Underwood & Associates U.S. & International Patent Protection

Flat-Rate Foreign and PCT National-Stage U.S. Patent Applications: $750

Foreign clients need predictable, affordable U.S. filings. Our flat-rate schedule for PCT national-stage entry and direct foreign filings gives you exactly that: $750, everything through issuance of the official filing receipt.* Law firms around the world use this service, and we can often accommodate same-day filing for urgent deadlines.

New to working with us? Start at U.S. patent services for foreign applicants, or initiate a filing request now.

PRIORITY APPLICATION FILED · MONTH 0 SEARCH REPORT & WRITTEN OPINION · ~16 MO U.S. NATIONAL STAGE ENTRY · 30 MONTHS PCT APPLICATION FILED · 12 MONTHS INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION · 18 MO 30 MONTHS FROM PRIORITY
FIG. 1 PCT national-stage timeline: the U.S. entry deadline is 30 months from the earliest priority date.

The $750 flat rate includes

  • Conflict check
  • Preparation and coordination of all documents requiring inventor or applicant signature
  • Preparation of all administrative documents required for filing
  • Preparation of the non-provisional application, including screening for issues that generate excess filing fees (excess claims, multiple dependencies, and the like)
  • Preparation and USPTO recordation of a Confirmatory Assignment, when necessary
  • Preparation of an Information Disclosure Statement, up to ten references, when necessary
  • Filing the application and paying the application fees, including help determining undiscounted, small-, or micro-entity status
  • Reporting the application as filed and reporting the Official Filing Receipt when issued
  • Oversight of the entire process by a USPTO-registered, Ph.D.-level practitioner with seventeen years of foreign and domestic filing experience

The flat rate covers our work through the official filing receipt. USPTO filing fees are separate. For current USPTO fees and all-in totals by entity status, see U.S. patent filing costs for foreign applicants.

* A national-stage or foreign application is one that has already been drafted and is ready for filing. The $750 flat rate covers filing your completed application with the USPTO; it does not include preparing the patent application itself.