Trademark Office drops filing fee to $275, if…..
July 19, 2005 on 10:05 am | In Trademarks |Via: http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASupcoming.html#TEASPlus
On July 18, 2005, the USPTO introduced a new version of the application for a Trademark/Servicemark, Principal Register. The TEAS Plus form has a lower filing fee of $275 per class of goods and/or services (the TEAS form fee is $325 per class of goods and/or services), but has stricter requirements than the TEAS form, below. You should use this new option ONLY if you agree to:
- file a “complete” application that satisfies all requirements set forth in Rule 2.22(a), not only the regular “minimum requirements” for obtaining a filing date. Almost all fields in this form are mandatory;
- select the listing of goods and/or services for this application directly from the USPTO’s Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. While certain listings will allow for “customization,” total “free-text” entries for identifications CANNOT be made;
- attach all required image files, where applicable, in the .jpg format (for specimens, foreign registration certificates, consents, evidence) (except for sounds marks, for which a .wav or MP3 file can be submitted separately);
- pay the fees for ALL classes at the time of filing;
- file certain later communications regarding the application, such as a response to an Office action, through TEAS. See Rule 2.23(a)(1) for the listing of forms that must be filed through TEAS; and
- receive communications concerning the application by electronic mail (e-mail) during the pendency of the application.
NOTE: If you use the TEAS Plus version of the form, you must pay an additional fee of $50 per class if, at any time during the examination of the application, the Office determines that (1) the application did not meet the filing requirements for a TEAS Plus application as of the filing date, as set forth in Rule 2.22(a); (2) the applicant files a paper form after the initial application, but a TEAS form existed for that purpose, e.g., a response to an Office action; and/or (3) the applicant refuses to receive correspondence from the Office by electronic mail (e-mail) during the pendency of the application.
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