37 CFR 2.206: Trademark fees payable in advance

Taken from the USPTO’s TM Federal Statutes and Rules, Last Revised in January 2018

(a) Trademark fees and charges payable to the Office are required to be paid in advance; that is, at the time of requesting any action by the Office for which a fee or charge is payable.
(b) All fees paid to the Office must be itemized in each individual trademark application or registration file, or trademark proceeding, so that the purpose for which the fees are paid is clear. The Office may return fees that are not itemized as required by this paragraph.

[Added 68 FR 48286, Aug. 13, 2003, effective Sept. 12, 2003]