I am Jerome Sacks, PhD. I am a Registered Patent Agent and an active independent inventor. I offer low-cost patent searching, patent preparation, and patent prosecution services for the frugal inventor.

Patent Preparation and Prosecution Fees

A. Initial and follow-up telephone dialogs                          Always Free

B. Patent and Patent Publication Prior Art Search                  $350
(Compare to search services that charge up to $1,000)

Includes all of the following
-U.S. Patent and Patent Publication Search
-Worldwide ( Foreign) Patent Search
-Patentability Opinion: A complete prior art search report will be provided including
.           relevant patent documents found
.           multi-page analysis document

C. Regular Patent Application Preparation                $2400  Service Fee
.                                                                          $ 530   Filing Fee
.                                                                           $2930  Total

Includes the following at no additional charge
.          -Free formal drawings (as many as required)
.          -Free Email and telephone consultation (as often as required)
.          -Multiple embodiments (invention variants) as many as required


D. Patent Prosecution Response to first Office Action    up to $800
Additional office Action response                                         $300
(Prosecution typically begins about 3 years after regular filing)

Rarely, additional patent application filings costs are for:
.           -drawings requiring an outside expert draftsman
.            -fees for an outside technical expert
.             -Foreign document certified translations

E. Other Services
.           -Ask me about Provisional and Design patents, RCEs, continuation patents, fast tack exams


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Why so Cheap?

I am an active independent inventor and have filed several provisional and non-provisional patent applications over the last several years. While doing this, I developed a strong interest and considerable expertise in patent preparation. I therefore studied Patent Law, passed the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) Exam, and received my official patent agent registration (#62493) in June 08, 2008.

For my customers, I do all the work myself, including all communication with clients, prior art patent searching and analysis, drafting and prosecuting patent applications and responses, and all formal drawings. I limit the amount of clients I accept at any given time depending on my workload.

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Why Use My Services?

Compared to other Patent Application services which employ multiple employes, I work out of my home, and do all the work and communication with clients myself.  My overhead is low, and I pass these services to you.  All my services are fixed price: there are never any surprise extra charges. Your are always communicating with a single person

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Payment Schedule.

Because of my low fees, initial full payment (retainer) is required before actual work is performed in each step. Unused money is returned.