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About the patent attorney reward and the stamp fee

The patent attorney reward consists of the commission and the success fee.
The commission is paid as the rewards for the customer's request and it contains actual expenses of the type fee, the drawing making fee, and the computerization fee, etc.
The success fee is to paid as the contingency fee when a patent is registered or it wins by the judgment etc.
The clerical work procedure fee of Japan Patent Office is called the stamp fee.

About a patent attorney reward amount standard table

The following reward standard is just a standard, and our amount of the reward is determined by the contract made among the customer and us.

[before application]

service
commission
stamp fee
success fee
remark
Consultation fee (Until 30 min.)
Free
     
+ Every hour that exceeds 30 min.
¥15,000
     
Patent search (Until 3 hrs)
¥40,000
    *1,*2
Translation fee
 
     
   English to Japanese per 100 words
¥2,000
     
   Japanese to English per 100 words
¥3,500
     
Scanning of drawings (per figure)
¥1,200
     

*1 The commission will increase or decrease by the range of the search.
*2 Mainly document search and report writing of Japanese patent, utility model, design, and trademark.

 

[Patent Application]

service
commission
stamp fee
success fee
remark
Basic Patent Application
¥180,000
¥15,000
¥72,000
*1
+ Addition of a claim ( total 2 - 10 claims)
¥10,000
 
¥4,000
*1
+ Addition of a claim ( total 11 - 20 claims)
¥7,000
 
¥2,800
*1
+ Addition of a claim ( more than 21 claims)
¥4,000
 
¥1,600
*1
+ request for the application of the exception to loss of novelty (in case the invention is published)
¥21,000
 
 
 
+ request for the application of the exception to loss of novelty (not in case the invention is published)
¥40,000
 
 
 
+ drawing fee (per 1 drawing)
¥4,000
 
 
 

*1 It contains the Application form, the Scope of Claim for patent (1 claim), the Specification (5 pages), and the Summary.

 

[Response to the office action, etc.]

service
commission
stamp fee
success fee
remark
request for examination (for one claim)
¥10,000
¥168,600
 
 
+ for additional claim
 
¥4,000
 
 
amendment of formality
¥12,500
 
 
 
filing an argument (for one claim)
¥60,000
 
¥4,000
 
+ for additional claim
¥3,000
 
¥4,000
 
other response to the office action, etc.
¥60,000
 
¥4,000
 
+ for additional claim
¥10,000
¥4,000
¥4,000
 
an interview with the Examiner
¥35,000
 
 
 

 

 

[when the patent is granted ]

service
commission
stamp fee
success fee
remark
payment of the annuity (for one claim)
¥10,000
¥37,200
 
*1
+ for additional claim
¥3,300
 
 
*1

*1 The stamp fee above is for the annuity of 1-3 years.


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