Attorney labor

Provisional patent application

Attorney fees

$2,500

USPTO filing fees

Based on entity size/status:
$65.00 micro
$130 small
$260 regular

Includes:

  • One (1) hour call w/attorney
  • Email correspondence as needed
  • Review of inventor documents, drawings, supporting documents
  • Invention described/specification up to 15 pages
  • 1 independent claim
  • 1 drawing
  • Additional costs will apply if more work is needed.

A provisional patent application establishes an early filing date (important in a first-to-file system) that does not mature into an issued patent.  Applicant must subsequently file a regular non-provisional patent application within twelve (12) months of the provisional filing. 

Applicant may use the term “patent pending” once filed.

Non-provisional patent application

$5,000

$400 micro
$730 small
$1,600 regular

Includes:

  • One (1) hour call w/attorney
  • Email correspondence as needed
  • Review of inventor documents, drawings,

supporting documents

  • Invention described/specification up to

25 pages

  • 3 independent claims; 20 total claims
  • 3 drawings
  • Additional costs will apply if more work is needed.

 

Patentability Search

$900
  • Up to 4 hours searching USPTO keyword/online database for prior art (similar patents and published patent applications), Internet search, including non-patent references, articles, etc.

Patentability Analysis

$1,800

**Available only in connection with Patentability Search**

$900 for Search; $900 for Analysis

  • Up to 4 hours to provide written analysis of patentability search

Patentability Opinion

$3,000
  • Includes patentability search and analysis
  • Written opinion as to whether or not you will be able to obtain a patent

 

Office Actions

$1,500 – $3,000
  • Pricing depends on complexity of invention and length of Office Action
  • Please note that USPTO Extension of Time Fees may apply if you retain us less than a month before your deadline to respond
  • USPTO Extension Fees are as follows:
    • Filing within the first month after the deadline has passed
      • Micro: $50
      • Small: $100
      • Regular: $200
    • Filing within the second month after the deadline has passed
      • Micro: $150
      • Small: $300
      • Regular: $600
    • Filing within the third month after the deadline has passed
      • Micro: $350
      • Small: $700
      • Regular: $1,400
    • Filing within the fourth month after the deadline has passed
      • Micro: $550
      • Small: $1,100
      • Regular: $2,200
      • Extension within fifth month after deadline has passed
        • Micro: $750
        • Small: $1,500
        • Regular: $3,000