Fixed prices, agreed before work starts. Money back on select plans.
Professional fees, paid at milestones, never by the hour. Government fees at cost.
One inventor, one application, from $1,000.
Provisional $1,000, nonprovisional $3,000, $1,000 per office action response. No guarantee on this ladder.
- A prior art check by your attorney before drafting
- Provisional drafted and filed
- Drawings
- Part of any plan's price if you continue within 12 months
- Provisional and nonprovisional
- Docketing and platform
- Billed per step, not in the $12,000: office action response $2,500, examiner interview $750, RCE $2,500
- Provisional and nonprovisional
- Up to 4 office action responses
- 2 examiner interviews
- 1 RCE
- Docketing and platform
- If no claim is allowed within scope: choose a free RCE refile or a 60% refund of professional fees
- Provisional and nonprovisional
- Up to 4 office action responses
- 2 examiner interviews
- 2 RCEs
- Docketing and platform
- If no claim is allowed within scope: a free refile first, then 100% of professional fees back
Prices are professional fees for one US utility application. Government fees, foreign agent fees and translation are billed at cost. Standard and Solo bill prosecution per step at the fixed prices shown; Protected and Guaranteed include it. Guarantees apply to eligible applications under written engagement terms. See the full price list.
Examiner data and invention memory are included in every plan. Memory is on by default; turn it off in Settings.
- Provisional, with a prior art check by your attorney
- Nonprovisional drafted and filed
- Drawings
- Docketing and platform
- Billed per step, not in the $4,000: office action response $1,000, examiner interview $750, RCE $2,500
One inventor or a student paying out of pocket, with no company behind the filing. If a company pays or will own the patent, the startup prices apply.
- Two milestones: $1,000 at start, $3,000 at nonprovisional filing
Prices are professional fees for one US utility application. Government fees, foreign agent fees and translation are billed at cost. Standard and Solo bill prosecution per step at the fixed prices shown; Protected and Guaranteed include it. Guarantees apply to eligible applications under written engagement terms. See the full price list.
Examiner data and invention memory are included in every plan. Memory is on by default; turn it off in Settings.
Add ons, how you pay and government fees.
Add ons, fixed and quoted before work starts.
Add ons, fixed and quoted before work starts.
You pay as your application advances.
- TodayGet started$0Tao AI writes your invention disclosure.
- Optional, 2 daysPrior art search report$500A full search with an overlap map.
- Month 0Provisional$2,500Filed within 3 business days of a complete record. Part of any plan's price if you continue within 12 months.
- By month 12Nonprovisional$9,500 to $12,000The full application. The amount depends on your plan.
- ExaminationOffice actionsPer step or includedStandard pays per step: $2,500 per response, $750 per interview, $2,500 per RCE. Protected and Guaranteed include up to 4 responses, 2 interviews and RCEs (1 on Protected, 2 on Guaranteed) in a third milestone of $7,500 or $8,500.
- AllowanceAllowed$0 moreNo further professional fees. The USPTO issue fee is billed at cost.
In total: Standard $12,000 plus prosecution per step, Protected $21,000, Guaranteed $23,000. Government fees are billed at cost.
A lower ladder for one inventor.
- TodayGet started$0Tao AI writes your invention disclosure.
- Optional, 2 daysPrior art search report$500A full search with an overlap map.
- Month 0Provisional$1,000Filed within 3 business days of a complete record. The first $1,000 of the $4,000 total, not a credit.
- By month 12Nonprovisional$3,000The full application. With the provisional, $4,000 in total.
- ExaminationOffice actions$1,000 eachNot included in the $4,000. Billed per response, only when you approve the step; most applications get at least one.
- AllowanceAllowed$0 moreNo further professional fees. The USPTO issue fee is billed at cost.
In total: $4,000 for the provisional and the nonprovisional, then $1,000 per office action response. Plan for $5,000 or more before allowance. Government fees are billed at cost.
Government fees, passed through at cost.
USPTO fee schedule effective 19 Jan 2025. Solo inventors and very small companies often qualify as micro entities and pay half of these fees; large entities pay 2.5x.
One yearly budget line per application, everything included.
$500 service fee, first class
Compared with the usual ways to get a patent.
Compared with the usual ways to get a patent.
Pricing questions.
How does the guarantee work?
Standard carries no refund. On Protected, if no claim is allowed within scope, you choose a free RCE refile or 60% of professional fees back. On Guaranteed, we refile once for free, and if that also ends with no allowed claim, 100% of professional fees come back. Your attorney confirms eligibility before you choose a plan. Government fees are never refunded. The full terms are on the guarantee page and in your engagement letter.
What if I never convert my provisional?
Then you paid $2,500 and nothing else. It expires after 12 months; convert before then and the $2,500 counts as part of your plan's price, so the plan total stays the same.
Should I use Track One?
Use it if speed matters to you. Track One prioritized examination aims for a final decision in about 12 months, against 28.8 months on average at the USPTO in September 2026. We charge no professional fee for it; you pay only the USPTO fee, at cost, which depends on your entity size. It is requested when the nonprovisional is filed, is limited to 4 independent and 30 total claims, and ends if any extension of time is taken. The USPTO decides who qualifies.
What is not included?
Government fees, foreign agent and translation fees, and add ons such as continuations, PCT filings and appeals, each quoted and fixed before work starts.
What counts as “allowed”?
At least one independent claim covering the core invention described in your engagement letter. A trivially narrow claim does not end the guarantee.
What if my application is rejected?
Rejections are normal. On Standard, each response is a fixed $2,500 and you approve every step before it is billed. Protected and Guaranteed include up to 4 office action responses and 2 examiner interviews. Protected includes 1 RCE, and if no claim is allowed within scope you choose a free RCE refile or a 60% refund of professional fees. Guaranteed includes 2 RCEs, and if no claim is allowed within scope we refile free first, then refund 100% of professional fees if that also fails. Government fees are never refunded.
Can I pay over time?
Yes. Standard is paid at two milestones, at start and at nonprovisional filing, then per step during examination. Protected and Guaranteed are paid at three milestones: at start, at nonprovisional filing, and at the first office action response. Milestone payments are held in the firm’s trust account until earned.
Pricing questions.
Is there a guarantee on Solo?
No. Solo has no refund and no free refile. If you want a guarantee, choose Protected or Guaranteed from the startup prices.
What if I never convert my provisional?
Then you paid $1,000 and nothing else. It expires after 12 months; convert before then for the $3,000 nonprovisional milestone.
Can I pay over time?
Yes. $1,000 at start, $3,000 at nonprovisional filing, then per step during examination. Milestone payments are held in the firm’s trust account until earned.
Are government fees included?
No. USPTO fees are billed at cost. Most solo inventors and students qualify as micro entities, about $1,070 to grant for a typical case.
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