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Cost of filing patent in India by the normal route. The official patent cost for filing a patent application is ?1,600 for an individual or ?4000 for a small or ?8000 large entity.

The Patent Pro Bono Program attempts to match inventors with registered patent agents or patent attorneys. These practitioners volunteer their time without charging the inventor. However, the inventor still must pay all fees that are required by the USPTO; these cannot be paid by the practitioner.

Patent application can also be manually filed at a Patent Office having jurisdiction by the applicant or through a Patent Attorney. Jurisdiction of a patent office is decided based on the following: Place of residence, domicile or business of the applicant (first mentioned applicant in the case of joint applicants).

A patent attorney will usually charge between $8,000 and $10,000 for a patent application, but the cost can be higher. In most cases, you should budget between $15,000 and $20,000 to complete the patenting process for your invention. Previous: Why should you file a patent application? Next: Is your invention valuable?

Method 1: Write and file your own patent application (the cheapest way) - total cost about $1,000 for most inventors to get an issued patent (USPTO government fees only). A provisional type application is only about $150 to file but this only stays pending for 12 months and is only a 'placeholder' type application.

Utility patent application: may be filed by anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.