Fees
These are flat fees for legal services. USPTO filing, search, examination, and issue fees are separate and are billed at cost. Every engagement is confirmed by a written fee agreement before work begins.
| Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Provisional patent application | $2,000 – $3,500 |
| Utility application — mechanical | $7,500 – $10,000 |
| Utility application — electrical or software | $9,500 – $14,000 |
| Utility application — machine learning or model-based systems | $12,000 – $18,000 |
| Office action response | $1,500 – $3,500 |
| IP diligence (hourly) | $275 – $350 |
| Patent counsel (hourly) | $275 – $350 |
Ex parte reexamination is not listed above. Its cost depends on how the proceeding develops, so a single advance figure would be misleading. Reexamination matters are scoped and quoted individually, in writing, by phase, so the cost of each stage is known before that stage begins.
Why the fees are published
Publishing the schedule makes the cost of the work predictable before anyone signs anything. A client can budget a filing program without a call, compare the firm against alternatives on the same terms, and avoid the standard experience of an invoice that arrives larger than the conversation suggested.
Flat fees also remove the incentive to inflate hours. The time a matter takes is my problem, not the client's, which keeps the focus on the quality of the application rather than the length of the ledger. Where the work genuinely cannot be scoped in advance — diligence and ongoing counsel — it is billed hourly at the rates above.
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