PATENT PROSECUTION

IP Authority, LLC offers expertise in the full range of U.S. patent prosecution services.  Our depth of expertise and integrated approach allows us to assemble flexible teams from our firm and associate firms, as the case requires, ensuring our clients have available the legal and technical skills to utilize and exploit their intellectual property.

Typical patent prosecution services include:
•Preparing US, PCT, foreign regional and national patent applications
•Preparing Petitions to Make Special for Accelerated Examination 
•Preparing/filing Office Action responses 
•Preparing Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Requests 
•Preparing Appeal Briefs and responses to Examiner’s Reply Briefs 
•Conducting Examiner Interviews to further prosecution with minimal file wrapper estoppels

PATENT PROSECUTION FEES

PRE-FILING
Provisional utility patent application preparation..............................$600 (min)
Non-Provisional patent application preparation...….............................$6,000 (min)
Formal drawings preparation.................................................................$150/drawing
Non-provisional design patent application preparation...…................$1,000 (min)
Declaration/Assignment preparation.....................................$150

Power of Attorney (POA) preparation.................................$150

Application Data Sheet (ADS) preparation..........................$180

Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) preparation........$180

Petition for accelerated prosecution preparation....................$3,500

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POST-FILING
Restriction/Election Response (without traverse)............$360

Restriction/Election Response (with traverse)...............….............$780 (min)

Missing Parts Response........................…........................….............$250 (min)

Office action response......……............................................................$1,900 (min)
Examiner interview.............................................................................$600 (min)

Divisional Application................................….....................................$550 (min)

Continuation/Continuation-in-Part Application..............................$3,000 (min)

Pre-appeal brief conference request................................................$1,300 (min)
Appeal Brief Preparation.....................................................................$2,600 (min)
Notice of Allowance (NoA) Review....................................$300

Processing Issue Fee Transmittal..................…..….….…......$150

Proofreading Issued Patent......…..............…..….….….….…......$300

Certificate-of-Correction (CoC).................….….….…......$150

Maintenance Fee Services (based on 1 reminder).............…..…..$150 (min)

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NOTE:
1. Please allow at least 3-4 weeks for preparation of drafts
2. All estimates above exclude required USPTO Fees