What a trademark attorney costs. The actual number.
At Citrus Legal, registering one trademark is $2,600 flat, from the search to the registration certificate, plus the USPTO’s $350 filing fee per class. Most firms make you call to find out. Here it is.
Price change On January 1, 2027, the one-mark package goes to $3,000. A flat fee agreed in writing before then stays the fee.
Pay once, or in two or three payments. You choose the plan right before you sign. Questions are answered by email at no charge.
One flat fee per mark, agreed in writing.
Most businesses own more than one mark: the name, the logo, a product line, a tagline. The fee is set by how many marks you protect now.
1 trademark · $2,600
Your business name, or the one product everyone knows you for. Or three payments of $950. Plus the $350 USPTO fee per class.
2 trademarks · $4,950
Name plus logo, or name plus tagline. Or three payments of $1,735. Plus the $350 USPTO fee per class.
3 trademarks · $7,300
A brand with a few core offers, each with a name of its own. Most loved. Or three payments of $2,520. Plus the $350 USPTO fee per class.
4 trademarks · $9,600
A suite of products, programs or locations, protected together. Or three payments of $3,285. Plus the $350 USPTO fee per class.
5 trademarks · $11,900
The whole brand, filed at once. Or three payments of $4,050. Plus the $350 USPTO fee per class.
Everything from search to certificate, for each mark.
This is what $2,600 buys for one mark. Two marks is two of everything.
A comprehensive search.
Federal records, all fifty states’ records and real-world use, including brands and older businesses that never registered anything.
A written opinion letter.
A plain-English read on how strong your name is and how risky it is to use and register, written by the attorney who ran the search.
A debrief call.
We walk through the results together before anything is filed.
The application, drafted and filed.
Owner, filing basis, goods and services and specimen chosen deliberately. Attorney work for up to two classes is included.
Procedural Office Actions.
The disclaimers, amendments and clarifications examiners ask for are answered at no added fee.
Tracking to registration.
I watch the file, answer the USPTO and send you the registration certificate. You get updates in plain English.
The parts nobody prices up front.
A flat fee should tell you what isn’t in it, too. Here is everything that can add to the bill, with the number.
USPTO filing fees.
$350 per class is the USPTO’s base application fee. Surcharges, per class: $100 if required information is missing, $200 for writing your own description instead of using the USPTO’s list, and $200 for every 1,000 characters past the first 1,000. USPTO fee schedule, checked October 2026.USPTO fee schedule (opens in a new tab)
Classes beyond two.
$300 for each additional class, plus that class’s USPTO fee. The search tells us how many classes you need before you pay for any.
Substantive Office Actions.
Refusals that take legal argument, like likelihood of confusion or descriptiveness, start at $1,600. The search shows how likely one is before you file.
Intent-to-use paperwork.
If you file before you are selling, the Statement of Use that proves use later starts at $350, and an extension of time is $200. Plus USPTO fees.
Keeping it alive.
Registrations need a declaration of use between years five and six (from $450) and a renewal every ten years (from $700). Plus USPTO fees.
Watching for copycats.
Trademark Watch over new filings is $395 a year. Optional.
The four ways people pay for a trademark.
Each one has a real cost. The question is which costs you can see before you start.
Filing it yourself.
You pay only the USPTO fees. You also own every decision: the description, the class, the specimen and every response to the examiner.
An online filing service.
A lower fee to put your answers on the form. Ask whether a licensed attorney searches the name, gives you an opinion and answers the examiner, and what each of those costs.
An hourly attorney.
You pay for the time it takes. The total isn’t known until the work is done.
A flat-fee attorney.
One price for the whole job, agreed in writing first. That is how Citrus Legal works.
If I call it low risk and the USPTO refuses it, we do it again.
Every application Citrus Legal has filed has been approved. Zero refusals so far.
Low risk means I file it again.
If my written opinion rates your mark low risk and the examiner refuses it anyway, I prepare and file a new application for a new mark at no attorney fee. You pay only the USPTO filing fee.
High risk means a second search, free.
If the first search comes back high risk, I search one new name at no charge, so you are never stuck paying to find out a name was never available.
The fee never moves.
Every mark is one flat fee, agreed in writing before any work starts. Procedural Office Actions are included. Nothing arrives as a surprise invoice.
The USPTO sets the pace.
Your filing date holds your place in line, so the clock that matters starts when we file.
Months to a first look.
About 4.3 months, on average, before an examiner first acts on a new application. USPTO, data as of October 1, 2026.
Months, start to finish.
About 10.4 months, on average, from filing to a registration or an abandoned application. USPTO, data as of October 1, 2026.
Register with an attorney.
Attorney-filed applications register more often than self-filed ones: 82% against 60%. Gerhardt and McClanahan, University of North Carolina.
One attorney, one flat fee.
Never a paralegal, never a chatbot. I am Gabrielle Maria Crawford, Esq., founder of Citrus Legal. I run your search myself, write the opinion myself, and handle your filing myself.
Admitted to The Florida Bar. Juris Doctor, University of Miami School of Law. Trademarks nationwide under federal law; business contracts in Florida. Based in St. Pete.
What people ask about the price.
At Citrus Legal, $2,600 flat for one trademark, covering the search, the written opinion, the application and procedural Office Actions through registration. The USPTO’s $350 filing fee per class is on top. Two marks are $4,950 and three are $7,300.
One name is one mark: $2,600 flat plus the $350 USPTO fee per class. Most businesses need one or two classes. The search tells you which before anything is filed.
A logo is its own mark, so it is filed as its own application. Name and logo together are $4,950 flat for two marks, plus USPTO fees per class for each.
No. The USPTO fee is paid to the government when we file, and it is the same for everyone: $350 per class, plus any surcharges that apply.
Yes. Pay once, or in two or three payments. One mark is three payments of $950. The search starts on the first payment.
Procedural Office Actions are included. Substantive refusals start at $1,600. And under the Citrus Guarantee, if my written opinion rated your mark low risk and the examiner refuses it anyway, I file a new application for a new mark at no attorney fee.
Questions by email are always free. If you want to talk through your situation live, you can book a paid 30-minute consultation.
No. Every mark is one flat fee, agreed in writing before any work starts.
Know the number before you start.
Start here, or email us first. Either one gets you a straight answer about what to do next.
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