Attorney-Drafted & Filed Provisional Patent Application
A streamlined provisional offering listed on the firm's website at a promotional rate.
Attorney-Reviewed & Filed Provisional Patent Application (Client-Drafted)
Sophisticated inventors who will supply a substantially complete written disclosure and want attorney review and filing.
$1,500.00
Engagement type: Flat Fee
Attorney fee: $1,500
$1,500 (flat, attorney fee only)
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.
Best for
Sophisticated inventors who will supply a substantially complete written disclosure and want attorney review and filing.
What’s included
- Attorney review of client-supplied draft for filing-readiness.
- Light edits and addition of a minimum claim set if missing.
- Filing with the USPTO.
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.
- Substantive rewriting of the client-supplied draft.
- USPTO filing fees, formal drawings.
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.
- Provide a complete written disclosure suitable for filing.
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.
- Material supplied is filing-ready or near-ready.
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.
- If review reveals the draft requires substantive rewriting, an upgrade to a Full Draft engagement may be proposed.
Deliverables
Filed provisional and confirmation.
Typical timing
Typically 1–2 weeks from receipt of complete draft.
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