Cost of Patent Attorney for Drafting and Filing Patent Application

The overall cost to obtain a utility patent for an invention is generally $8000 to $18000, depending upon the country where patent filing is desired. A utility patent application includes patent claims, drawings and description of the invention. The patent application cost in India covers the official filing fee and the patent attorney charges for drafting a patent application. The cost of patent application in India may also include charges for conducting a patent prior art search. The results of patent search are used to perform a patentability analysis.