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Overview of our flat rate patent search practice
Why is a patent search important?
Why does it matter who does my patent search?
What to expect after you order the patent search
What our Patent Search Reports Generally Include

An Article on Understanding Patent Search Practice

Discover the closest competing Prior-Art patents before investing much into your idea.

Obtaining broad, high quality patent protection requires specialized legal and technical expertise, and the investment of several thousands dollars- typically at a cost of about $6-10K to prepare and file the Utility patent application (which is how to patent your idea). However, if you are a small entity (i.e., a small business with < 50 employees, start-up, or individual) on a relatively limited budget due to the recession, we can provide you fee reduction assistance (often 50% off) when our docket permits.

Currently, given the relatively weak economy, we have some spare capacity with regard to small entity casework, so you can now take advantage of a low flat-fee offer -only $249 for our top of the line patent search, opinion, and consultation (normally $1200), which comes free with a very low cost full Utility patent application, and 50% off for quality provisional patents.

SPECIAL OFFER: Just follow click on this Small Entity Special Offer link for more details.

As experts in patents and patent research, our legal practice has been very successful in winning valuable patents (click here for 100's of sample patents) for our clients. Clients of the firm always deal directly with our principle partner, Ariel Bentolila, on all of their legal matters, and are assured personal attention, open and direct communication, and the highest quality legal services, which we have consistently rendered to well over 1000 clients served over our 10 years of legal practice. We look forward to adding you to our ever growing ranks of satisfied clients (click here for representative client endorsements).

US Patentability Search (1-2 weeks)

The below flat-fee patent research work is conducted by one of our highly seasoned researcher professionals having at least a Bachelors of Science in Electrical/Computer, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, depending on the technical area of the invention. Our search team leader and staff are exclusively former US Patent Office (USPTO) Patent Examiners who were trained by the USPTO in their exclusive patent search and examination methods to efficiently discover prior-art that they use to reject patents. We guarantee that the researcher working on your research case will be a former Patent Examiner having at least 1-3 years experience at the USPTO using their same advanced patent searching systems, and will be one of the best in the Industry. Our "pro" level searches are performed by one of the top Patent Examiners at the USPTO- he has over 7 years Patent Examination experience, and is better than 95% of all searchers/examiners. We believe that this competitive edge is a distinguishing factor that enables our quality of patent research to be unsurpassed.

We conduct our patent research through our Washington DC office using a wide variety of patent databases including the USPTO's advanced "EAST" system, which is practically the same search system used by USPTO Patent Examiners.

We find that when inventors do there own search, what they find tends to be pretty remote, and almost never the best prior art that the USPTO will find. Even many patent search firms that use expensive commercial search engines get poor results because such online search engines still do not compare to searches done on the advanced EAST system at the USPTO. Moreover, when you combine the USPTO search engine with the capabilities of our expert Patent Examiner searchers, we find you get search results that are very comparable to USPTO primary examiner searches. That is, the vast majority of the time the USPTO does not find any better prior-art than what we already discover first.

Moreover, with Bay Area IP you are also guaranteed that your invention always stays in the safety and competence of the USA. Unfortunately, many in the patent industry employ non-technical/non-legal patent researchers, or worse yet, many outsource your invention and patent research work overseas (e.g., to India, or Asia) without you knowing it, which risks your idea being stolen without any legal recourse by foreigners who are completely outside our legal system.

Our US patent searches will include full text US Patent Publications and granted US Patents going all the way back to the very first set of patents.

Item	Service	Description	Cost	Order Now (click for more details)
SP01	Basic US Search	Basic US Patent Search	$275
SP15	Normal US Search	Normal US Patent Search	$400
SP19	Advanced US Search	Advanced US Patent Search	$500
SP02	Basic US, Pro	Basic US Patent Search, conducted by our Top Patent Examiner.	$400
SP17	Normal US, Pro	Normal US Patent Search, conducted by our Top Patent Examiner.	$550
SP21	Advanced US, Pro	Advanced US Patent Search, conducted by our Top Patent Examiner.	$700
SP09	Patentability Opinion	Legal Patentability Analysis of the closest prior-art patents found (within a few days, DOES NOT INCLUDE A SEARCH)	$150
SP11	Advanced Patentability Opinion	Advanced Legal Patentability Analysis of the closest prior-art patents found (within a few days, DOES NOT INCLUDE A SEARCH)	$250

The above options cover United States (US) patents and published US patent application. It should be noted that given the US is the largest market in the world it is very common that International patents are also filed in the US (especially for mass market or high tech inventions), whereby the US search generally discovers most, if not all, of the most relevant patent prior-art throughout the world. The "Basic US Search" level is usually adequate to achieve a basic confidence that your same invention has not been already patented in the US. The "Normal US Search" level is much more in-depth that the basic level, and usually adequate to achieve a good confidence that your same or highly similar invention has not been already patented in the US. See the next section for international patent research. The "Normal" level is usually the best balance between cost and thoroughness. The "Advanced" level is our most comprehensive level of flat-fee patent research and seeks to determine with reasonably high confidence if the exact invention exist, or an analogous variation can be construed based on one or more prior-art reference separately or in combination.

To provide you a service commensurate with your financial situation and invention protection goals, we provide various levels of patent searching options, each providing different degrees of depth and breadth of our prior-art patent search. Our our most basic patent search, our goal is to determine, with some confidence, if the exact invention has been previously disclosed in a patent. Our most comprehensive level of patent search we search patents and published patent application.

Usually, our patent research is completed in about a week for most jobs. We realize many inventors/companies require fast turnaround times so we make sure to maintain adequate staff to keep it faster (with no extra rush charge) than the industry-standard 2-4 weeks.

Regarding our patent research practice, generally, our search results and our patentability opinions (when ordered) knockout a relatively high percentage of searched inventions, and we make sure that we have a high integrity about not having an "optimistic eye" that leads many other organizations to gloss over problematic prior-art just to get your future business.

US and International Patentability search (1 week)

The below flat-fee International patent research work performs the US Patent research as described above and expands the search to include a worldwide patent search (of over 50 million patents) for the most relevant prior art that can be used to reject your invention. It covers US Patent Publications, US Patents (going all the way back to the very first set of patents), European Patent Office (and all member countries), Japanese Patent Office (and all member countries), World Intellectual Property Organization (and all member countries), Derwent and the actual patents of lesser developed countries. All are full text with non-English text being provided with an English language abstract.

The "Basic Search" level is usually adequate to achieve a basic confidence that your same invention has not been already patented in the US. The "Normal Search" level is much more in-depth than the basic level, and usually adequate to achieve a good confidence that your same or highly similar invention has not been already patented. The "Normal" level is usually the best balance between cost and thoroughness. The "Advanced Search" level is our most comprehensive level of flat-fee patent research and seeks to determine with reasonably high confidence if the exact invention exist, or analogous variation can be construed based on one or more prior-art reference separately or in combination.

For help deciding the right level of service for your situation please [Click Here].

Item	Service	Description	Cost	Order Now
SP23	Basic US & Inter.	Basic US & International Patent Search	$400
SP03	Normal US & Inter.	Normal US & International Patent Search	$500
SP05	Advanced US/Intern.	Advanced US & International Patent Search	$650
SP25	Basic US & Intern. Pro	Basic US & International Patent Search Engineering.	$500
SP04	Normal US & Intern. Pro	Normal US & International Patent Search engineering.	$650
SP06	Advanced US/Intern. Pro	Advanced US & International Patent Search	$900
SP09	Patentability Opinion	Normal level Legal Patentability Analysis of the closest prior-art patents (usually within a few days, DOES NOT INCLUDE A SEARCH)	$150
SP11	Advanced Patentability Opinion	Advanced level Legal Patentability Analysis of the closest prior-art patents (usually within a few days, DOES NOT INCLUDE A SEARCH)	$250

What to expect after you order the patent search

The general process proceeds as follows:

Upon your payment being honored, we email you confirmation including instructions on how to securely submit your completed invention description form (questionnaire) to us confidentially. While by law, as with all patent law attorneys, we are bound to keep all inventor confidential information secret, as an additional layer of protection, we can provide a signed confidentiality agreement (i.e., nondisclosure agreement, or NDA) covering the invention submission. Note that Registered Patent Attorneys are obligated by law to preserve their clients' proprietary information in strict confidence, otherwise he or she can be permanently barred personally from ever practicing in patents or any other area of law. Moreover, all employees of Bay Area IP have signed nondisclosure agreements.
Your case will be assigned to a Patent Search professional credentialed according to the level of service procured (but, always highly competent in the mechanical, industrial, electrical, software, and computer arts), who will email you asking any additional information or clarifications if required.
Within 1-2 days, an estimated completion date will be communicated to you (4-7 days rush available).
A patent search report will be generated and delivered to you by secure email. The patent search report contains the Patent Search results, soft copies of the closest references found, and is suitable to be presented to a Registered Patent Practitioner for a patentability opinion. Your patent search report is yours to do with as you see fit.
If we also received an order for a patentability opinion, then a Registered Patent Practitioner will render a patentability opinion and provide their patentability analysis and advice to you (usually in a few days the patent search results are available).
After we deliver your patent search report and/or any ordered patentability opinion, we will not proceed to perform any further work until we receive instructions and payment for additional services you wish to procure based on the results.
The patents identified in the patent search report can be submitted in an information disclosure statement with your utility patent application as required by law.

Patent Prior-Art Search

A FAQ/Help Guide to Our Serching Services
Our Flat-rate Patent Search Services
Why it is important to conduct a patent prior-art search
Prior Art Search/Pre-examination Search
Non-Patent Literature Search
Foreign Patent Prior-art Search
Validity Search
What Search Reports Include
How Good Is a Patent Search?

Why it is important to conduct a patent prior-art search

Is my invention or idea patentable? This is usually an inventor’s first question. There are certain preliminary patentability requirementsregarding the nature of the invention that you can have us quickly assess through our special free initial consultation offer. However, in addition to being an acceptable type of invention, the invention must be novel with respect to relevant prior art.

With over 6 million US patents, 40 million worldwide, and millions of printed publications, which are all potential prior-art against your application, there is a good chance that some reference, or combination of references, may render your invention anticipated or obvious, and therefore unpatentable. A prior-art patentability search can avoid loosing your investment in a patent application if the search discovers prior references that would likely preclude patenting your invention.

Moreover, in light of a seminal court decision referred to as “Festo” it is now practically mandatory to do an extensive prior-art patentability search to ensure that your patent will have maximal scope through an important legal mechanism known as the “Doctrine of Equivalence”. In the worst case, Festo could reduce what would have otherwise been a broad patent to one that narrowly covers only your exact invention. This would make your patent of minimal value because potential licensees would simply design around the narrowly interpreted claims. Many patent attorneys still tell their clients it is OK to skip doing a prior-art search; however, under Festo you skip doing a prior-art search at your own risk. Because, if there is any prior-art that the patent examiner finds, which requires your patent attorney to amend the claims around, you loose all equivalents related to the aspect he had to narrow. If you expect to sell/license your invention or you ever plan to enforce your patent in court, you should have an extensive prior-art patentability search done. The prior art found by such a search allows your patent practitioner to carefully craft the claims around the prior art, and more accurately decide what should be in the spec. Under Festo, getting it right the first time (i.e., upon filing the application) is critical. Many patent attorneys, particularly ones in the business for a long time, have not updated their patent practice, and may tell you an extensive prior-art search is not necessary, but do not believe it.

Another benefit of an extensive prior art search, if done well, is that patent examiners will often rely on the references you provide as the basis for their examination. This tends to make the prosecution much cleaner and less costly, thereby resulting in a greater likelihood of a patent being awarded quickly, if not on the first office action. Typically, some portion of what is spent for a quality patentability search can be recouped later by lower prosecution costs.

Considering the significant investment of time and money involved in a non-provisional patent application, a comprehensive patentability search and patentability opinion is a prudent upfront investment to safeguard your invention and conserve limited resources.

For at least the foregoing reasons, before having your patent application prepared we strongly urge you to do your own prior-art search as a starting point to seed a professional patentability search. This will give us a more focused starting place, thereby significantly increasing the quality and comprehensiveness of our search results. You should search the USPTO and WIPO (if appropriate) databases as best you can. The marketplace is another place for you to begin looking if your invention, product, or mark already exists in the public domain. Often, by using the Internet inventors can determine if their invention or product has been publicly disclosed or used. Your search effort, in combination with our professional search significantly increases the likelihood that we have found all pertinent reference that an examiner or an opposing party will find. For more details, please review our prior-art patentability search page.

Prior Art Search/Pre-examination Search

This common search finds the most related prior-art patents pertinent to the patentability of your invention. Typically, 5-15 prior-art patents are found and may serve as a basis for a patentability opinion , and are submitted in an invention disclosure statement with your patent applications filing.

Non-Patent Literature Search

Non-patent publications are prior art for all they disclose just like a patent publication. We search literature in over 100 US databases, and other online resources. Typically, the search returns abstracts and/or the full-text of relevant publications. Often, the Full text of the abstracts is available with copyright permission at a cost of $20-$45/publication.

Foreign Patent Prior-art Search

Foreign art that reads onto your claimed invention can prevent you from attaining a patent. We search major national and international databases for relevant foreign patents.

Validity Search

Our thorough validity search provides patent and non-patent prior-art that the reference patent tends to read on. That is, we find prior-art that is within the reference patent’s broadest claim scope. Such prior-art serves as a basis for a legal opinion against infringement or as due diligence prior to selling or license a patent. We provide a detailed graph that charts validity for a sufficient number of independent claims.

What Patent Search Reports Include

Our search reports typically list, and attach, 5 to 15 related national and/or international patents wherein the most representative patents include a brief and relevant description with reference to exact claims, figures, and/or specification lines used. We further indicate what USPTO or international classes and subclasses we searched. The search report is suitable as a basis for a patentability opinion. Unlike many patent searching agencies who have little, if any, technical or patent law knowledge, Bay Area IP increases the evidentiary value of your search report by including a commentary in your report of any caveats or contextual information that we know to be critical to support a proper analysis by your agent or attorney performing the patentability opinion. The search report, including our detailed commentary, is yours to keep, and use as you will. Of course, we would like to have you also choose us for your patentability opinion and patent application, but our searching services are a separate activity at our firm and there is no pressure, questions, or ‘hooks’ against you taking your search report to another firm, for any reason.

How Good Is a Patent Search?

Unfortunately, no one can guarantee a patent search, not even the USPTO. To provide you a service commensurate with your financial situation, we provide various levels of searching options, each providing different degrees of depth and breadth of our search. In our most basic search , our goal is to determine, with high confidence, if the exact invention has been previously disclosed in a patent. In our most comprehensive level of search we search patents and printed publications to determine, with high confidence, if the exact invention exist, or an obvious variation can be construed based on one or more prior-art reference in combination. A patentability opinion would then be rendered to advise you if you should proceed with a patent application. The corresponding cost can run from a couple of hundred dollars (e.g., if you did an extensive search and the patentability opinion is strait forward) to a thousand dollars (e.g., if you did not do an extensive search for a complex technical area where the patentability opinion is not strait forward) or more. For clients on very limited budgets it often makes sense for them to do a preliminary online search, and then have us do a basic search combined with a patentability opinion as a basis for proceeding forward to draft/file a patent application.

Generally, when cost is not a top constraint the more time spent searching, up to some limit, and the broader the search scope, the more likely that we are to find substantially the same or similar prior-art that the examiner (who has a very limited time to search) will find, thereby significantly increasing the likelihood of a patent being awarded with a relatively clean prosecution history. However, because patent classes and subclasses are used in some aspects of the search, it is entirely possible that some very pertinent patents have been misclassified, and hence potentially missed. An additional level of uncertainty stems from the fact that only issued patents and published patent applications are searchable outside a patent office. A secret pending application may exist (for at least 18 months, and sometimes all the way until issuance) that the examiner could assert against your application. Other sources of missed references can arise from references (sometimes buried within hundreds) that are obscured by using non-standard terms and/or generic (or misleading) titles/abstracts, or figures. Some other search limitations arise from limitations in the USPTO database, which include the following:

Patents issued from 1790 through 1975 are searchable only by patent number and current US classifications.
Current US Patent Classification data in the Database may not necessarily match the classification data appearing in the original printed patent.
Changes to patent documents contained in Certificates of Correction and Re-examinations Certificates are not searchable.
Neither assignment changes nor address changes recorded at the USPTO are reflected in the patent database.

Thus, it should be clear that the effectiveness of any patentability search depends on many uncertain factors. Our searcher’s strong knowledge of patent practice and technology combined with excellent searching skills can significantly increase the accuracy and efficiency of the searching process. The exact choice of cost limits, search scope, and searching professional is made on a case-by-case basis depending on our client’s particular goals and risk tolerance level.

Article on Understanding Patent Search Practice

Thank you for your interest in Bay Area Intellectual Property Group (Bay Area IP) to explore affordable ways we can help you protect your innovation(s) and business interests in the USA and internationally.

We are a Silicon Valley based Patent Firm with a Global presence. We are longstanding, registered members of the US Patent Bar- fully experienced and licensed to practice in all patent matters before the US Patent and Trademark office (USPTO) and World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO). As the principal partner of Bay Area IP Group, I welcome you, and will initially impart some wisdom below that will hopefully help you to become more informed about the patent process and choosing your patent attorney representation.

“You should never trust any Patent Attorney/Firm that does not strongly urge you to first have a professional patent search done, because they clearly do not have your best interests in mind”

I would expect that since you found this web page via a web search engine you are most likely a small entity (i.e., individuals and small business with < 100 employees). I must admit that, unfortunately, most patent law firms do not serve small entities well, if at all. We are different, however. While much of our work is indeed rendered to corporate clientele, we do respect and take serious "the little guy/gal". Rest assured that Bay Area IP will render effective legal services of your behalf and give you a very positive client experience. Read on below to discover why you will want to enlist us a valuable member of your business/invention team.

Bay Area IP is a result-oriented firm that seeks to maximize client value to build long term relationships, even if it is at the expense of near-term revenues. In contrast, many firms (automatically) accept new cases before performing the important due diligence that helps to assure that a patent is indeed warranted or even possible for a given client situation, and not just a waste of time and money. Bay Area IP always strongly urges its small entity clients (who are the most likely to not be aware of related prior-art) to have a professional patent search and patentability legal opinion done before filing for a patent. You should never trust any Patent Attorney/Firm that does not strongly urge you to first have a professional patent search done, because they clearly do not have your best interests in mind.

Some basic questions you should be asking yourself are:

“Has my idea/product/process already been patented?”

Because if it has, you will be legally blocked from making and selling it to anyone.
“Is my idea/product/process patentable?”

Because you have to own your innovation to sell/license it or stop others from taking it, so if it cannot be patented then in nearly all circumstances, it has little commercial value. The reason being that if no matter who launches it in the marketplace, if it is successful, it will be instantly copied without patent protection. Moreover, very few, if any, investors, marketers, or companies will be interested in something that does not protect there significant investment.
“Is my idea/product/process differentiated enough to have a good chance to succeed in the marketplace?”

Because if it is not then who will want to buy it?
“Is the industry segment that my idea/product/process applies to receiving a significant amount of investment attention?”

If it is, then it could be a good sign that other smart people/companies have identified your market segment as something well worth investing in. This can significantly lower investment risk if the above questions are answered favorably; and, makes it much more likely that investors/companies are putting money into things like yours.

“you have to own your innovation to sell/license it or stop others from taking/copying it, so if it cannot be patented then in nearly all circumstances, it has little commercial value.”

Actually, our in-depth patent research and evaluations are exactly designed to be the foundation for answering these, and many more, important decision-making patent and business questions. Moreover, all things being equal, before making a purchase, licensing, or investment decision, investors and companies always want to see that a deep patent search was done and it had a favorable patentability legal opinion. If they demand a favorable patent search before going ahead, shouldn’t you?

“before making a buy-out, licensing, or investment decision, investors and companies always want to see that a deep patent search was done and it had a favorable patentability legal opinion. If they demand a favorable patent search before going ahead, shouldn’t you?"

Another aspect of the patent search that alludes most small entities is who is actually doing your patent search, and done on what kind of search system? If you call around you will get different answers. Most firms outsource there patent searches, and some of those companies outsource to foreign companies (esp. India and Bangladesh)- very risky. Many respectable law firms outside of Washginton DC will use (relatively weak/limited) online patent database engine like Delphion; however, most reputable firms will outsource their patent search to Washington DC based companies. Why you ask? Because they know that the absolutely best search system and database to use is ONLY located at the USPTO’s very sophisticated EAST system and database, which is EXACTLY the same system that the Patent Examiners use to find the “prior-art” the will base any rejection of your patent upon. If the Patent Examiner finds prior art they’ll reject your patent, otherwise, you will get your patent.

So, you have to ask yourself, what competent attorney or law firm acting in your best interest would not use the same tools that the Patent Examiners use? Hence, it is unwise to trust or use any law firm that does not have all their patent searches done using the same search systems that the Patent Examiners use; that is, the USPTO’s EAST system in Washington DC. We do all our patent searches on the USPTO’s advanced EAST system out of our Washington DC office.

“It is unwise to trust or use any law firm that does not have all their patent searches done using the same search systems that the Patent Examiners use; that is, the USPTO’s EAST system in Washington DC”

If the law firm you are considering does indeed have all their patent searches done on the USPTO’s EAST system, then you have to ask yourself who is actually doing your patent search? Of course, the answer to that question is just as important as what systems and databases they use. Most reputable patent search companies employ experienced search technicians that are good at finding relevant prior art. However, how good? Well, usually, they are good enough to turn up enough patents so that you think they did a reasonable search, and it is most often a favorable report, only later to find out that their patent application was rejected by much better patents that the Patent Examiner found. Patent Examiners are trained like bloodhounds to find the best prior art (patents) so that they can reject your patent. So, a regular patent search technician, no matter how good, just will not cut it, even if they are on a great search engine like the USPTO’s EAST system.

“Patent Examiners are trained like bloodhounds to find the best prior art (patents) so that they can reject your patent. … This is a big reason why most patents are initially and rejected. … That is why we only employ former Patent Examiners to do all our patent research work at the USPTO’s advanced EAST system”

This is a big reason why most patents are initially and rejected. A well trained Patent Examiner will be deciding the fate of you patent rights based on any patents they find close enough to use against you; so, if you had a choice, would you not rather have your patent search done by a Patent Examiner using their systems/methods? So, we realized this problem many years ago, and decided to take another approach; that is, we only employ former Patent Examiners who do all our patent research work at the USPTO’s advanced EAST search system. Patent Examiners cost great deal more and are very hard to come by, which likely explains why we have yet to find a competitor able to match us in this regard. Our top patent researchers knock out at least 40% of all submissions we get. That saves our clients a lot of money they would have spent unwisely otherwise. Our competitors tend to knock out only 10-20% at best, usually only 5%, which means the USPTO Examiners will often knock out their clients patents after the patent filing, at great expense.

“A well trained Patent Examiner will be deciding the fate of you patent rights based on any patents they find close enough to use against you; so, if you had a choice, would you not rather have your patent search done by a Patent Examiner using their systems/methods?”

The answer is obvious, and Bay Area IP provides you this highly sought after combination of employing Patent Examiner on the advanced EAST system that will give you a solid basis for your first big decision and the absolute best chance of winning a patent if our legal analysis finds a patent filing is advisable.

“Our top patent researchers knock out at least 40-50% of all submissions we get. That saves our clients a lot of money they would have lost otherwise. Our competitors tend to knock out only 10-20% at best, usually only 5%.”

Now that you know about our strong patent research practice, you should learn about our equally strong patent practice, and above all, our extensive patent prosecution experience. There are 4 generally accepted metrics that clients should use to determine the reputation of your attorney and his/her patent firm. Click Here to see the List. Bay Area IP measures up very well in this respect. Bay Area IP has been serving high-tech companies for almost 10 years, and successfully filed many 100's of patents. And, our legal professionals have many more years of experience than that. As mentioned above, I think an equally important metric is what actual clients say. We openly post many representative testimonials from our corporate and individual clients through out the USA and worldwide- click here for real testimonials. I think many testimonials are much more valuable than single references because at most a firm would give you 1-3 references, however, we can provide you dozens of client testimonials, each of which would provide a very favorable reference. We appreciate the opportunity to put our extensive experience and service to work for you.

"Less than 1 percent of all lawyers are registered to practice before the United States Patent Office."

Did you know that less than 1 percent of all lawyers are registered to practice before the United States Patent Office? Why limit your choice of a lawyer even further by focusing on the tiny handful of patent lawyers that happen to be within driving distance of you? As you might imagine, it is extremely unlikely that the best talent at the lowest cost just happens to be in your "backyard". Patent work is all about working with ideas and information, which lends itself to enjoying a productive attorney-client relationship no matter where you are located.

Bay Area IP's clients include individual inventors, law firms, small to medium-sized businesses, and large, well-known corporations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and worldwide.

In our experience, small entities are the ones who usually use the Internet to find reputable patent law firm representation at an affordable price, since budgets tend to be tight these days. If this is your situation, Bay Area IP can offer you cost reduction assistance (only for individuals and small business with < 100 employees). Accordingly, will offer you a special flat-fee that, for a limited time, provides you a low, fixed price (all patent related fees included), which flat-fee is guaranteed not to go up and includes many additional valuable patent related services and official fees at no extra charge. This Internet-Only flat-fee reduction offer will save you a great deal of money off our already competitive rates that Bay Area IP bills our corporate clients. To submit a quote request CLICK HERE, and we will send you a written quote letter with all the flat-fee offer details. I am sure you will find it very favorable; and, given our proven track record of quality work and happy clients, this is an offer you will not want to miss out on.

With our strong patent search and patent practices being currently offered at an affordable rate, we have formulated an efficient win/win approach to help under served small entities receive high quality and flexibility at an affordable cost. This enables you to attain quality work, contain cost, and optimize our level of service to fit your unique goals and financial situation.

If you are watching your budget, you will want to act now while this flat-fee package offer is still active.

To take advantage of a special offer that includes our top of the line search, opinion, and legal consultation at a very low price, simply click on this patent search offer link or quote request links above, or give us a toll-free call for more information at 1-888-89PATENT (1-888-897-2836).

Sincerely,

Ariel S. Bentolila

Principal Partner, Bay Area IP, llc

US Patent Bar no. 52614

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