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by ritchiea
4805 days ago
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I googled and found a basic filing fee was $180. But even 2.2 billion isn't really enough to create significant monetary incentives for the government to issue patents given that the 2012 federal budget was 2.5 trillion. There are far greater monetary incentives to finding the right patent structure that allows companies to turn profits, pay taxes and hire people who also pay taxes. |
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There is an examination fee of 720, a search fee of 600, and an issue fee of 1780.
There are also often plenty of other fees :)
The actual fees for an average patent are closer to 10k per filing, sometimes a lot more.