PCT National Phase Patent in India fee calculator

Fee for Indian applicants in Rupees

We offer to the below mentioned attorney fee options

Action based attorney fee for a patent in India

Particulars	US Dollars
Consultation charges per hour or part thereof	100
A search of Patent Database	200
Drafting of Complete Specification	400
Amendment of Specification due to objections	200
Attending to serious objections at the patent office/hearing	350
Attorney fee for Filing a READY TO FILE application (30 Pages/10 Claims)	400
Attorney fee for prosecuting an application at the Patent Office	175 per response
Alternatively – FLAT ONE TIME attorney fee for filing & prosecution of application till grant of Patent	1125

Quotation for handling a PCT National Phase Patent in India

The Patent Office filing fee for PCT National Phase Patent in India shall be:
US$130 for a large legal entity, and US$30 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 for PCT National Phase Patent in India is:
US$300 for a large legal entity, and US$70 for an individual applicant.

We charge different fee for various actions needed to be performed while prosecuting the application at the Patent Office as presented in the table above. A typical office action would cost you about US$175, while attending a hearing with examiner would be US$350.

Alternatively, we offer you an option of paying a total of US$1125 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 US$1125 and thereby protect you from making any unforeseen payment.

Thus the two options are:
1. Attorney fee for filing US$400 + 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 US$1125 + Patent Office fee + NO further fee for prosecuting the application till grant/final disposal of the case (Recommended).

To file an application for PCT National Phase Patent 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 (required for a conventional Patent application in India).
5. PCT application number.
6. A power of attorney form signed by the applicants.

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.

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.

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.

Written by Mahesh Bhagnari, Patent & Trademark Attorney in India.