 Utility Patent
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 Design Patent
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Provisional Patent Application
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Additional Costs (Optional)
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Utility Patent - $7,400*
Utility patents protect the general concept and function of an invention. Utility patents are by far the most common of all patents. They have a life of 20 years from their filing date, provided periodic maintenance fees are paid.
| Base price | $ 7,400* |
| Writing the application | included |
| Formal Drawings | included |
| Filing Forms | included |
| $155 PTO Filing Fee | included |
| $255 PTO Search Fee | included |
| $105 PTO Examination Fee | included |
| Responding to Office Actions | included |
| $720 PTO Issue Fee | included |
| Misc. Phone Calls | included |
| TOTAL COST | $ 7,400* |
* Small entity, e.g. less than 500 employees - add $1,200 for a large entity.
Payment schedule: 25% upfront, 25% upon completing a rough draft of the application, 25% upon filing the application at which point the invention is patent pending. A final 25% is due upon receiving a Notice of Allowance from the Patent Office. If I don't get your patent application allowed, you don't pay that last 25% amount. Plan to pay that last amount, however, as 95% of the patent applications that I file, I get allowed.