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USPTO's Patent Fee Adjustments and Tradmark Fee Adjustments in 2025

The USPTO has published its final rules setting patent fees that will take effect on January 19, 2025, and setting trademark fees that will take effect on January 18, 2025. Notable patent fee adjustments include higher filing fees, excess claim fees, RCE fees, as well as new continuating application surcharges and new IDS size fees. Notable trademark fee adjustments include new fees for providing insufficient information and for creating free-form indentification. Further details can be found here and here.

USPTO to Terminate the AFCP 2.0 Program

The USPTO has announced that the AFCP 2.0 program will be terminated on December 14, 2024. Further details can be found here.

Certificates of Correction for Patents Are to be Issued Electronically

The USPTO will begin issuing certificates of correction for patents electronically, similar to electronic patent grants, on January 30, 2024. Further details can be found here.



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