Submitting trademark specimen can be subject to additional costs in certain cases:
- When you file a trademark application of "use in commerce" basis, there's no additional cost.
- When you apply for a trademark on an "intent-to-use" basis, meaning your brand wasn't commercially active in the US at the time of filling, you'll provide your specimens later by filling a Statement of Use. Submitting an SoU is priced at $100 per class.
- If during your registration process the USPTO rejects your specimens and request you file new ones, this submission is not subject to extra costs.
- If you are filling a Declaration of Use after five years of trademark validity (and every ten years after that), you'll also have to provide specimens and pay $225 per class.
- And last but not least, if you are renewing your US trademark after ten years of validity (and every ten years after that), you'll also have to submit specimens, this time at $525 per class.
Please note that the mentioned prices reflect USPTO fees only. If you have an attorney help you with specimen preparation/submission, their services will be subject to additional costs.
