How to hire right patent attorney for my invention at right cost video by Prasad Karhad
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Table of Contents
How to hire right patent attorney in the US for patenting your invention
Does the patent Attorney have degree in your field of invention?
Personal visit to patent attorney’s office
Things to discuss with patent attorney before hiring
Honestly disclosing real results for novelty search
Your comfort level while communicating
Shall I go for the most expensive patent attorney or the most economic one
Patent Attorney
Patent Attorney
If you are still in the phase where you are confused regarding saving a few thousand dollars by writing and filing your patent application on your own (without the help of a patent attorney) you may read our detailed guideline on do I really need to hire a patent attorney? or can I do it myself?
In this article, however, we will learn some important points to consider when selecting a patent attorney based on the subject matter of your invention.
The question is: “ Out of thousands if not hundreds of patent agents/attorneys in the US, How would I find the right one for my invention? and even more importantly at the right costs? ”
The selection process for the right patent attorney could turn out to be a more complex process than you would have imagined. You may find most websites sound similar and it is quite difficult to differentiate patent attorneys with regards to what is the right fit for you, the subject matter familiarity, and the quality of patent drafting and filing services.
This problem is more intense for first-time inventors (who have not filed the patent before) who are searching for a good patent attorney and do not specifically know what to look for.
Selecting the right patent agent or attorney is a significantly cost-intensive decision that you are going to make and you would not want to be making mistakes in it. A patent attorney charges anything from $200 to $500 per hour. Hence it is wise to be prepared and not take the selection process lightly.
As you might have guessed, a good reputation and experience in dealing with patents from the field of your invention is the primary shortlisting factor and you can get to a shorter list of patent attorneys:
Does the patent Attorney have degree in your field of invention?
Whatever the patent attorneys are from a science or engineering background, their degree should match with the field of your invention. This is for obvious reasons like familiarity with the subject matter of the invention. Although this is not always necessary, as with the experience of writing hundreds and thousands of patents from different domains a patent attorney can build a decent understanding of most related fields from different domains like electrical engineering, instrumentation, automation, technology, software engineering, etc…
Hence, although not a strict selection criteria’ still as long as possible a patent attorney should have a degree from your field of the invention (or at least in nearby domains).
Personal visit to patent attorney’s office
Now, this is not always possible but in Ideal situation, it is recommended to visit shortlisted patent attorneys as a primary meeting and get a sense of proceedings by meeting one on one; there are far too many advantages to an in-person meeting before selecting a professional. It’s just way more comprehensive than discussing it on email or a call.
Shortlisting calls to attorneys: If the list of shortlisted patent attorneys is longer and you are unable to distinguish between them with the help of their online profiles It’s better to further shortlist them by scheduling a short phone call (5 to 10 minutes) with the patent attorney who is going to work on your invention.
Things to discuss with patent attorney before hiring
systems or process they follow for taking new client invention disclosure to granted patent
cost estimate for proceeding with your patent requirement
what is included and what is not included in the cost estimate shared
Ask for previous work (granted patents) in the same field of your invention:
