PATENT PROCESS OVERVIEW & ESTIMATED COSTS

Idea, conception, and/or

Rough Estimate reduction to practice.
Atty & USPTO Fees NOTE: Reduction to practice can be
filing provisional patent, filing utility
Search relevant patents and other patent, design and/or build prototype
$700+ publications to see if others might have
invented . See, www.google.com/patents

OPTIONAL

$800+ Filing of Provisional Public disclosure, offer

Application Patent for sale, or publication.

No more than 1 year

NOTE: Patent application must be filed no

Filing of U.S.
$4000+ more than one year from date of disclosure.
Patent Application.
Application
If foreign patent rights are desired, patent
application must be filed before any public
0-22 Months disclosure, sale, or publication.
First action on the
merits (FOAM)
usually a rejection. First action issue (rare – Examiners
get points to reject and object)

Interview with Examiner

$1500+
0-6 Months
Response: Amendment
and/or Arguments.

0-6 Months Allowance

Second Office Action
usually FINAL (rejection).

0-4 Months
$2500+
Response: Amendment, Issue fee and formal
RCE Arguments, Interview at drawings now due.
discretion of Examiner, RCE
and/or possible Notice of Appeal.

$1200+
3-8 Months
Appeal,
Advisory action or Patent issues - effective
Details Not
RCE new rejection. 20 years from filing date.
Shown
(Maintenance fee due)
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