Attorney fee for filing a Patent in India

Action based fee

  • Attorney fee for preparing and filing an application for Patent in India
  • Additional fee for responding to office actions
  • Additional fee for preparing evidences and arguments
  • Additional fee for attending hearings with the examiner

Capped Flat fee

  • Attorney fee for preparing and filing an application for Patent in India
  • No further fee for responding to office actions
  • No further fee for preparing evidences and arguments
  • No further fee for attending hearings with the examiner
Click here: Fee for FOREIGN applicants in US Dollars.

Official fee for Patent in India

Applicant typeIndian Rupees
Individual1600
Large Firm8000

Official Examination fee for Patent in India

Applicant typeIndian Rupees
Individual4000
Large Firm20000

Action based attorney fee for a Patent in India

ParticularsIndian Rupees
Consultation charges per hour or part thereof6000
Search of Patent Database12000
Drafting of Complete Specification24000
Amendment of Specification due to objections12000
Attending to serious objections at the patent office/hearing20000
Attorney fee for Filing a READY TO FILE application
(30 Pages/10 Claims)
24000
Attorney fee for prosecuting an application at the Patent Office10000 per response
Alternatively – FLAT ONE TIME attorney fee for filing & prosecution of application till grant of Patent65000

The above fee would be applicable for an application which does not face a third party opposition. Opposition proceedings are uncertain in degree and complexity, so a fee for these can not be predicted.

Our quotation for handling a Patent application in India

Our professional and administrative fee for filing one READY TO FILE National Phase/Conventional Patent application in India is ₹24000. This includes attorney fee, stationery and printing fee as well as handling fee.

The Patent Office filing fee is

₹8000 for a large legal entity, and ₹1600 for an individual applicant.

This is for a specification up to 30 pages with 10 claims. Extra pages fee and claims fee would be applicable for a longer specification.

The Patent Office Examination fee is

₹20000 for a large legal entity, and ₹4000 for an individual applicant.

We charge different fees for various actions needed to be performed while prosecuting the application at the Patent Office as set out in the above table.  A typical office action would cost you about ₹10000, while attending a hearing with examiner would be ₹20000.

Alternatively, we offer you an option of paying a total of ₹65000 as professional fee for prosecuting an application up to grant.

In this option we commit ourselves to prosecute the application at the Patent office till grant for a fix one time fee of ₹65000 and thereby protect you from making any unforeseen payment.

Therefore the two attorney fee options are

1. Attorney fee for filing (A) ₹20000 + Patent Office fee + Action based fee for prosecuting the application till grant/final disposal of the case.
OR
2. ONE time fixed Attorney fee of (D) ₹65000 + Patent Office fee + NO further fee for prosecuting the application till grant/final disposal of the case (Recommended).

The National Phase/Conventional Patent application in India consists of a set of forms along with a copy of Complete Specification including the description, claims, drawings and abstract. A POA from the inventor accompanies the application. One can enter National Phase in India within 31 months in case of a PCT application. These documents need to be in ENGLISH.

In order to file a patent application in India we would require:

  1. Name, address and nationality of applicants and inventors.
  2. Complete Specification in ENGLISH (in text format).
  3. The drawings in PDF/JPG format.
  4. The certified copy of the priority documents would NOT be required for a PCT application.

Do provide the applicant details to enable us to prepare the (Power of Attorney form) POAs as per the requirements of Intellectual Property office of India; we shall then send the POAs for signing to you.

A POA needs to be stamped by a Govt. agency after paying the appropriate fee and then it is to be signed by the applicant.

The Patent/Trademark Office allows the POA to be filed at a later stage during the prosecution of the application and there is no late fee or any penalty associated with such later filing.

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This article has been written by

Patent attorney in India

I, Mahesh Bhagnari, am the Managing Principal of the firm:

  • I am an Attorney at Law with Bar Council Registration № MAH/1574/2003.
  • I am licensed to practice at the Intellectual Property Office as a Patent attorney in India and Design attorney in India with Registration № IN PA 1108.
  • I am licensed to practice as a Trademark attorney in India with Registration № 10742.
  • I have more than eighteen years of professional experience working in the field of Intellectual property.
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