Patent Drawing Preparation Services     (2-3 weeks)

• Patent practitioner’s time communicating with the draftsman is billable and not included below.
• Payment-  e.g., for $270:  Add to cart 2 X HDP1 and 7 X HDP2
• NOTE: All online payments include a 3% convenience fee to defray the cost of online payment processing

Item #

Service Description

Cost $U.S.

Payment

HDP1

$100 Draftsman Payment (set quantity in cart, e.g., for $200, set Qty = 2)

$100

HDP2

$10 Draftsman Payment (set quantity in cart, e.g., for $70, set Qty = 7)

$10

DRW1

Very Simple Flowchart Drawing

$40/sheet

DRW2

Simple Flowchart/Graph Drawing

$60/sheet

DRW3

Simple Mechanical And Complex Schematics Drawing

$80/sheet

DRW4

Complex Mechanical Drawing

$120/sheet

DRW5

Very Complex Isometric/Perspective Drawing

$160/sheet

USPTO Small Entity Fees

Item #

Service Description

Cost $U.S.

Payment

US01

Utility Filing Fee
37 CFR 1.16(a)

$500

US03

Independent claims over 3-
37 CFR CFR 1.16(c)

$100

US05

Claims over 20
37 CFR 1.16(c)

$25

US07

Surcharge - Late filing fee/oath
37 CFR 1.16(e)

$65

US09

Design filing fee
37 CFR CFR CFR 1.16(f)

$215

US11

Plant filing fee
37 CFR CFR 1.16(g)

$265

US13

Reissue filing fee
37 CFR CFR 1.16(h)

$395

US15

Provisional application filing fee
37 CFR 1.16(k)

$100

US17

Late provisional filing fee/cover sheet 37 CFR 1.16(l)

$25

US19

Utility issue fee
37 CFR CFR 1.18(a)

$700

US21

Design issue fee
37 CFR CFR 1.18(b)

$400

US23

Plant issue fee
37 CFR CFR 1.18(c)

$550

US25

Publication fee
37 CFR CFR 1.18(d)

$300

US27

RCE   37 CFR CFR 1.17(e)

$395

US29

Processing fee
37 CFR 1.17(i)

$130

US31

Design Application Expedited Exam.
37 CFR 1.17(k)

$900

US32

Submission of an Information Disclosure Statement
37 CFR 1.17(p)

$180.00

US33

2005 Utility Filing Fee, difference payment

$105

Expedited Task Surcharges

• turn-around time means the time from the day we receive the enabling information required to perform the given task to the day the deliverable is due.
• Generally, patent drafting tasks have a standard 4-6 week turn-around time.
• Generally, IP searching tasks have a standard 1-2 week turn-around time.
• Generally, Invention Development tasks have a standard 3-4 week turn-around time.
• The stated surcharge percentages are the premium charged above normal fees.
• We cannot always accommodate a request to expedite a case- at times our caseload may preclude the extra work.

Service Description

Surcharge

Patent Drafting Tasks w/ at most 3-5 weeks turn-around time

25-40%

Patent Drafting Tasks w/ at most 2 weeks turn-around time

50%

Patent Drafting Tasks w/ at most 1 week turn-around time

100%

IP Searching Tasks w/ at most 1 week turn-around time

25%

IP Searching Tasks w/ at most 4 days turn-around time

50%

IP Searching Tasks w/ at most 2 days turn-around time

100%

Invention Dev. tasks w/ at most 2 week turn-around time.

25%

Invention Dev. tasks w/ at most 1 week turn-around time.

50%

Administrative Costs (billed at cost)

Item #

Service Description

Cost $U.S.

Payment

AC01

B/W Copy Costs (for filings, IDS, etc)

$0.15/pg

AC02

USPS Express Mail- Post Office to Addressee

$15.00

AC03

Patent Copies

$5/copy

AC04

Long Distance Telephone Calls

$0.15/min