Legal and asset management business services for small corporations and established entrepreneurs.
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1629 K Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC
20006 Phone: 202-600-7694
Fax: 775-255-1161
Email: questions@tangentlaw.com
Tangent Law Group provides free, half-hour initial consultations.
Tangent Law Group provides free, half-hour initial consultations. Thereafter, the rate is $200/hour for services performed by our principal, Eric Weierstall, Esq., includingCore Legal Services and Asset Management Business Services. We offer rush services at an additional cost. Rates for additional staff range from $80 - $350/hour, depending on the level of skill required to assess the issue and staff necessary to complete the project. New clients are typically required to deposit a 50% retainer on estimated fees.
Estimated Costs by Service
Below you will find estimations of our average costs by service. The prices are estimations and do not include draftspersons fees, disbursements, government fees (e.g., filing fees, subsequent prosecution fees, additional application fees, issue fees, maintenance fees and other government fees), or costs associated with enforcement. The actual costs will vary depending on the complexity of your needs.| Service Fees | Cost Estimate | |
| Initial Consultation | 0.5 hours | Free |
| Utility Patent Applications | Mechanical | $3,000+ |
| Electro-Mechanica | $4,000+ | |
| Business Method | $4,000+ | |
| Electrical | $8,000+ | |
| Software, Internet | $8,000+ | |
| Design Patent Applications | Standard Design Application | $2,000+ |
| Trademark Search | U.S. Federal Trademark Search & Opinion (word mark) | $300 per class of goods/services |
| U.S. Federal Search & Opinion (design mark) | $1,000 per class of goods/services | |
| Trademark Application | U.S. Application | $600+fees |
| Copyrights | Copyright Application | $250+fees |
Please remember that patent searches and patentability opinions search the applicable patent databases. They cannot and do not include all prior art in existence everywhere in the world. Most importantly, a patent may be invalidated if prior art that an inventor was aware of and did not produce is proven. For this reason, it is in the inventor’s best interest to provide all the information they are aware of that would be reasonably relevant to one of ordinary skill in the art.
These estimates are based on normal prosecutions, specific cases vary in costs and complexity. Tangent Law Group does not typically provide a fixed cost prosecution without specific and prior arrangements. Please also note that fees and hourly costs are subject to change without notice. No guarantee of price is provided or intended to be provided herewith.
The fee schedule for filing patents and trademarks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2009september15.htm