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Foreign Patents: U.S. Patent Applicants Wishing to File Abroad
Rogers IP Group can obtain patents for its U.S. clients in nearly every country in the world. International patent filings are typically effected through a PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) application, which allows for the filing of a patent in over 100 different countries. The typical route an inventor will use to do this is to first file a U.S. Patent Application (Provisional or Regular). See our fees for U.S. Patent Application preparation by cliking the link entitled U.S. Patent Applications at the right middle section of this page.
After one files the U.S. Patent Application, the inventor files a PCT application within 1 year of the U.S. filing. Our Fees for the PCT application preparation are as follows.
PCT Application Filing : $ 600
In addition to our legal fee for preparing and filing your PCT application based on your U.S. patent application filing, there are substantial government fees associated with filing a PCT application. These fees can be found at the USPTO government website. In general, you should expect these government fees to be in the range of about $ 4,000.
After filing a PCT application, a U.S. inventor generally has a 30 month time period in which to decide exactly which countries are desired to pursue patent protection. Once those countries are decided upon, Rogers IP Group will assist you in locating foreign associates to handle the individual countries you wish to use in order to obtain a patent in your targetted country. Foreign filing is an expensive process.
Because of the very high fees associated with foreign filing, a PCT application is a great way to at least preserve one's foreign filing rights. As mentioned above, one typically has 30 months in which to decide which countries one wants to seek foreign protection after filing a PCT application. During this 30 month period, you can evaluate whether the value of your technology is worth the extensive costs of pursuing foreign patent protection abroad.
Foreign Patent Applicants Seeking U.S. Patent ProtectionRogers IP Group can also help foreign inventors obtain U.S. Patent Applications. One typical route foreign inventors use is the PCT Application process (just as U.S. Patent Application filers use PCT to enter countries outside the U.S.). The way that this works is that after filing a PCT application, inventors outside the U.S. can then file a U.S. Patent Application within 30 months from the date they have filed their PCT application. Rogers IP Group bills at a rate of $250 per hour. Our typical legal fee for filing a U.S. application based on a prior PCT application filing is listed below. The range takes into account the degree of editing necessary for filing the U.S. application based on the PCT application. For associated costs after filing the U.S. application please click on the link in the right middle of this page entitled U.S. Patent Applications.
US Application Filing Based on Prior Filed PCT Application: $ 600 - $ 2,000
