Optional, additional fee
Step One
Preliminary Assessment and Drawings
Patent analyst will perform the search and offer their opinions on the patentability. The paid database we used for patent search consists of over 181.2 million patent documents from 170 countries.
Based on the search report, our patent analyst will advise you for technical improvement and what’s the best choice to move forward.
Based on your photos or sketches, our technical illustrator can create up to 4 pages of professional drawings.
Step Two
Utility Patent Application Filing
A licensed patent agent will review your information and discuss your application with you.
Your patent attorney or agent will prepare your application with the Patent Office. (Electronic filing ensures the earliest possible filing date)
Your patent attorney or agent will electronically file your completed application with the USPTO.
* Applications for chemical compositions and biological/biotechnological, electrical device or system, or computer software inventions require an additional fee of $1000.
** $400 govt fee assumes you are classified as "micro entity" by USPTO. If you have filed more than 4 nonprovisional patent apps in the past, or have an annual income of greater than $241,830, you may be classified as "small entity" or "large entity" which requires a $730 or $2,000 govt fee.
If your invention is considered novel, nonobvious, and useful by the US Patent Office, you will receive 20 years of patent rights to your invention.
A complete patent application will be drafted including specifications, claims, and drawings.
Ask legal questions and get advice about patent applications from an experienced patent professional.
While you wait for your patent application to be reviewed by the US Patent Office, you get legal "patent pending" status.
We are always here ready to answer your questions about the patent process or any other legal questions.
You will receive an official receipt from the US Patent Office confirming acceptance of your patent application and showing your patent application number.
It's the first step before a patent application! First, you learn how patentable your invention may be.
If it's not very patentable, don't waste time and money on a patent application. Second, it may help you increase your patentability.
By seeing what is similar, you can improve your invention around other existing inventions and increase patentability.
A design patent protects how your invention looks
Design PatentProtects the shape of the invention only.
Does not stop someone from making the invention if they make it with a different exterior shape.
Cannot explain how the invention works and how it is put together.
A utility patent protects how your invention works
Utility PatentProtects how the invention works.
Can stop someone from making the invention, regardless of the invention's shape.
Must explain how the invention works and how it is put together.
