Application drafted by an attorney, not a form mill. Non-substantive office action responses included. Statement of Use for intent-to-use filings is a small follow-on, not a surprise upcharge. Flat $750 per class + USPTO fees.
Flat fees per stage, plus USPTO government fees (passed through at cost). Most marks register on the basic $750 path; substantive refusals are scoped separately because the analytical work is much larger.
You send me the mark, the goods or services, the specimen (label, packaging, or website screenshot), and your entity information. I draft the application and send it to you for review.
After you approve the draft, I e-file through TEAS. You get the USPTO serial number the same day.
USPTO examiner assignment typically falls in this window. You will receive either a Notice of Publication (clean approval) or an office action. Non-substantive office actions (informalities, classification, identification, disclaimer) are included in the $750.
If the examiner approves, your mark publishes in the Official Gazette for a 30-day opposition window. If no opposition is filed, the application proceeds to registration.
USPTO issues the registration certificate. I send you the certificate and set up the renewal calendar (Section 8 affidavit at 5-6 years, Section 9 renewal at 9-10 years).
ITU (Section 1(b)) timeline is similar through publication, then pauses for the Statement of Use after a Notice of Allowance. Total time to registration on a clean ITU filing is typically 18-24 months.
Section 1(a) is for marks you are already using in commerce. You need a specimen of use (an actual product label, packaging, or commercial advertising). Section 1(b) is an intent-to-use filing: you are not yet using the mark but you have a bona fide intent to use it. ITU applications cost more in the long run because you eventually have to file a Statement of Use with the specimen, but they let you claim a priority date before launch. If your launch is more than a few months out, ITU is usually the right path.
Application drafting, goods/services description tuning, specimen review for Section 1(a) filings, e-filing through TEAS, response to non-substantive office actions (informalities, classification, identification, disclaimer requests), and registration certificate handling once the mark publishes and registers. The $750 is per class; if you are filing in two classes, that is $1,500 plus the USPTO per-class government fees. Substantive refusals (Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion, Section 2(e) descriptiveness) are scoped separately.
Section 2(d) refusals (likelihood of confusion with an existing registered or pending mark) are substantive office actions. Responding requires a legal argument that distinguishes the marks under the DuPont factors, often supported by amendments to the goods/services description, evidence of coexistence, or argument about the strength of the cited mark. That work is a separate flat fee ($850 starting) because the analytical and drafting effort is meaningfully larger than a non-substantive response.
Strongly recommended, especially if you have not done any meaningful search. The USPTO will not pre-clear your mark; you find out about prior-user problems through the office-action process AFTER you have paid the filing fee, picked a launch date, and started building marketing. Spending $1,250 on a clearance opinion BEFORE filing typically saves more than that in avoided refusals, rebrands, or coexistence headaches.