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Pricing & Payment
Transparent Flat-Rate Pricing.
Premium Representation.Capped Caseloads.
Most engagements are a single attorney fee for a written scope. Some scale by tier after a short intake. Ongoing counsel is a monthly subscription. Contested, multi-party, or federal instruments are custom-quoted before work starts.
Market-benchmarked pricing
We check the market every quarter, and we publish what we find.
Our flat fees are set against a survey of published law firm pricing, not against what we feel like charging. Here is the evidence behind the figures on this page.
80+
Competitor firms surveyed for this pricing round
119
Services with a published price, out of 127
~30%
Below the market median on our core patent and trademark work
Aug 2026
Last benchmarked. Next review in October 2026.
We reassess our flat fees every quarter against current market rates, so clients are never paying more than a fair, competitive price in an industry where rates shift constantly.
What the market charges. What we charge.
Attorney fees only. USPTO, USCO and WIPO official fees are billed separately at cost, by us and by every firm in the sample.
Service
Market average
Our flat fee
Provisional Patent Application
13 firms sampled. Market median $2,500.
$2,475
From $1,800
Non-Provisional Utility Patent
22 firms sampled. Market median $6,300.
$6,477
From $2,800
Design Patent Application
19 firms sampled. Market median $1,600.
$1,748
From $1,300
Trademark Application, one class
28 firms sampled. Market median $950.
$1,138
From $800
Market figures are attorney fees only, drawn from a survey of more than 80 firms and Upwork attorney comparables compiled in August 2026 from public pricing pages. Official USPTO, USCO and WIPO fees are excluded, and are billed separately at cost. Final fee confirmed in the engagement letter.
Returning clients: ask about promotion codes for repeat engagements are entered at checkout.
Three ways to buy technical legal work.
The same matter, bought three different ways. Here is what each one actually costs you in clarity.
01
Big-firm IP
Associate-heavy. Opaque hourly billing.
Your file is staffed down. You pay for someone to learn the science. Scope and cost stay unclear until the invoice arrives.
02
Online legal templates
Fast forms. Thin technical fluency.
A template will not read a specification, an OTA, or a dual-use data-rights clause. Federal and scientific work is out of range.
03
SciTech & IP Law
Senior attention. Market-benchmarked flat-fee legal pricing.
Graduate science training. Federal and dual-use fluency. A written scope and attorney fee before work starts. Official fees at cost, listed separately.
Verify independently
Check the credentials yourself, at the source.
Do not take our word for any of this. Every credential behind the pricing on this page is a public record you can look up in about a minute.
USPTO
Registered Patent Attorney
Reg. No. 82,181. Search the USPTO Office of Enrollment and Discipline register by registration number or surname.
Search the USPTO registerD.C. Bar
Admitted in Washington, D.C.
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Admitted in Illinois
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Every service, with its price.
Filter by practice area or search the catalog. Every item carries its published attorney fee and a way to pay for it. If you would rather scope the matter with us first, book a call instead.
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AI Product Legal Risk Review
A founder or product team launching an AI-powered product who wants a structured legal-risk review across IP, data, contract, and disclosure issues.
AI-Generated Content / Copyright Counseling
Companies and creators with questions about ownership, registrability, training-data risk, or licensing for AI-generated or AI-assisted output.
Amazon Brand Registry
Brand owners who need attorney support enrolling a registered mark in the Amazon Brand Registry.
Attorney-Drafted & Filed Provisional Patent Application
A streamlined provisional offering listed on the firm's website at a promotional rate.
Attorney-of-Record Update
Updating the attorney of record at the USPTO for one or more existing trademark matters.
Attorney-Reviewed & Filed Provisional Patent Application (Client-Drafted)
Sophisticated inventors who will supply a substantially complete written disclosure and want attorney review and filing.
Award Terms & Flow-Down Review
Awardees who have the money and now need to know what the award terms actually oblige them and their subcontractors to do.
Biomarker IP Review
Reviewing the IP position around a specific biomarker, panel, or signature before clinical, commercial, or licensing decisions.
Biotech / Life-Sciences Patentability Search
Patentability work in molecular biology, diagnostics, therapeutics, and related life-science areas, where literature volume drives effort.
Board / Investor Readiness
A focused pre-board / pre-investor engagement to package IP and legal posture in clear, decision-ready terms.
Brand Monitoring
Clients who want ongoing watch and attorney review of new third-party trademark filings that may conflict with their brand.
The four engagement types
Flat fee
The default. One attorney fee for a written scope and a defined deliverable, agreed before any substantive work begins. Most flat fees include one substantive client revision round.
Tiered / starting-at
For engagements whose size is only knowable after a short intake. The published figure is the starting tier; the applicable tier is confirmed in the engagement letter.
Subscription
Ongoing counsel on a monthly retainer — defined monthly hours, a response-time commitment, and a standing scope, as set in the subscription letter.
Custom quote
Contested, multi-party, and federal instruments — OTAs, CRADAs, teaming agreements — which do not standardize cleanly. Quoted in writing before work starts.
Attorney fees and official fees are always separate
Quoted amounts are attorney fees only. USPTO, U.S. Copyright Office, WIPO, and other official or third-party fees are billed separately at cost and can change. Foreign counsel and translations are extra. Invoices list attorney fees separately from official fees.
How billing works
Your fee is confirmed in a written engagement letter before any substantive work.
Most flat fees include one substantive client revision round.
Scope-change triggers — new claims, extra classes, rush deadlines, a contested turn — reopen the fee.
You review and approve every filing before it goes out.
Viewing this site or filling in a form does not create an attorney–client relationship. A paid consultation is limited to that consultation; representation begins only through a signed engagement letter.
How to pay
The SciTech & IP Law Firm PLLC accepts card, Zelle, check, wire and ACH. Which methods are available depends on whether the money is already earned or has to sit in trust until it is. Flat fees may be structured in milestones where the engagement letter allows.
Stripe (credit and debit cards)
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Zelle
Bank to bank transfer with no processing fee. Zelle payments are irreversible and carry no purchase protection, so we accept Zelle only for invoices and fully earned flat fees, never for retainers or trust deposits. Include the matter reference in the memo line.
Milestones
Flat fees may be split into milestones where the engagement letter allows. The actual split is set in your engagement letter, not on this page.
Zelle details
Zelle is accepted for earned flat fees and invoices only, never for retainers or trust deposits. Contact the firm for current Zelle details, and include the matter reference in the memo so the payment is applied to the right engagement.
Pay online
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Before you rely on a figure on this site
Final fee confirmed in the engagement letter. Figures on this page are illustrative. Representation begins only after conflicts clear, the engagement letter is signed, and any required retainer is received.
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