Take note that more and more to a patent application as only a request and wait. It is possible that all you have to do, but unlikely. Once a patent application in the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), it is assigned to a patent examiner. The examiner verifies whether the invention is patentable, really, on the grounds of the PTO.
If the examiner did not believe that your invention is patentable, on the basis of these criteria, he or she is to reject and send an Office of action. This action tells you that your invention was rejected and it describes exactly why.
You can receive up to 3 Office actions before your application is … … Clearly, it means “throwing”. Your patent attorney is without doubt a fee schedule set-up, as you the cost of these measures Office.
Therefore, you will probably be a fee for a lawyer to write and patent applications your file and you need to pay for their monitoring. Depending on the number of shares of Microsoft Office, you receive and complexity of persecution, things can be quite expensive. Well, it is always possible to your invention, allows patenting - of course, the sooner this happens, the more it is cheaper for you.
Here is a summary of expenses related to payment of your pracitioner Patent (they may of course vary across board, and there may be additional charges) …
Patents - $ 1,000
The patent application - usually $ 2,500 to $ 6,000 + (there is also an inscription that are paid, the USPTO)
The costs of prosecution - and up to $ 1000 (10000 dollars), depending on what happens during persecution
If your invention is allowed on patents, you have to pay a tax problem and maintenance costs of your patent to preserve the good reputation with the Pto. These costs are at the discretion of the Patent Office, so you should check themselves on operating costs