Trademark Filing Cost Planner

Estimates the upfront cost of registering one or more brand names with the USPTO, including government fees, attorney fees and clearance searches, for indie brands budgeting a first filing.

Your estimate

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Estimates only. Assumptions are listed below, and you can change every input.

Trademark pricing confuses most first-time filers because the government fee is charged per class of goods or services, not per name, and professional fees stack on top. A single name sold as both a physical product and a subscription can easily mean two classes, and a second brand doubles everything. This planner lays the pieces out so you can see what a filing actually costs before you commit.

The tool multiplies your number of marks by classes per mark and the USPTO fee per class, adds the Statement of Use fee for intent-to-use filings, then adds any attorney and clearance search fees per mark. It does not include office action responses, extension requests, maintenance filings after registration or international filings. Government fees change, so check the current USPTO schedule and update the fee field if it has moved.

How to use this tool

Count the names, logos or slogans you want to protect and how many classes of goods or services each one covers.
Choose your filing basis, then enter the USPTO fee per class and what you expect to pay for an attorney and a clearance search, or 0 to handle those yourself.
Review the split between government and professional fees and use the cost per mark to decide which names deserve a filing first.

What the math assumes

The USPTO fee is charged once per class per application; the default of $350 is the base electronic filing fee at the time of writing and you should update it if the schedule changes.
Intent-to-use filings add a Statement of Use fee of $150 per class, the USPTO fee at the time of writing; extension requests, which cost extra if you need more time, are not included.
Attorney and clearance search fees are charged once per mark regardless of how many classes it covers.
Office action responses, refusals, appeals, post-registration maintenance filings and foreign filings are excluded.
All amounts are US dollars and every mark is assumed to need the same number of classes.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know how many classes my brand needs?

List what you actually sell under the name today and what you plan to sell in the next year or so. Physical goods, software and services usually fall into different classes, and each one adds a fee. When in doubt, cover what you sell now and add classes later with a new application.

Can I skip the attorney and file the trademark myself?

Yes, many indie brands do. Set the attorney fee to 0 to see the government-only cost. Keep in mind that a refused application does not get its fee back, so a clearance search is the cheapest place to reduce that risk.

Why is an intent-to-use filing more expensive?

An intent-to-use application reserves the name before you sell, but the USPTO requires a Statement of Use later, with its own per-class fee, and extension requests cost more if you need extra time. Filing on use in commerce avoids that second step.

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