Patent Costs...

  • Fixed-price quotes are available for patent applications to facilitate budgeting and avoid expensive surprises.
  • Fixed-Price quote includes Description, Claims, Formal Drawings, Forms, IDS, and Recording the Assignment
  • Typical Fixed-Price Quote is 8-12 K$ for Technical patents, + $400 Gov't Filing Fee
  • U.S. Patent Search is $ 500
  • Prosecution work such as amendments and other paperwork is billed at the hourly rate.
  • Litigation-support work is normally billed at a higher rate.
Lower-Cost Alternatives...

Individual inventors and un-funded startup companies often cannot afford the high costs charged by patent professionals. Discount patent work is generally not available due to the extremely high demand for this kind of work. However, some low-cost resources are:

An excellent book that teaches you how to write a patent is "Patent it Yourself", by David Pressman, published by Nolo Press.

The city of Sunnyvale has a Patent Library. Many resources are available here at low cost, such as an inventor's club.  

Stuart T. Auvinen

Patent Agent

Reg. No. 36,435

        

gpatent@gmail.com 

gPatent LLC

429 26th Ave.

Santa Cruz, CA 95062

(831) 476-5506

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