How to File a Patent

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How to file a patent?

• -Inolyst

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Contents

• What to choose?
• Filing a patent
• Cost of a patent filing

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What to choose?

• If you are startup looking to file a patent, two
  options that would not pinch your pocket are
  trademarks and provisional applications.
• For instance if you choose to document and file
  your own application the cost of filing a patent
  application is at the lower side. In this case
  you need to pay fees pertaining to the respective
  PTOs only.
• The expert inventor will always be updated about
  the fact that patents cost money. They do not
  earn money as proclaimed by some experts. But,
  the good news about patent filing is that good
  inventors also know how to do it without giving
  away their individual capital.

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Filing a patent

• Filing a patent incurs other costs also.
  Understanding the fees structure according to the
  nature and need of filing of the patent, can help
  you as owner or inventor take correct strategic
  decision. So, a clear breakdown of the elements
  that constitute the entire cost factor will
  definitely help you plan the expenditure, which
  you have to budget out at the initial stage as
  well as the later stage.
• As mentioned before cost of filing depends on the
  drafting of the application. So, if you go for a
  provisional patent, the costing will be less. But
  if you go for non-provisional also known as
  complete patent the total costing goes up. This
  is again based on the specification detailing
  done at the drafting level and the patent
  strategy opted by you.

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Cost of a patent filing

• The overall cost of a patent filing in US or
  India for instance would consist of statutory
  fees i.e., to be paid at the patent office and
  the professional fees that you pay to the patent
  agent. In the former case, the rate is fixed, but
  in the latter the fee varies based on the service
  provider selected by you.
• Lets now focus on the statutory fees. This is
  dependent on the applicant of the patent. For
  example, the Indian Patent Office has divided
  this whole process into three parts, such as
• Natural person (individual inventor only)
• Small Entity- A registered company having MSME
  registration
• Company Any registered company.
• Next time you want to file a patent remember to
  plan your costing, since a start up mostly runs
  on a tight budget.