Attorney-Drafted & Filed Provisional Patent Application
A streamlined provisional offering listed on the firm's website at a promotional rate.
FTO — Biotech / Life Sciences
FTO work in biologics, therapeutics, devices, and platform biotech where literature and patent volume scale rapidly.
$2,500.00
$12,500.00
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
$2,500.00
$6,500.00
$12,500.00
Engagement type: Tiered Fee
Attorney fee: $2,500 / $6,500 / $12,500
Tier 1: $2,500 · Tier 2: $6,500 · Tier 3: $12,500
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.
Best for
FTO work in biologics, therapeutics, devices, and platform biotech where literature and patent volume scale rapidly.
What’s included
- Tier 1 — focused single-target / single-mechanism scan.
- Tier 2 — broader search across target, mechanism, and method-of-treatment space, with written opinion.
- Tier 3 — comprehensive landscape-style FTO with claim-charting of the most relevant in-force references.
What’s NOT included
- Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
- Continued prosecution, additional office actions, or post-allowance work beyond what is expressly itemized.
- Litigation, contested proceedings (IPR/PGR/PTAB, oppositions, cancellations), or appeal work.
- Work on additional applications, jurisdictions, classes, or marks not listed in the engagement letter.
- Sequence-level worldwide searches beyond standard databases.
- Regulatory pathway opinions (see IP/FDA service).
Client responsibilities
- Provide complete, accurate, and timely technical / business disclosures.
- Review and approve drafts and filings before submission.
- Pay government and third-party fees in advance of any filing deadline.
- Identify targets, mechanisms, indications, geography, and any known competitor patents.
Assumptions
- Standard complexity for the service category.
- One primary applicant or business entity; one primary jurisdiction unless otherwise stated.
- One round of substantive client revisions included.
- No material adverse facts (e.g., prior public disclosure, intervening prior art) discovered after engagement.
Scope-change triggers
- Material change in scope, claims, embodiments, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
- Adversarial action by a third party (opposition, cancellation, declaratory action).
- Expedited / emergency turnaround required to meet a statutory or self-imposed deadline.
- After-discovered prior art, prior use, or undisclosed prior filings.
- Adding indications, targets, or jurisdictions can move the engagement to a higher tier.
Deliverables
Tiered FTO report and written attorney commentary.
Typical timing
Tier 1: 2–3 weeks · Tier 2: 4–6 weeks · Tier 3: 6–10 weeks.
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