Costs for obtaining a patent include US
Patent and Trademark Office fees, Patent Professional fees, and additional
costs associated with prior art search, drawings preparation, etc.
Pastel Law Firm charges are in the range from $75 to $200 per hour,
depending upon type of work, complexity of the application, and
specialist handling the case.
In addition, we offer fixed price
quotes and “not to exceed” quotes. The cost of preparation and
prosecution of your
patent application is also a function of how detailed and thorough
is the invention disclosure, drawings available, etc.
Below we have summarized the government fees
associated with patents and trademarks. The current full
schedule of US PTO fees can be found
here.
| Description |
US PTO Fee |
Notes |
|
PATENTS |
Small Entity |
Regular |
|
| Basic
Filing Fee |
$150.00 |
$300.00 |
Utility Patent |
| Basic
Filing Fee / electronic filing |
$75.00 |
n/a |
Utility Patent |
| Independent claims in
excess of three |
$100 |
$200.00 |
|
| Claims in excess of twenty |
$25.00 |
$50.00 |
|
| Multiple dependent claim |
$180.00 |
$360.00 |
|
| Provisional application
filing fee |
$100.00 |
$200.00 |
|
| Search Fee |
$250.00 |
$500.00 |
Utility Patent |
| Examination Fee |
$100.00 |
$200.00 |
Utility Patent |
| Patent issue fee |
$700.00 |
$1400.00 |
Utility Patent |
| Patent Maintenance Fee 1 |
$450.00 |
$900.00 |
Due at 3.5 years |
| Patent Maintenance Fee 2 |
$1150.00 |
$2300.00 |
Due at 7.5 years |
| Patent Maintenance Fee 3 |
$1900.00 |
$3800.00 |
Due at 11.5 years |
|
TRADEMARKS |
|
|
|
| Application for trademark
registration, per class |
n/a |
$335.00 |
trademark |
| Issuing new certificate of
trademark registration |
n/a |
$100.00 |
trademark |
