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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.

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.

One alternative is colloquially referred to in the world of intellectual property as a 'Poor Man's Patent. ' A Poor Man's Patent involves an inventor mailing him or herself a description of their invention in a postmarked letter (1).

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?

There is no provision under U.S. law that supports these theories, and they are not a substitute for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office or obtaining a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

To download multiple patent publications from the USPTO/EPO, follow these steps: Launch Batch Downloading Tool. ... Specify A List of Publication Numbers. ... Specify Download Preferences. ... Specify Post-Processing Settings (Options) ... Specify Save Preferences (Optional) ... Start and Complete the Download.

Here are the steps for filing provisional patent at the USPTO website: Go to the USPTO website uspto.gov. Click on the link called "patents file online" Click on the link for "unregistered" filer - or try this link for direct access. Fill in your name (last and first) and your email address.

Historically, the United States operated under a ?first to invent? system. The first to invent system awarded a patent to the inventor who first created an invention. Those who used the poor man's patent idea reasoned that, by mailing a written description of their invention, they would be the first to invent it.

Public Service Annoucement: No. Mailing Something to Yourself is Not a Substitute for Copyright Registration or a Patent. A common intellectual property ?urban legend? is that mailing something to yourself is legally equivalent to a copyright registration or a patent.