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2020-11-18 17:36:17

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is setting and adjusting Trademark and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) fees for the first time in nearly three years through its Final Rule, effective January 2, 2021. This represents the end of a multi-year review and adjustment process.

在最终版规则（Final Rule）中，美国专利商标局（USPTO）近三年来首次设定和调整商标及商标审查及上诉委员会（TTAB）的费用。此次调整自2021年1月2日起生效，这为多年的审核和调整过程画上句号。

The USPTO considered and analyzed all comments, advice, and recommendations received from the TPAC and then, on June 19, 2020, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding setting and adjusting Trademark fees. The USPTO received and considered comments from the public. Responses to the comments are included in the Final Rule. More recently, the USPTO also considered the state of the U.S. economy, the operational needs of the agency, and the comments and advice received from the public in determining when to implement the Final Rule.

USPTO考虑并分析了各方意见和建议，于2020年6月19日发布了关于设定和调整商标费用的《拟议规则公告》。此外，USPTO也接收并考虑了公众的意见，并在最终版规则中作出回应。最近，关于何时实施最终版规则，USPTO也考虑了美国经济状况、代理机构的运营需求以及公众的建议。

The Final Rule enables the USPTO to continue to enhance the quality of trademark examination, achieve optimal examination times, invest in modernizing trademark information technology systems and infrastructure, and provide stability to USPTO operations, even in times of financial fluctuations.

最终版规则将使USPTO不断提高商标审查能力，实现最佳审查时间，致力于建设现代化的商标信息技术系统和基础，使其即使在金融市场波动时期也能稳定运行。

Fee changes

费用调整

The main changes are shown below. See the Final Rule for all changes.

主要变化如下所示。详情请参阅最终版规则。

项目	现官费(USD)	新官费(USD)
新申请（规范项目）	225	250
新申请（非规范项目）	275	350
最终审查意见第 4-6 个月内答复	0	400
提交使用声明费用¹	125	225
提交使用声明后，删除商品项、服务项或者类别²	0	250
提交请愿书	100	250
提交抗议信	0	50
请求恢复申请³	100	250
异议、撤销申请	400	600
口审	0	500
向USPTO请求补办正本证书	200	350

注1：指美国商标注册第五年、第十年需提交商标使用声明（Declaration of Use）。

注2：指上述声明提交后，被USPTO接受前，权利人主动删除商品/服务项目/类别，每一类商品/服务项目250美元。若权利人在提交使用声明之前删除商品/服务项目，则不会收取费用。

注3：（注册前如果被abandon，2个月内可以恢复，注册后被 abandon不可恢复）

Why we’re implementing a fee for certain requests to delete goods and services from a registration?

为什么我们对某些删除商品和服务的请求收取费用？

Charging this fee for deletions made between the filing and acceptance of the section 8 or section 71 declaration will improve the integrity of the register by encouraging registrants to:

USPTO在接受权利人提交使用声明之前收取删除费用，这将通过鼓励注册人进行以下操作来提高注册簿的完整性：

· Determine sooner the goods, services, or classes in the registration for which their registered trademark is no longer in use.

· 尽快确定不再使用其注册商标的商品、服务或类别。

· Delete those goods, services, or classes from the registration before filing or within their section 8 or 71 declaration.

· 在提交使用声明之前，或声明被接受之前，删除这些商品、服务或类别。

· More quickly comply with statutory requirements regarding claims of use.

· 更快地遵守有关使用要求的法定要求。

You can delete goods or services at any time by filing a section 7 request. The sooner we’re notified about nonuse of a trademark for goods or services, the sooner we can update the registration. This will help ensure everyone is accessing the most accurate and up-to-date information about registered trademarks when they search the trademark register.

您可以随时请求删除商品或服务。越早收到关于商标不使用商品或服务项目的通知，我们就可以越早更新注册。这将有助于确保每个人在搜索商标注册时都可以获取有关注册商标的最准确和最新的信息。

有关更多信息，请访问USPTO网站：https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/laws-regulations/updated-trademark-ttab-fees-processes?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

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