That’s a really good prior art search at $10k, more like ~$2k for a reasonable job
Yes. It's the level of PA search you would do if you expected your patent to come up against a mega-entity like Google, Apple, Facebook, De Beers, etc.
If your patent applications are mainly to check the IP box for investors, it would be more like the $2K you suggest.
Re:Patents: how and why to get them
by jacques_chester on Saturday June 02, 2018 @10:45PM
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Yes, some subject areas cost a lot more. Supply and demand and legalese and whatnot.
It depends a little on the field (cold fusion prior art search would be lots less), but if you're in chip design, energy storage, diamond synthesis - $10K will be your starting point cost.