of the "Base Application."
Make sure to file a complete Base Application in order to minimize new trademark application filing fees and avoid unnecessary government fees and expense, and the time and effort required to file follow-on responses to a notice of insufficiency. Consider the following list to ensure your Base Application is complete:
For applicants domiciled outside of the United States: a designated U.S. attorney, including the attorney’s name, postal address, email address, and bar information
Applicant name and domicile address
Applicant legal entity
Applicant citizenship or the state/country of juristic applicant organization
Names and citizenship of general partners of partnership or joint venture
State of organization of sole proprietorship and the name and citizenship of the sole proprietor
A statement of filing basis (1(a), 1(b), 44(d), and/or 44(e))
Proper classification and dates of use for use-based multi-class applications
Filing fee for each class of goods and services
Verified statement, dated and signed by an authorized representative of applicant
Typed drawing of mark for standard word marks
Digitized image and a description of the mark for design or stylized marks
Digitized color image application claiming color along with statement identifying and describing placement of color and a claim that color is a feature
English translation of the wording for any non-English wording
Transliteration of any non-Latin characters
If the mark includes an individual’s name or likeness, one of a (1) a statement of consent or (2) a statement that the name or likeness does not identify a living individual
A claim of ownership of any other registrations for the same mark with a different prior owner name
Compliance with Trademark Rule 2.42 for concurrent use applications
Correct identification and selection of goods and services from the USPTO’s Identification of Goods and Services Manual