One-Day Trademark Application

When your timeline can’t wait, neither should your trademark filing.

Some trademark applications can sit in a queue for a few weeks before being filed without costing you anything. Others can’t, because you’re closing on funding next week, launching on a set date, mid-rebrand, or you just found out someone else might be circling the same name. When timing is the actual issue, “we’ll get to it” isn’t an answer.

The One-Day Trademark Application is built for that specific situation: a complete trademark search, a fully prepared application, and same-day submission to the USPTO, all in a single day, with nothing skipped to get there.

Why the Filing Date Matters

Trademark rights in the U.S. generally go to whoever files first. Once your application is on file, anyone who tries to register a confusingly similar mark for similar goods or services after you will typically be rejected, unless they can prove they were using the mark before you filed.

That means the date on your application can matter as much as the mark itself. If there’s a real reason today’s date matters more than next month’s, this service exists for exactly that.

What's Included

  • A real strategy session. We go through your mark, your goods and services, and everything we need to file—the same depth as any other engagement, just scheduled for today.
  • A full trademark search. Federal, state, common law, and online use—the same search I’d run for any client, not a shortcut version.
  • A complete application, prepared and sent to you the same day for review and signature.
  • Same-day submission to the USPTO once you’ve signed off.

How Much of Your Actual Day This Takes

You don’t need to clear your whole calendar. In practice, this usually means:

  1. One meeting to start the day and go over your application
  2. A second meeting after the search, to review results and confirm details
  3. Being reachable by email in the afternoon to sign the final application

That’s it.

How It Works

  1. Questionnaire first. I’ll send you a short set of questions ahead of time so I walk in already prepared.
  2. Strategy session. We talk through your application and make sure we’re filing the strongest version of it.
  3. Search and review. I run the full search, then we meet again to go over what it turned up and make any adjustments.
  4. Application drafted and sent to you for review and signature.
  5. Filed. Once you sign, it goes to the USPTO the same day, with confirmation sent to you.

What This Doesn't Change

Filing today gets you a filing date, locked in immediately. It doesn’t speed up the government’s review. The USPTO is currently taking 8 to 10 months to examine a new application, and longer if there’s a refusal or a challenge along the way.

What you’re buying isn’t a faster registration. It’s not losing your place in line while everything else gets sorted out.

What It Costs

  • $2,950 base filing fee (one mark, one class of goods/services)
  • + $2,050 one-day service fee, for same-day strategy through filing
  • + $450 for each additional class on the same mark
  • + USPTO filing fee of $350 per class, paid directly to the government

That’s $5,000 for one mark in one class, plus the government filing fee. Limited to two trademarks per one-day session.

Because this depends on my calendar being genuinely open that day, I only take a limited number of these each month,  which usually means availability, not price, is the real constraint.

No One Can Guarantee an Application Will Succeed

Any lawyer who promises your application will be approved isn’t being straight with you. Examiners are human, and two examiners can reasonably reach different conclusions on the same application. What I can promise is a thorough search, a carefully prepared filing, and honesty if I spot a problem before we file—including telling you plainly if I think success is unlikely, so you can decide how to move forward with full information.

Is This the Right Fit?

Most trademark filings don’t need to happen in a day, and my regular process—still thorough, still personal, just not compressed into one sitting—is the better and more economical choice for most clients. This service exists for the specific moments when timing itself is the issue: a funding close, a launch date already set, a rebrand already underway, or news that someone else might file first.

Book Your Session

This service requires at least 48 hours’ notice to book—enough time to confirm the day is genuinely set aside for you. The calendar below only shows dates that are actually open, so if a slot’s listed, it’s real.

Prefer to talk it though first? Call my office at 217-714-8558 or book a regular consultation to talk it through with me directly.