--- title: "US patent filing with the USPTO | GTC" description: "US patent filing with the USPTO. Provisional, utility, and design patents drafted and filed by registered patent attorneys, with transparent two-step pricing." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Global Trademark Company LLC", "url": "https://globaltrademarkcompany.com", "logo": "https://globaltrademarkcompany.com/gtc-logo.svg", "description": "Multi-practice IP and business legal firm. Trademarks in 100+ jurisdictions, patents in 10 + PCT, copyrights under Berne. 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Search & strategy, then a flat drafting & filing fee quoted up front." } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://globaltrademarkcompany.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Patents & Designs", "item": "https://globaltrademarkcompany.com/services/patent-filing" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "United States Patent Filing", "item": "https://globaltrademarkcompany.com/services/patent-filing/us" } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "@type": "Question", "name": "What's the difference between provisional and non-provisional?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "A provisional application establishes a priority date and gives you 12 months to file a full non-provisional utility application. It is never examined and never becomes a patent on its own." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Why do you split fees into Step One and Step Two?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Step One covers strategy, prior-art search, and engagement so we can confirm patentability before committing to drafting. Step Two covers full specification drafting, claim writing, drawings, and USPTO filing. See the live per-step fee above." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How long does USPTO examination take?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Utility patents typically take 24–36 months from filing to grant. Track One prioritized examination is available for an additional government fee and can shorten this to 12 months." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I qualify for micro or small entity fees?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Micro entity (≤4 prior applications + income limits) pays ~$400 in government fees. Small entity (≤500 employees) pays ~$800. Large entity pays ~$1,600." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do I need a US attorney if I'm a foreign applicant?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Foreign-domiciled applicants are required by USPTO rule to be represented by a US-licensed patent attorney or patent agent for prosecution. We handle this end-to-end, no separate counsel needed." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I file a US application from a foreign provisional?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Under the Paris Convention, you have 12 months from your earliest foreign filing to file in the US claiming priority. Alternatively, the PCT route gives you up to 30 months." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What can be patented under 35 U.S.C. §101?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "U.S. law allows patents for any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. Abstract ideas, laws of nature, and natural phenomena are not patentable on their own. Software and business methods are patentable when tied to a concrete technical implementation under the Alice/Mayo framework." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Patent vs. trade secret, which should I choose?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Patents grant a 20-year monopoly in exchange for full public disclosure of your invention. Trade secrets (e.g. the Coca-Cola formula) protect indefinitely but only if secrecy is preserved and they offer no protection against independent discovery or reverse engineering. Choose a patent when the invention will be visible in the marketplace and reverse-engineerable; choose trade secret protection for internal processes that competitors can't observe." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How does Track One prioritized examination work?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Track One prioritizes your application for examination, typically reaching final disposition within 12 months instead of 24–36. The USPTO charges an additional government fee (~$2,170 for small entity, ~$4,340 for large entity). It's worth considering when you need patent rights to support funding rounds, licensing deals, or marketplace enforcement." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What happens at a USPTO examiner interview?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "An examiner interview is an informal phone or video discussion with the USPTO examiner, usually scheduled after a first Office Action. To clarify rejections and explore claim amendments that would lead to allowance. Interviews are typically far more efficient than written argument and we recommend them in most substantive Office Action responses." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What maintenance fees are due after my patent is granted?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Utility patents require maintenance fees at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years from grant to keep the patent in force. Current small-entity fees are roughly $800, $1,800, and $3,700 respectively. Design patents have no maintenance fees. Provisional applications never become patents, so there are no maintenance fees on them. We track and remind you of all deadlines." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can I file internationally after a US provisional or non-provisional?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. You have 12 months from your earliest U.S. filing date to claim priority in foreign countries under the Paris Convention. The most cost-effective approach for filing in multiple countries is the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) route, which preserves your rights in PCT contracting states for an additional 18 months before national-phase decisions are required." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What if my patent application is rejected?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Most patent applications receive at least one Office Action rejecting some or all claims. This is normal. You typically have 3 months (extendable to 6) to file a written response with arguments and/or amendments. If a final rejection is issued, you can file a Request for Continued Examination (RCE), an appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), or a continuation application. We handle all of these." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Should I assign rights to my company or hold them personally?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Inventors are listed by name on every patent application by law, but ownership can be assigned to a company. If the invention is for a business, assigning to the company simplifies investment, licensing, and enforcement. Assignments must be in writing and recorded with the USPTO. We prepare and record assignments at no extra charge as part of Step Two." } } ], "dateModified": "2026-08-28" } ] --- [](/) - Trademarks - Patents - Copyrights - Data Privacy - Business Legal - [Pricing](/pricing) - Resources Sign inEN · USD Sign in 1. [Home](/) 2. [Patents & Designs](/services/patent-filing) 3. United States ![](https://flagcdn.com/w80/us.png)United States USPTO patent # File your United States patent. Search first, then draft and file. A registered patent attorney searches the prior art, drafts your specification and claims, and files with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, so you protect the invention without guessing your way through the process. 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To file with the USPTO, before you commit to drafting. 2 ### Draft & file We draft the specification, claims, and drawings, you approve every word, and we file the application with the USPTO. 3 ### Prosecute to grant We respond to examiner office actions and shepherd the application through USPTO examination toward grant. What it costs ## One engagement, two clear stages. You start with a search and a filing strategy, then a flat drafting-and-filing fee, so you decide with the search in hand, never a surprise. Government fees are passed through at cost. Step One ### Strategy & Search $500 Patentability search + a written opinion on how to file. - USPTO patentability assessment & prior-art search - Filing strategy memo (provisional vs non-provisional, entity status, Track One) - Engagement letter & roadmap - Step Two only if you proceed to drafting Step Two ### Drafting & Filing From $2,700 Drafting and filing your United States application. - Full specification drafting (background, summary, detailed description) - Independent & dependent claims drafted by USPTO-registered counsel - Patent drawings (up to 10 figures) - USPTO filing & confirmation of filing receipt USPTO government fees ($400–$1,600 by entity) and Track One are pass-through at cost. [File My United States patent](/forms/catalog/patents-designs/patent-utility/US?ref=b2c) United States Patent and Trademark Office government fees, translations, and any complexity surcharges are quoted separately and passed through at cost. Get started ### Start your United States patent Describe your invention and a patent attorney will review the scope and email a Step One search-and-strategy quote, no payment, no obligation. No payment required Reply within 1 business day A GTC attorney reviews it & sends a flat-fee quote. 1. 01 Brand details 2. 02 More details 3. 03 Your details Brand details 1 What is your invention called?\* A short descriptive title; a working name is fine. 2 Where do you want patent protection?\* Select every country where you want a patent — utility (invention) patents are filed and priced per country. Add all your target markets. 3 Do you need drafting and filing, or drafting only? Drafting only = we write the specification and claims for you to file yourself. Drafting + filing = we do both. 4 What does the invention do? Describe what it is and how it works. Even a paragraph helps us scope; we refine the full specification with you. 5 Has the invention been publicly disclosed yet?\* Public disclosure (sold, demoed, published) can bar a patent — especially abroad, where there is usually no grace period. BackNext Why GTC ## An online-first firm, built for USPTO patent filing. ![Paul Ditmyer, US Attorney, licensed in Florida](/assets/paul-ditmyer-DCOmnEoM.webp) Attorney review Paul Ditmyer US Attorney, licensed in Florida USPTO counsel of record ### Search before you spend Every engagement starts with a prior-art search and a written filing opinion, so you commit to drafting with the landscape in front of you. ### Attorney-drafted claims Your specification and claims are drafted by qualified patent counsel and you approve every word before it is filed at the USPTO. ### Your deadlines, tracked We diarise the USPTO priority and response windows and file inside them, so a missed deadline never costs you the filing. ### One team across major jurisdictions The same team coordinates your filings at the USPTO and at every other major patent office your invention reaches. Your Customer Success Team ## A dedicated team that owns your matter from start to finish. Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay. ### Your Account Manager Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off. ### Your Senior Account Manager Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track. A named person, on email or a call, at every step. ![Your dedicated GTC Customer Success Team](/assets/m-onboarding-bright-welcome-C-heDolY.jpg) How we compare ## Filing with the USPTO? Here's what sets GTC apart. What you get GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself A prior-art search and written opinion before any drafting Specification and claims drafted by qualified patent counsel A flat drafting-and-filing fee, quoted up front Office actions answered by the same team that filed One team across major patent jurisdictions and the PCT Government fees passed through at cost A prior-art search and written opinion before any drafting GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself Specification and claims drafted by qualified patent counsel GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself A flat drafting-and-filing fee, quoted up front GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself Office actions answered by the same team that filed GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself One team across major patent jurisdictions and the PCT GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself Government fees passed through at cost GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself The timeline ## From search to granted patent, with the USPTO. Patent prosecution runs on the office's clock. Here is what to expect once you start. 1. Step One ### Search & filing strategy A prior-art search and a written opinion on patentability and the best route to file. 2. Weeks 2–6 ### Drafting & filing We draft the specification, claims, and drawings, you approve them, and we file with the USPTO. 3. Months ### Examination The USPTO examines the application; we answer office actions and run examiner interviews where they help. 4. 24 – 36 months to grant (utility) ### Grant & upkeep On allowance we pay the issue fee and diarise the maintenance fees that keep the patent in force. In their words ## All your legal, in one place. One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016. 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