I spent the last few years selling mobile app design/development to clients, from early stage startups you haven’t heard of, to larger ones like Birchbox, and even to corporations like Google and Regal Cinemas. While we worked with dozens of companies over those years, we actually met with hundreds. It helped me to develop a sense of what makes f…[Read more]

The government filing fees charged by the USPTO for a utility patent application is $730 and a design patent application is $380.

The above fees can be reduced if your client qualifies for a micro-entity status (have previously filed no more than 4 patents and makes no more than $150K per year), resulting in $400 for utility and $190 for design patents.

I get a lot of clients and potential clients asking me how long it takes to get a patent. In true lawyerly fashion, my answer is, “It depends.”

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is currently experiencing a backlog of over 700,000 applications. With less than 7000 Examiners, that’s a backlog of more than 100 appli…[Read more]

If you are able to source a manufacturer and develop a good relationship, that manufacturer may be willing to provide manufacturing feedback and cost information on various aspects of your design. As I mentioned, sourcing a supplier during the design phase can also be extremely valuable for numerous reasons: 1) you can gain cost feedback on…[Read more]