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2004 Consolidated Fee Schedule†
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For payment by check or money order, mail to our San Francisco Office.
Payment/Installment Plans may be arranged on a case-by-case basis.
Often we can accommodate rush jobs (1-3 week turnaround time), please ask for availability.
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GENERAL PATENT SERVICES FEES
Provisional Patent Application |
Utility Patent Application |
Design Patent Application |
Patent Research |
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Low-cost, gives you fast "Patent
Pending" & 1 year to file for a
Utility Patent.
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Best quality, protects useful structures,
functions, & and methods- from $1200.
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Protects an article's appearance
from being copied.
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Before investing
time and money, we research your idea's likely patentability.
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Do-it-yourself $29.99-$49.99 |
Great for Artists, product designers, etc. | from $249 | |
| Do-it-yourself with Our Help $99-$500 | |||
| We draft/file your PPA from $700 |
GENERAL PATENT SERVICES FEES
[Request a Quote]| Patent Agent Preparation/Prosecution Rate | $160/hr |
| Patent Engineer Rate | $100/hr |
| Legal Assistant Rate | $60/hr |
| Copying/Printing Costs | $0.1/page |
Services that are billed hourly are eligible for a special introductory, initial consultation offer where the first 15 minutes are free. If the free time is not sufficient, we will offer you a special 50% discount off of normal hourly rate for up to one hour, and our normal hourly rate thereafter.
PATENT COST/FEES
Patentability Searching Services (Pay Online)
Flat-rate Prior-art Patent Search Services (Pay Online)
| Basic Search (Simple Mechanical/Design Patents) | $249 |
| Normal Search (Average complexity, Most Mechanical) | $400 |
| Patentability Opinion (for basic/average complexity) | $150 |
Cost Oriented Provisional Patent Application (PPA) Services (1-2 weeks maximum) (Pay Online)
| PPA Do-it-yourself Kit and Inventor's Guide | $49.99 |
| PPA Do-it-yourself Kit with email Support | $99.99 |
| PPA Do-it-yourself Kit with Review | $150 |
| PPA Do-it-yourself Kit with Revision | $300 |
| PPA Do-it-yourself Kit with Drafting Basic | $500 |
| PPA Filing Service (fee for us filling the PPA for you) | $50 |
Quality Oriented Provisional Patent Application (PPA) Services (3-4 weeks maximum) (Pay Online)
| Top Quality (low complexity-high complexity) | $900-$3750 |
| Good Quality (low complexity-high complexity) | $800-3000 |
| OK Quality "Drafting Basic Plus" | $700 |
NOTE: You may deduct the amount paid for Top or Good Quality Oriented Provisional Patent Applications from the prevailing cost of the flat-fee, full Utility Patent Application. Click Here for more details.
Flat-fee
Utility
Patent Application Drafting Services (4-6 weeks) (Pay
Online)
(Click
Here for complexity category descriptions)
U.S. Plant/Design Patent Applications- Flat-fee (3-4 weeks maximum) $800 (Pay Online)
INVENTION DEVELOPMENT FEES
| Patent Consulting Rate | $120/hr |
| Masters Electrical Engineer Consulting Rate | $100/hr |
| Bachelors Electrical Engineer Consulting Rate | $80/hr |
| Marketing Consulting Rate | $72/hr |
| Technical Writing Rate | $60/hr |
| Technical Analysis Report (3-4 weeks) | $700 |
| Invention Disclosure Document (3-4 weeks) | $500 |
† NOTICE: Written estimates for patent services are provided after we receive a complete disclosure of your invention. Fees may be adjusted for many reasons that depend on the details of your case. Generally, unpredictable cases do not qualify for our flat-rate, and are billed hourly. USPTO fees and drawing preparation fees are not included in our indicated fees. Likewise, all subsequent legal services (for example, prosecuting the application) are not included. All fees may change without notice.
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