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ALL WORK IS QUOTED FREE OF CHARGE & FULL
CONFIDENTIALITY GUARANTEED TO ALL CLIENTS
provisional
applications protect rights to invention with 'Patent Pending' status & provide
an earlier 'effective filing date' for a full application for the same
invention filed up to one year later that is useful in examination
by prohibiting citation of prior art references published afterward:
$(240 - 740) + $110 Filing Fee; Average Total Expense: $600.
searches determine the basis for patentability: advance payment comprises
payment in full if the pertinent prior art 'anticipates' the invention:
$150 - $350 advance payment; Average Expense: $250; while
full searches: required of accelerated examination; are also very
useful to any full application by defining the scope and content of
the prior art that can be cited in rejection during the examination:
$450 - $1,050 incl. 1/3 advance; Average Total Expense: $750.
full, National
applications are prepared with formal drawings in full and proper condition for
allowance & publication as the patent by the US Patent Office and
are filed electronically: saving $82; with request for non-publication
of the application avoiding a $300 fee and encouraging 'Allowance'
as the only way the full Application can be published, thank you.
$(1,500 - 4,500) + $462 Fees; Total Average Expense: $3,462.
petitions to
make special requesting accelerated examination avoid excessive backlogs
for examination of about three years, require a full patentability
search and must be filed with the application electronically:
$(500 - $900) + $130 Filing Fee; Total Ave. Expense: $830.
prosecution consists primarily of 'Replies' to Office 'actions' overcoming the
grounds of rejection: 'anticipation by' or 'obviousness in view of'
the prior art, predominantly; as necessary to achieve allowance.
$(300 - 1,200) per reply: one is average; Average Expense: $750.
continuations 're-start' examination in response to final rejection if the application
was not filed in full condition for allowance. The only alternative is:
appeal which requires filing Notice of and a Brief in Support of Appeal:
$(600 - 2,400) + $540 Filing Fees; Total Ave. Expense $2,040.
maintenance fees are required to keep U.S. Utility (non-design) Patents in force:
$ 490 is payable 3 - 3.5, or $ 555 is due 3.5 - 4, years after issue;
$1,240 is payable 7 - 7.5, or $1,305 is due 7.5 - 8, years after issue;
$2,055 is payable 11-11.5, or $2,120 due 11.5-12, years after issue.
Office fees above are for 'Small Entities': no more than 250 employees;
'Large Entities' generally pay double the fees given here.
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