Re:United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' P...
by rogueriver on Friday March 15, 2013 @02:50PM
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Thanks! I do think they could lower fees for individuals,
but put a limit on the number of patents, or Trademarks
a person could file--maybe just one at the reduced fee?
Corporations and LLC's would not get the discount.
I don't think their would be a rush of individual inventors overloading the department with frivilious, Nolo Press enabled patent requests.
Plus, if that became reality; they could drop the program.
If anyone reads this, avoid any patent service that advertises on t.v.. Research your patient before you hire a attorney, or DIY.
My main gripe was with the Tradmark fees. I don't remember the fee, but even if it was $300.00--that's still too high--especially for a www.mywebsite567.whatever?
I personally think the larger the company, the higher the fee. Didn't Apple try to patent rounded edges?
Anyway--I appreciate micro entity reduced fee info.
Anyway, the USPTO has had 50% lowered fees for "small entities" for some time now. The patent office will soon add a new "micro entity" classification (paying 75% of fees) that might help individuals without a lot of money. The total filing cost as a micro entity will be just over 300 bucks. That's pretty reasonable considering the work involved in examining a patent application.