Patent

Every engagement in this service

Market-benchmarked flat-fee legal pricing. Attorney fees are scoped in advance against a written deliverable and set with reference to public competitor ranges and official USPTO, Copyright Office, and WIPO fees. Government and third-party fees are billed separately, at cost.

• Patentability Triage

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $2,500

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $2,500
  $2,500 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A first-pass go/no-go on a single invention concept before committing to a full search or drafting.

  What’s included

  • Structured invention review (typically a 45–60 minute working call).
  • Targeted prior-art look using public databases (USPTO, EPO, Google Patents) and selected non-patent literature.
  • Short written memo summarizing closest art, likely §102/§103 hurdles, and a recommended next step (provisional, deeper search, or pivot).

  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.
  • Formal patentability opinion suitable for investor due diligence.
  • Drafting of any application.

  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 written invention summary, sketches/figures, and any known prior work or publications.

  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.

  Deliverables

  • Triage memo (typically 3–5 pages).
  • Recommended next-step pathway.

  Typical timing
  Typically 5–10 business days from receipt of complete disclosure.

  Common add-ons

  • Upgrade to In-Depth Search (credit may apply at firm’s discretion).
  • Provisional drafting (see below).

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• Patentability Opinion (Written)

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $2,300

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $2,300
  $2,300 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A formal written patentability assessment for internal use, founders, advisors, or initial investor conversations.

  What’s included

  • Review of client disclosure and any client-supplied prior art.
  • Attorney prior-art look across patent and selected non-patent literature.
  • Written opinion analyzing novelty (§102) and non-obviousness (§103) against the closest references identified.

  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.
  • Investor-grade independent third-party search.
  • Freedom-to-operate (infringement) analysis — see FTO services.

  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.

  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.
  • Search scope is what is reasonably accessible to attorney; not an exhaustive worldwide search.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Written patentability opinion (typically 6–10 pages) with cited references.

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–3 weeks from complete disclosure.

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• Patentability Search

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $995

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $995
  $995 (flat, attorney fee only)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Inventors who want a low-cost first look at patentability for a single invention.

  What’s included

  • Narrow-scope attorney prior-art look on a single invention.
  • Short written summary of closest references and a recommended next step.

  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.
  • Written formal patentability opinion (see Patentability Opinion).
  • Investor-grade or comprehensive search.

  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.

  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.
  • Single invention; limited scope; one round of clarifying questions.

  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.
  • Material expansion of scope or move to a formal opinion.

  Deliverables
  Short search summary.

  Typical timing
  Typically 1–2 weeks.

  Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
  In-Depth Patentability Search — attorney fee $3,250. Deeper prior-art coverage prior to non-provisional drafting, licensing discussions, or investor diligence. The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.

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• Biotech / Life-Sciences Patentability Search

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $1,200 / $2,500 / $4,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $1,200 / $2,500 / $4,000
  Tier 1: $1,200 · Tier 2: $2,500 · Tier 3: $4,000
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Patentability work in molecular biology, diagnostics, therapeutics, and related life-science areas, where literature volume drives effort.

  What’s included

  • Tier 1 — focused single-concept search.
  • Tier 2 — multi-concept search with attorney memo and reference ranking.
  • Tier 3 — comprehensive landscape-style search plus written opinion.
  • Sequence, target, mechanism, and disease-state literature searched as relevant to the invention.

  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.
  • Wet-lab characterization, sequence alignment beyond standard tools, or external bioinformatics work.
  • FTO/infringement analysis (separate 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 target sequences, indications, mechanisms, and known related publications.

  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.
  • Tier selected after intake; upgrades available with credit at the firm’s discretion.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Tiered search report and attorney memo.

  Typical timing
  Tier 1: ~1 week · Tier 2: 2–3 weeks · Tier 3: 3–5 weeks.

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• Patent Value Memo

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $2,500

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $2,500
  $2,500 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Founders or in-house teams who need a written, candid view of how strong / commercially meaningful an invention or patent family is before spending more on it.

  What’s included

  • Attorney review of disclosure, prior art context, and current claim scope (if any).
  • Written memo discussing scope, design-around risk, enforceability, and commercial signal-value.
  • Recommendations on whether to continue, narrow, broaden, or de-prioritize the asset.

  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.
  • Third-party valuation, financial modeling, or appraisal services.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Patent value memo (typically 5–8 pages).

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–3 weeks.

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• Invention Capture Workshop

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $3,200

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $3,200
  $3,200 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Teams that need help converting raw R&D output into a structured set of invention disclosures suitable for filing decisions.

  What’s included

  • Up to two working sessions with the inventor team (total ~3–4 hours).
  • Structured disclosure templates and prompts.
  • Output package of organized invention disclosures, ranked by suggested filing priority.

  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.
  • Drafting of provisional or non-provisional applications.
  • Filing fees and government fees for any application filed.

  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 core inventor team and make them available for the workshop sessions.

  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.
  • Inventions arise from a single organization with clear ownership/employment chain.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Organized invention disclosure package and a recommended filing-priority memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–4 weeks end-to-end.

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• FTO Quick Scan

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $4,800

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $4,800
  $4,800 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A first FTO sweep before launching a single product or feature, where the client needs a clear yes/maybe/no signal quickly.

  What’s included

  • Attorney review of product description / feature scope.
  • Targeted search of in-force U.S. patents and published applications likely to be relevant.
  • Short written memo flagging higher-risk references, with a recommendation on whether a full FTO is warranted.

  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.
  • Exhaustive worldwide FTO search.
  • Detailed claim-charting (see Technical Claim Analysis or FTO Full).

  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 clear product / feature scope, drawings, and known competitor names.

  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.
  • Single product or feature, single jurisdiction (U.S.) unless stated otherwise.

  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 products, features, or jurisdictions enlarges the search universe.

  Deliverables
  FTO Quick Scan memo with prioritized reference list.

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–3 weeks.

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• FTO Full Analysis

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $6,500

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $6,500
  $6,500 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A more thorough FTO before commercial launch, fundraising diligence, or licensing discussions.

  What’s included

  • Expanded patent search across U.S. patents and published applications.
  • Attorney review and prioritization of higher-risk references.
  • Written opinion with claim-by-claim risk commentary on the most relevant 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.
  • Worldwide FTO (separate quote).

  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 product specifications, BOM/architecture, and target markets.

  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.
  • U.S. jurisdiction; single product line; single technical field.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Written FTO opinion (typically 12–20 pages).

  Typical timing
  Typically 4–6 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• FTO — Biotech / Life Sciences

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $2,500 / $6,500 / $12,500

  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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• FTO — Diagnostics

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $6,500–$15,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $6,500–$15,000
  $6,500 – $15,000 (final fee set by tier)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Diagnostic assays, companion diagnostics, and laboratory-developed tests where method, marker, and platform claims must all be considered.

  What’s included

  • Search and attorney review of in-force patents covering assay format, biomarkers, sample types, and detection platforms.
  • Written FTO opinion structured by claim category.
  • Practical mitigation suggestions (design-around, license, or hold) where issues are identified.

  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.
  • Regulatory (FDA / CLIA) opinions.
  • Reimbursement / payer strategy.

  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 assay protocol summary, biomarker list, and intended use.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Diagnostics FTO report and attorney memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 5–8 weeks.

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• Patent Infringement Opinion

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $4,500–$9,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $4,500–$9,000
  $4,500 – $9,000 (final fee set by complexity)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A written attorney opinion on whether a specific product or process likely infringes a specific patent or set of patents identified by the client.

  What’s included

  • Claim construction analysis for the identified patent(s).
  • Element-by-element comparison to the accused product / process.
  • Written opinion stating attorney conclusions and supporting reasoning.

  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.
  • Validity analysis (see Validity Opinion).
  • Litigation, discovery, or testifying expert work.

  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 identified patent(s), accused product specifications, and any prior communications with the patent holder.

  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.
  • A defined and stable set of accused products and asserted patents at the start of the 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.
  • Additional patents or products; significant post-engagement product changes.

  Deliverables
  Written infringement opinion with claim chart.

  Typical timing
  Typically 4–8 weeks depending on tier.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Patent Validity Opinion

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $5,000–$12,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $5,000–$12,000
  $5,000 – $12,000 (final fee set by complexity)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A written opinion on the likely validity of an issued patent based on prior-art search and §102/§103 analysis.

  What’s included

  • Prior-art search aimed at validity (patents and selected non-patent literature).
  • Claim-by-claim analysis under §102 and §103, with discussion of §112 issues where relevant.
  • Written opinion with cited references and reasoned conclusions.

  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.
  • IPR/PGR petition drafting (see IPR/PTAB Support).
  • Litigation services.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Written validity opinion.

  Typical timing
  Typically 6–10 weeks depending on tier.

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• Diagnostics Patent Landscape

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $5,000 / $9,500

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $5,000 / $9,500
  Tier 1: $5,000 · Tier 2: $9,500
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Mapping the patent landscape for a target indication, biomarker set, or diagnostic platform — useful for strategy, partnership, or licensing decisions.

  What’s included

  • Defined-scope search and clustering of relevant patents.
  • Written report mapping assignees, claim themes, and white-space areas.

  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.
  • Infringement or FTO opinions (separate 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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Landscape report with assignee map, claim-theme clusters, and attorney commentary.

  Typical timing
  Tier 1: 3–4 weeks · Tier 2: 6–8 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Tech Scouting Report

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $4,500

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $4,500
  $4,500 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Identifying patents and players in an emerging technical area for strategic planning, partnership, or acquisition screening.

  What’s included

  • Defined-scope search of patents and selected publications.
  • Identification of leading assignees and notable applications.
  • Written report with attorney commentary on trends and gaps.

  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.
  • Investment, M&A, or financial advice.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Tech scouting report.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–4 weeks.

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• Targeted Technology Scouting

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $4,200

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $4,200
  $4,200 (flat)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A narrowly framed scouting study — typically focused on a specific competitor cluster, specific problem, or specific patent family.

  What’s included

  • Narrow-scope patent and selected literature search.
  • Short attorney memo mapping the closest art and notable parties.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Targeted scouting memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–3 weeks.

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• Biomarker IP Review

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $4,000–$8,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $4,000–$8,000
  $4,000 – $8,000 (final fee set by scope)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Reviewing the IP position around a specific biomarker, panel, or signature before clinical, commercial, or licensing decisions.

  What’s included

  • Search of patents covering the biomarker(s) and related methods.
  • Written attorney memo discussing claim scope and notable holders.

  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.
  • Regulatory or reimbursement opinions.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Biomarker IP memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–5 weeks.

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• LDT IP Risk Review

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $3,500–$7,500

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $3,500–$7,500
  $3,500 – $7,500 (final fee set by scope)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A laboratory-developed test (LDT) provider that needs a focused look at IP risk for its assay menu.

  What’s included

  • Review of assay scope and intended menu.
  • Patent search of likely-relevant in-force references.
  • Written attorney memo highlighting higher-risk items and possible mitigations.

  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.
  • Regulatory (CMS/CLIA/FDA) analysis.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  LDT IP risk memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–5 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Provisional — You Draft, We File

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $1,500

  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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• Provisional

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: From $1,750

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: From $1,750
  Starting at $1,750 (attorney fee) · USPTO filing fee ~$320 (subject to USPTO schedule and entity status)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A streamlined provisional offering listed on the firm’s website at a promotional rate.

  What’s included

  • Attorney-drafted specification for one invention based on client disclosure.
  • Minimum claim set to support disclosure.
  • 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.
  • Formal drawings, foreign filings, and USPTO fees beyond the disclosed filing fee.

  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.

  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.
  • Single invention; standard complexity.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Filed provisional application.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–4 weeks.

  Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
  Provisional — Full Draft — attorney fee $3,700. Inventors who want a fully drafted provisional with specification, figures, and claims to establish a priority date and support a later non-provisional filing. The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.

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• Provisional 5-Pack (promotional)

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $1,560 for 5

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $1,560 for 5
  $1,560 total for five (5) provisionals · Upwork-only promotional rate
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Inventors with multiple small inventions who want a batch of light-touch provisional filings at a promotional rate.

  What’s included

  • Five (5) provisional filings based on substantially client-supplied disclosures.
  • Minimal attorney rewriting; filing-ready material required.

  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.
  • USPTO filing fees.
  • Substantive drafting or figure creation.
  • Non-provisional drafting.

  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 five filing-ready disclosures within the agreed window.

  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.
  • Promotional offer available only via Upwork; subject to availability and scope confirmation.

  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 any disclosure is not filing-ready, the affected filing may move to a per-application Full Draft engagement.

  Deliverables
  Five filed provisionals.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–4 weeks for the batch.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Non-Provisional Utility

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $4,400 / $7,500 / $10,000–$13,500

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $4,400 / $7,500 / $10,000–$13,500
  Tier 1: $4,400 · Tier 2: $7,500 · Tier 3: $10,000 – $13,500 (final fee set by tier and complexity)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Standard-complexity non-provisional utility applications where website tiering is appropriate after intake.

  What’s included

  • Tier 1 — single-embodiment, narrow claim set.
  • Tier 2 — multi-embodiment or moderately complex application.
  • Tier 3 — broader scope, more figures, or higher subject-matter complexity.
  • Drafting, claims, abstract, figures list, and filing.

  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.
  • USPTO fees, formal drawings, foreign filings.

  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.

  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.
  • Tier selected after intake; AI/software multi-domain inventions may need a custom quote.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Filed non-provisional application.

  Typical timing
  Tier 1: 5–7 weeks · Tier 2: 7–9 weeks · Tier 3: 9–12 weeks.

  Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
  U.S. Utility Non-Provisional — attorney fee $8,500. Standard-complexity utility application covering one invention (mechanical, software, electrical, or method). The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.

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• U.S. Biotech Non-Provisional

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $6,500 / $9,500

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $6,500 / $9,500
  Tier 1: $6,500 · Tier 2: $9,500
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Life-science non-provisional applications where the level of compositional, sequence, and methodological detail is greater than typical software or mechanical filings.

  What’s included

  • Attorney-drafted specification, claims, abstract, and figures list.
  • Inventor working sessions to refine claim strategy.
  • 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.
  • USPTO filing fees, formal drawings, sequence-listing preparation if outsourced.
  • PCT or foreign filings (separate engagement).

  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 complete disclosure, sequences, and experimental support data.

  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.
  • Tier set after intake; complex multi-target or platform applications may exceed Tier 2 and require a custom quote.

  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 claim sets for additional targets, indications, or compositions.

  Deliverables
  Filed non-provisional application.

  Typical timing
  Typically 6–10 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Design Patent

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: From $1,100

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: From $1,100
  Starting at $1,100 (attorney fee) · USPTO and drafter fees additional
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Streamlined design patent filings for single-design products.

  What’s included

  • Working session and design review.
  • Drafting and filing of the design application.

  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.
  • Drafter fees for formal drawings.
  • USPTO fees.

  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.

  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.
  • Single design; single embodiment.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Filed design application.

  Typical timing
  Typically 3–5 weeks.

  Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
  Design Patent Application — attorney fee $2,900. Protecting the ornamental design of a product, where industrial design — not function — is the asset. The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.

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• PCT Application

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: From $2,000

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: From $2,000
  Starting at $2,000 attorney fee · ~$2,450 in PCT/WIPO/USPTO fees (subject to schedule and entity status)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  A streamlined PCT filing where a U.S. case is already prepared.

  What’s included

  • Preparation and filing of the PCT based on the existing U.S. case.
  • Coordination with the receiving office and selected ISA.

  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 re-drafting.
  • National-phase entries (separate quotes).

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Filed PCT and receipt.

  Typical timing
  Typically 1–3 weeks.

  Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
  PCT International Application — attorney fee $1,500 attorney fee. Clients with a U.S. application who want to file a corresponding PCT to preserve international filing options. The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Continuation / CIP Strategy

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $1,500–$3,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $1,500–$3,000
  $1,500 – $3,000 (final fee set by complexity)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Decisions about whether and how to file continuations, continuation-in-part, or divisional applications to extend or refine claim coverage.

  What’s included

  • Review of pending claims and prosecution history.
  • Written memo recommending continuation strategy (timing, claim sets, and risks).

  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.
  • Drafting and filing of the continuation itself (separate engagement).

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Continuation strategy memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–3 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Office Action Response

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: From $950

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: From $950
  Starting at $950 (attorney fee, limited scope)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Limited-scope, non-final office action responses with narrow argument or modest amendment.

  What’s included

  • Review of the action and cited art.
  • Limited-scope response and filing.

  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.
  • Multi-issue, final, RCE, appeal, and complex art responses.

  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.

  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.
  • Limited-scope, single rejection, narrow argument.

  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.
  • Any expansion of issues or complexity will trigger a move to the Standard Office Action Response.

  Deliverables
  Filed office action response.

  Typical timing

  • Typically 2–3 weeks.
  • Clearance, application, maintenance, monitoring, and enforcement services for U.S. trademarks. Pricing is per-mark and per-class unless otherwise stated. USPTO and foreign trademark office fees are excluded from attorney fees.

  Standard engagement (quoted after intake)
  Office Action Response — Standard — attorney fee $1,900. Standard-complexity, non-final office action in mechanical, software, electrical, or general utility cases. The fuller-scope version of this engagement, quoted after intake.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Office Action Response — Biotech

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $1,500–$3,500

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $1,500–$3,500
  $1,500 – $3,500 (final fee set by complexity)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Office action responses in biotech, chemistry, and life-sciences cases, where art and §112 issues often require deeper analysis.

  What’s included

  • Attorney review of the action and cited art.
  • Amendment strategy, declarations or evidence planning where useful, and written response.
  • 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.
  • Declarations and expert reports prepared by third parties.
  • RCEs, appeals, and post-allowance work.

  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.

  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.

  Deliverables
  Filed office action response.

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–5 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Reduced-Fee Solo §103 Response

  Flat Fee · Attorney fee: $1,000

  Engagement type: Flat Fee

  Attorney fee: $1,000
  $1,000 (flat, attorney fee only)
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Solo inventors and very early-stage companies with a single §103 obviousness rejection of limited complexity.

  What’s included

  • Attorney review of the §103 rejection and cited references.
  • Targeted argument-only or modest-amendment response.
  • 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.
  • Multi-rejection responses, §101/§112 issues, RCEs, appeals, or after-final actions.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that the matter fits the limited scope of this offer.

  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.
  • Single §103 rejection; one independent claim group; standard art.

  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.
  • Any expansion beyond a single §103 rejection moves the engagement to the standard office-action service.

  Deliverables
  Filed §103 response.

  Typical timing
  Typically 2–3 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

Final fee confirmed in the engagement letter. Figures on this page are illustrative. Flat fees may be split into milestones where the engagement letter allows.

When to bring us in

Patent questions we get asked

• Do I lose my rights if I have already talked about the invention?

  Possibly, and this is the single most common way founders lose patent rights. Most countries outside the United States apply an absolute novelty standard, meaning any public disclosure before filing destroys the right. The United States allows a one year grace period from your own disclosure, but that grace period does not exist in Europe, China or Japan. If you have already disclosed, tell us the date and the audience on the first call, because it changes what is still available to you.

• Should I start with a provisional or go straight to a non provisional?

  It depends on whether the technology is still moving. A provisional buys twelve months at lower cost and is the right call when the design is still changing or when you need a priority date before a pitch or a conference. Go straight to a non provisional when the invention is settled and you want examination to start. The one thing that does not work is a thin provisional filed as a placeholder, because it only protects what it actually describes.

• What does a patent actually cost?

  Attorney work on this firm is quoted as a flat fee against a defined deliverable, so you approve the number before the work starts. Separate from that, the USPTO charges its own filing, examination and issue fees, which vary with your entity size, and maintenance fees fall due after the patent issues. We lay out both the legal fee and the expected government fees during scoping so there is no surprise at filing.

• Can I use a filing service instead of an attorney?

  You can file the paperwork that way. What a filing service does not do is decide what to claim, which is the part that determines whether the patent can ever be enforced against a competitor. A granted patent with claims that are easy to design around has cost you money and given you very little. That drafting judgment is what a registered patent attorney is for.