Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 6

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How Much Does A Provisional Patent Application Cost?

The answer to this question mostly depends who drafts and files your provisional patent application as well as the size of your business.

Governmental Fees: The USPTO governmental fees for filing a provisional patent application are:

$260 for a large entity (generally a business with more than 500 employees),
$130 for a small entity (generally less than 500 employees),
$65 for a micro entity (generally university related, non-for-profit, or no inventors had filed 4 or more patent applications).

USPTO fees change over time. These were current on July 14, 2016.

Patent Attorney Fees: According to the 2015 AIPLA annual survey, the service fees for having professional U.S. patent attorney or U.S. patent agent prepare your provisional patent application average from $2,000 to $6,000, depending greatly on the patent attorney you choose. Typically, biotech, chemical, and electronic patent applications cost more to draft.

Provisional Patent Applications

1. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 1

2. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 2

3. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 3

4. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 4

5. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 5

6. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 6

7. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 7

8. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 8

9. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 9

10. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 10

11. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 11

12. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 12

13. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 13

14. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 14

15. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 15

16. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 16

17. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 17

18. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 18

19. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 19

20. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 20

21. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 21

22. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 22

23. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 23

24. Provisional Patent Applications: What You Need To Know, Part 24