Cost benefits for Students and academics
“The cost of a patent for students and educational institutes is having discounted attorney fees, up to 30% off, The official patent cost for filing a patent application is ₹1,600, and Attorney fees for drafting a patent application would be around ₹25,000.”
Cost benefits for Students and academics :
We all know the importance of Patent in the educational environment
- The Lecturers, professors (teaching staff) are appreciated and even Promoted for getting patent for research project
- The news and media channel attention to students and institute who receives Patent for the invention
- The companies preferring students who have done research work and have patent filed or granted for the invention
we need to refer to our section on patent costs by normal route in this discussion Cost of filing patent in India by normal route
discounted attorney fees for students and educational institutes
In general patent agents/attorneys offer discounted attorney fees for students and educational institutes. So, when we compare patent filing costs with general clients, the students or educational institutes can enjoy up to 50% discounts on attorney fees. However, the government or official fees for all the steps remain the same.
Note: considering you are a natural person(s) applicant and you filed a patent application for your innovative idea or project in India, the total attorney charges for patent drafting (writing) + patent filing + request for early publication + request for examination can be as low as ₹ 25,000 in certain cases. this is without considering the official fees for relevant stages.
Discounted attorney fees for students and educational institutes as per stages
the discounted fees can be viewed in 2 stages :
Stage 1: drafting and filing a complete patent application: attorney fees ₹ 20,000 to ₹ 25,000
( and after about 6 to 8 months time )
Stage 2: First examination report, response, and hearing: attorney fees ₹ 15,000
The detailed breakup of the patent filing costs for students and educations institute is as below
The cost for Patent in table format :
Note: steps highlighted in Orange color are either optional step or depends on case to case and are not mandatory to happen
| Sr. | Stages for Patent (links for more details) | Professional fees | Government Fees | Time required |
| 1 | How to go from Idea to Invention disclosure? Do I need patent agent of attorney Is my invention patentable ? | – | – | – |
| 2 | Signing Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) | – | – | 10 minutes to sign |
| 3 | Patentability / Novelty Search (Optional step) | ₹ 12,000 | – | 3 – 5 days |
| 4 | Drafting Complete Patent Application | ₹ 25,000 | – | 10 – 12 days |
| 5 | Filing patent application | – | ₹ 1,600 | 1 – 2 days |
| 6 | Publication of patent application | – | – | After 18 months |
| 7 | Early publication (Optional step) | ₹ 2500 | 1 – 2 months | |
| 8 | Request For examination (Normal Route) | ₹ 4000 | 2-3 Years | |
| 9 | Request For examination(Expedited, with a female as applicant or co-applicant,) (Optional step) | ₹ 8000 | 8 to 9 months | |
| 10 | Drafting and Filing a response to the First Examination Report (FER), In Case you receive any objection from the patent office (government) | ₹ 12,000 | – | Drafting response 7-10 days |
| 11 | Hearing In Case you receive any hearing from patent office (government) | ₹ 15,000 | – | depends on the government |
| 12 | Grant of patent or refusal | – | – | Depends on the pendency at government |
Note: Government fees mentioned are for Natural persons or Startups or Small entities or educational institutions
- Indian Patent Office, Govt. of India
- Patent Facilitator for Start-ups, Startup India Govt. of India
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering.
- Author of multiple books on Patents and IPR including a best-selling book on “How to patent an idea in India” which has been selected as the “Memorable Business Book of 2018” by Amazon
- Books are included in the syllabus of Educational Institutions as textbook and reference book on subject of IPR and Patents
- For over 15 years, Prasad has helped protect the intellectual property rights (IPR) of more than 1800 clients, including individuals, entrepreneurs, and educational institutes. This includes patents, trademarks, designs, and copyrights.