Institution of a Fee To File on Paper a Request for Reconsideration of a Final Office Action in a Trademark Case
In response to objections raised, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") withdraws its prior proposal to amend the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases to require a request for reconsideration of an examining attorney's final refusal or requirement to be filed through the Trademark Electronic Application System ("TEAS") within three months of the mailing date of the final action. The USPTO instead proposes to require a fee of $50 for filing a request for reconsideration on paper, whereas no fee would be required for a request for reconsideration filed through TEAS. The proposed fee would cover the USPTO's added costs of processing a request for reconsideration filed on paper, rather than through TEAS. Currently, no fee is required in connection with a request for reconsideration, filed either on paper or through TEAS.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
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- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/04/28/E8-9216/institution-of-a-fee-to-file-on-paper-a-request-for-reconsideration-of-a-final-office-action-in-a (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
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- Fee
- Fee mentioned in title or summary (Confirmed in the document text)
- What you need (account or API key)
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- Published
- 2008-04-28
- Document type
- Proposed Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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- Post-Prosecution Pilot Program
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- Submission for OMB Review
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