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[kouzi]

After your patent is filed, and before the product is actually making you some money, what other additional costs need to be considered?

[Wiscagent]

How much and when you start to make money on your product is largely independent of the prosecution of your patent application.

The timing and cost of prosecuting a patent application varies greatly.  At the low end of the range, an application that is granted without significant rejections, can cost as little as a few hundred dollars in legal fees and a few hundred in patent office fees to get the patent issued; so at a minimum, figure on about $1000 (above and beyond initial costs to draft and file the application) and a couple of years.

More typically, there will be rejections for your patent practitioner to deal with, and it is likely that amendments will be required, I’ll make a rough estimate that $3000 - $6000 is typical for legal fees and patent office fees of about $1000-$2000.

The high end is virtually unlimited.