Statement of Use
A follow-up service for an existing intent-to-use application.
Open your matter in the client portalStatement of Use
If you are not selling under your mark yet, there is one more cost later. Here it is up front.
Each additional class adds $150 in USPTO fees. The $100 service fee is charged once, whatever the class count.
- MARQ service fee$100Flat fee to prepare and file your Statement of Use. Charged once, no matter how many classes.
- USPTO filing fee$150 / classGovernment fee, passed through at cost. We add nothing to it.
When this applies — in plain English
Only if you file on intent to use. That is the option for a mark you have not started selling under yet. The USPTO lets you claim the name early, then prove you are using it later.
You are charged later, not now. Nothing for the Statement of Use is due at checkout. After your application is allowed, the USPTO issues a Notice of Allowance, and you have six months to begin using the mark and file. We bill the $100 service fee and the $150-per-class government fee at that point — when the mark is actually in use and the Statement of Use is filed.
You do not pay this at all if you are already using the mark. A use-in-commerce filing needs no Statement of Use, so this cost never applies. If you are already selling under the name, your total is $649 plus the $350-per-class USPTO fee and nothing further.
You file it from your client portal. When you are ready, open the matter in your MARQ portal, enter your first-use dates, upload a specimen showing the mark in use, and pay. It goes straight to your attorney to prepare and file with the USPTO.
If you need more time, the USPTO grants six-month extensions for a separate government fee. We tell you what is due before anything is filed, and we track every deadline for you.