Stoneman Volk Patent Group Fees for Patent and Trademark Services

Professional Fees

FIXED-FEE PRICING - All Stoneman Volk Patent Group fees are firm quotes provided after a free initial consultation. We do not charge for normal phone calls, e-mails, correspondence, etc. Our fixed-fees provide budget predictability for you. The following estimates represent the fees customarily quoted to our clients for these situations. USPTO fees are additional.

Fees for Patent Services (Patent Prosecution Costs Timeline )

Fees for Trademark Services

Fees for Other Services

Patent Fees (Typical Charges)

Patent Prior Art Search (USPTO Patent Database, typically 1-2 week turnaround)
Includes in-house patent search of USPTO and WIPO databases, copies of prior art patents, prior art analysis, and written opinion on patentability (minimum recommended expenditure).

Mechanical & Other Simple Technologies	$950
Other Technologies (Software, Chemical, Business Methods, etc.)	$1200

Boutique-Quality Utility Patent Application
Below service charges (any actual Patent Office fees are additional) include in-depth patentability analysis, specification and drawings, complete claim set, all client consultations, filing the case with the USPTO, and all USPTO and client correspondence needed to prepare and file the application (minimum recommended expenditure, actual quote is provided to client based on agreed scope of work).

Simple Inventions	$5,500
Complex Inventions	$6,000 - $10,000
Electromechanical/Electronic	$7,000 - $10,000
Software	$7,000 - $25,000
Chemical	$7,000 - $25,000
Business Method(s) - typically including supporting software system(s)	$8,000 - $25,000
Adding improvements to a previously filed application written by us	Price based on agreed scope of work
Convert (without improvements) Provisional Patent Application to Utility Patent Application at One Year Deadline	$500, plus 10% of original

Boutique-Quality Design Patent Application
Below service charges (any actual Patent Office fees are additional) include drawings, all client consultations, filing the case with the USPTO, and all USPTO and client correspondence needed to prepare and file the application (minimum recommended expenditure, actual quote is provided to client based on agreed scope of work).

Typical Design	$1200
Complex Design	$1,300 -$2,500

Office Actions
The USPTO typically sends the first Office Action one to five years after the utility patent application is filed. Typical charge includes: office action analysis, client consultation, office action response to USPTO, USPTO examiner interviews, and all USPTO and client correspondence (minimum recommended expenditure). (Charge does not include any Patent Office fees, including any late fees.)

Election Restriction	$350
Each Response to Each Office Action (Unusually complex responses, as including affidavits, etc., may be higher.)	$2000 - $4000
Patent Appeal to Patent Appeal Board, including brief	$2500 - $5500
Assisting Patent issuance, including case review, issued patent review, any certificate of correction, and properly paying issue fee	$950

Other Patent Services
(not including patent office fees)

Preparing each assignment	$75+
Recording each assignment (per patent property)	$75
Misc. services (including petitions, maintenance payments, etc.)	By prior agreement with client

Filing PCT (International) Patent Applications
Typical charge includes: client consultation, paperwork preparation, filing, and all client and patent office correspondence and all official fees when filing a previously written U.S. patent application with the World Intellectual Property Organization.

PCT Filing (plus any raises in PCT filing, fees currently accurate for normal-sized cases where our firm selects the international searching authority)	$5500
Response to International Search Report	$750 - $1250

Foreign National Stage Patents
Includes: client consultation, paperwork preparation, translation, filing, and all correspondence. Used to file a PCT application in designated foreign countries before the PCT application expires. (Accurate quotes take at least thirty days to receive.)

In PCT Countries	Call for Quote
In non-PCT countries	Call for Quote

US National Stage Filings (English Language Applications)
Typical charge includes: client consultation, paperwork preparation, filing, and all client and USPTO correspondence. Used to file foreign patent applications in the U.S. Translation for non-English applications quoted separately (minimum recommended expenditure).

From PCT	$2000 + USPTO fees
Non - PCT	$3000, plus $100/page of drawings + USPTO fees (Must provide electronic copy of application and drawings.)

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Trademark Fees (Typical Charges)

Includes all client consultations, preparation, filing/mailing, and all client and USPTO correspondence.

US Search	$475
International Search	$1000
US Registration (Intent to Use)	$750 to file + $325 USPTO fees per class
US Registration (Actual Use)	$950 to file + $325 USPTO fees per class
Non-argumentative office action response	$250
First issue office action response	$500
Second issue office action response	$750
Statement of Use	$300 + $100 USPTO fees per class
Trademark Appeal	$1000 — $2000
Petitions	$500 + USPTO fees
Madrid Protocol (international trademark application)	Call for Fixed-Price Quote

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Fees for Other Services (Typical Charges)

BUSINESS MATTERS
Includes all client consultations, preparation, filing/mailing, and all correspondence.

Joint Venture Agreement, simple	$250 — $350
Review disclosure/non-compete agreement re licensing negotiations	$500
Patent File Wrappers review	$500 and up + USPTO fees
Defensive Patent Infringement Investigation for Clients (Includes: review the infringement letter the client has received, order & review file wrapper/prosecution history of allegedly infringed patent, review & analysis of client’s patent, review & analysis of client’s allegedly infringing technology, informal opinion on patent infringement, meetings, correspondence, and typical costs)	$2000 and up + unusual costs
Offensive Patent Infringement Investigation for Clients (Includes: review & analysis of client’s patent, review & analysis of allegedly infringing technology, informal opinion on patent infringement, meetings, correspondence, and typical costs)	$400 and up + unusual costs
After an Investigation, preparing an offensive or defensive letter to an infringer	$350 and up
We provide many other Intellectual-Property Law services.	Please contact us for free initial consultation and Quote.

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