Providing Patent Prosecution Service (e.g., Provisional Patent Application Drafting, Provisional Patent Application Filing, Non-Provisional Utility Patent Application Drafting, Non-Provisional Utility Patent Application Filing, Design Patent Application Drafting, Design Patent Application Filing, Office Action Responses

Services

Patent Law, Patents, Patent Applications, Utility Patent Applications, Non-Provisional Patent Applications Provisional Patent Applications ------> Average Cost $1000

  • In General
    • Provisional patent applications act as placeholders for inventors who wish to protect their intellectual property and preserve a filing date without the full cost of a full utility patent application
    • A provisional patent application gives an inventor a year from the filing date to decide if they wish to file a utility patent application based on the disclosure in the provisional patent application
    • Numerous utility patent applications may be filed from a single provisional patent application
  • Average Cost
    • $1000 (USD)
    • Includes $125 small entity provisional patent application filing fee

Patent Law, Patents, Patent Applications, Utility Patent Applications, Non-Provisional Patent Applications Utility Patent Applications ------> Average Cost $4,000

  • In General
    • Utility patent applications are designed to protect any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof
    • Utility patents last up to 20 years from the date of filing if all maintenance fees are paid timely
    • U.S. Utility patents only protect an invention within the United States
    • For protection outside of the United States, a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Application may be filed in conjunction with or prior to a U.S. patent application
  • Average Cost
    • $4,000 (USD)
    • Includes $530 small entity utility patent application basic filing fees*
    • Does not include any drawings that require a professional draftsman
    • Does not include a patentability search
    • Does not include the issue or maintenance fees

Patent Law, Patents, Patent Applications, Utility Patent Applications, Non-Provisional Patent Applications Design Patent Applications ------> Average Cost $1,265

  • In General
    • Design patents protect the appearance of an article
    • Design patents last 14 years from the date of filing
  • Average Cost
    • $1,265 (USD)
    • Includes $265 small entity design patent basic filing fees
    • Includes fees for a basic set of drawings from client's drawings/CAD files (6-7 views)
    • Does not include the issue fee

Patent Law, Patents, Patent Applications, Utility Patent Applications, Non-Provisional Patent Applications Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Applications ------> Average Cost $9,000

  • In General
    • PCT applications allow an inventor to identify numerous countries they wish to file a patent application in
    • The PCT application gives an inventor 30 months from the earliest priority date of the application to file in any number of participating countries
  • Average Cost
    • $9,000 (USD)
    • Includes basic PCT filing fees**
    • Does not include any drawings that require a professional draftsman
    • Does not include a patentability search
    • Does not include the issue or maintenance fees

Patentability Search ------> Average Cost $400

  • In General
    • A patentability search is the best way to find out what other patents and publications are out there that may prevent an inventor from obtaining a patent
    • Conducting a patentability search before filing a utility or design patent application is highly recommended
    • Patentability searches do not guarantee that an invention is patentable, but do help inventors get a snapshot of the prior art that may be used against them
  • Average Cost
    • $400 (USD)

* - does not include amendment fees or any cost attributed to communications received or responses prepared in the prosecution of an application
** - does not include any national phase filing fees or any fees beyond the filing of an international phase application at the US receiving office