Utility examination fee (Fee schedule 1311/2311/3311)
USPTO fee schedule item: Utility examination fee — category: Patent examination fees.
- Task
- Look up fees
- Patent or trademark
- patent
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- Fee schedule page www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment/uspto-fee-schedule, fee code 1311/2311/3311 (verified 2026-09-29)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No site-wide statement on the page (verified 2026-09-29)
- Fee
- Fee 880.00 / Small entity 352.00 / Micro entity 176.00 (verified 2026-09-29)
- What you need (account or API key)
- Payment via a deposit account or a USPTO.gov account, per the page (No table-wide statement, verified 2026-09-29)
- Source
- USPTO fee schedule (patent and trademark fee tables)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Basic filing fee - Utility (paper filing also requires non-electronic filing fee under 1.16(t)) (Fee schedule 1011/2011/3011)
- Utility application size fee - for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets (Fee schedule 1081/2081/3081)
- Non-electronic filing fee — Utility (additional fee for applications filed in paper) (Fee schedule 1090/2090/3090)
- Utility search fee (Fee schedule 1111/2111/3111)
- Utility issue fee (Fee schedule 1501/2501/3501)
- Basic filing fee - Utility (electronic filing for small entities) (Fee schedule 4011†)
- Surcharge - Late filing fee, search fee, examination fee, inventor's oath or declaration, or application filed without at least one claim or by reference (Fee schedule 1051/2051/3051)
- Design examination fee or Design CPA examination fee (Fee schedule 1312/2312/3312)
- Plant examination fee (Fee schedule 1313/2313/3313)
- Reissue examination fee or Reissue (Design CPA) examination fee (Fee schedule 1314/2314/3314)
- Request for continued examination (RCE) - 1st request (see 37 CFR 1.114) (Fee schedule 1801/2801/3801)
- Request for prioritized examination (Fee schedule 1817/2817/3817)
- Request for continued examination (RCE) - 2nd and subsequent request (see 37 CFR 1.114) (Fee schedule 1820/2820/3820)
- For USPTO-administered review of registration examination (Fee schedule 9029)
- Request for extension of time in which to schedule examination for registration to practice (non-refundable) (Fee schedule 9030)
- Preliminary examination fee - U.S. was the ISA (Fee schedule 1605/2605/3605)