Estimate trademark registration and maintenance costs by class using user-entered USPTO fees, attorney fees, search costs, and office-action assumptions.
This worksheet estimates the cash cost of filing and maintaining a U.S. trademark application. It combines the USPTO filing fee by class, attorney or filing-service fees, search costs, any expected office-action response work, and the first maintenance filing entered for each class.
Use it as a budget tool for the filing cycle shown in the calculator, not as a prediction that an application will register or that a response will be required. The useful part is seeing how quickly total cost changes when you add classes, choose a different filing type, or assume post-filing legal work.
A trademark budget usually has more moving parts than the filing fee alone. This page helps you compare a lean self-managed filing with a more fully supported filing plan, and it shows the difference between initial filing cost and the longer 10-year spend once maintenance is included.
Initial Filing Cost = (USPTO Fee per Class × Number of Classes) + Attorney Fees + Search Cost Total Registration Cost = Initial Filing Cost + Office Action Cost 10-Year Cost Shown = Total Registration Cost + (Section 8/15 Maintenance per Class × Number of Classes)
Result: $4,350 estimated 10-year cost
USPTO filing fees are 2 × $250 = $500. Initial filing cost is $500 + $1,500 + $500 = $2,500. Adding an $800 office-action response brings the registration-stage total to $3,300. Maintenance at $525 per class for 2 classes adds $1,050, for a 10-year estimate of $4,350.
The calculator focuses on the filing and early-maintenance costs that are easiest to budget in advance: class-based USPTO fees, professional help, search spend, a possible office-action response, and the first maintenance filing entered per class.
A low upfront filing cost does not always mean a low total cost. Adding classes increases the filing fee immediately and also increases later maintenance expense. Likewise, skipping search or attorney review may lower initial spend but can increase the risk of rework if the application runs into conflicts or drafting problems.
This page does not attempt to estimate opposition proceedings, appeals, foreign filings, assignment recording, licensing work, or infringement disputes. If your project may involve those stages, treat the result here as only the registration worksheet, not the full brand-protection budget.
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This worksheet adds the user-entered USPTO filing fee per class, attorney or filing-service fees, search costs, office-action response costs, and maintenance costs. It is meant to compare filing strategies and show how total cost changes when you add classes or assume later legal work.
The page is intentionally conservative. It does not predict registration approval, office-action outcomes, or whether a fee applies in a specific filing scenario. Those questions depend on the mark, the filing basis, and the actual USPTO record.
Total costs vary by class count, filing basis, and whether you use counsel or a filing service. This worksheet is set up so you can plug in the fee assumptions for your own scenario instead of relying on one universal number.
The Nice Classification system divides goods and services into 45 classes. You must file in each class where your mark is used, and each class usually adds to the total cost.
U.S. applicants can file pro se, but attorney assistance is often useful if you want a more carefully prepared application. Foreign applicants must use a U.S.-licensed attorney.
Trademark maintenance filings are due on a statutory schedule and the fee depends on the filing form and class count. This worksheet treats maintenance as a separate input so you can model the total lifecycle cost.
The timeline varies by filing basis, office actions, and whether there is an opposition. This worksheet focuses on budgeting rather than timing.
™ can be used by anyone claiming trademark rights without registration. ® is generally used after federal registration is issued. This worksheet does not decide trademark-use questions.