What is included and what is not

Included

  • Full specification, claims and figures drafted by a registered practitioner
  • Filing at the USPTO, or a PCT application with the chosen receiving office
  • National-phase and Paris Convention filings coordinated through registered agents in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia
  • Response to the first office action in the first office (further responses quoted per action)
  • The patent family tracked in your IP portfolio: deadlines, annuities, status
  • Fixed quote for each later stage before you commit

Not included

  • Official fees, translation fees and foreign agents' fees (passed through at cost with the receipt)
  • Oppositions, appeals and litigation
  • Fields outside the group's technical coverage without a quote

Who it is for

For

  • Companies converting a provisional into a full application
  • Research teams filing for protection in the United States and Asia at once
  • Groups licensing technology that needs a defensible patent family

Not for

  • Applicants who need the cheapest possible filing with no prosecution budget
  • Inventions already assessed as not patentable

The path from provisional to national phases

0 mo12 mo18 mo30 moProvisional filedpriority dateFull application or PCTclaims priorityPCT publicationapplication publicNational phasesJP, TW, SG, UK, CA, AUtwelve months to decidePCT keeps most countries openEach stage is quoted before you commit. Official and agents' fees at cost.

What the document does

Clause summaries. The product delivers the drafted and reviewed document, not a template.

ClaimsIndependent claims of varying scope and dependent claims that give fallback positions in prosecution
Specification and figuresWritten to support the claims in every target office, with the differences in practice between the USPTO, JPO and TIPO anticipated
PCT strategyReceiving office, international search authority and the 30/31-month national-phase deadlines
Office action responseArguments and amendments in response to the examiner's first rejection
Annuities and maintenanceTracked in the portfolio with reminders and a fixed fee per payment

How it runs

  1. Assessment

    If not already done, the patentability assessment sets the strategy.

  2. Draft

    Specification, claims and figures prepared and revised with you; one round of comments.

  3. First filing

    US non-provisional or PCT filed; priority recorded.

  4. Foreign filings

    National-phase and Paris filings coordinated with registered agents on the statutory deadlines; translations commissioned where needed.

  5. Prosecution

    First office action handled; later actions quoted as they arrive; the family tracked in your portfolio.

✓
Filed by
A USPTO-registered patent practitioner for US work; registered patent attorneys, 弁理士 or 專利師 for other offices, each named in the matter.

Price by office

OfficePrice
SingaporeUS$6,500
JapanUS$6,500
TaiwanUS$6,500
United StatesUS$6,500
CanadaUS$6,500
AustraliaUS$6,500
United KingdomUS$6,500

Questions

How much does a patent cost in total?

A US application through grant typically costs several times the drafting fee once office actions and fees are counted; each stage is quoted before you commit, so there are no surprises.

Why file a PCT?

It keeps the option to file in most countries open for 30 to 31 months from the priority date, for one application and one fee, while you decide which markets matter.

Which fields do you cover?

Semiconductors, integrated circuits, AI and machine learning, software, electronics and photonics, where the group has its own research staff. Other fields are referred or quoted with a specialist agent.

Who owns the patent?

The applicant you name. The IP assignment product makes sure the inventors have assigned to the right company before filing.

Do you handle Japanese and Taiwanese prosecution directly?

Through registered 弁理士 and 專利師 partners, coordinated and tracked by LegalMatrix.

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