Complete Steps and flow chart from Idea to granted patent
Stage-wise procedure and cost for getting patent in UK
The cost requires in stages as your invention proceeds from Novelty Search (about £500 to £800), Patent drafting and filing in UK (about £800 to £1500), and after 1 to 2 years for responding to office actions if any objections are taken by the controller in an examination report on the application about your invention, such response to office actions typically requires (about £300 to £1000).
Note: these costs are mentioned are exemplary and may vary with respect to patent attorneys and companies.
The link here is the fees structure mentioned at UK intellectual property office website.
We are assuming you have hired a patent attorney helping you with patent filing, which is recommended and makes all patenting efforts worthwhile with his experience and expertise in techno-legal writing.
Each step of the process is explained in detail on its dedicated page/article. the links for detailed pages are given below:
- Step 1: Idea to Invention Disclosure (inception of the invention)
- Step 2: Patentability search or novelty search (optional step)
- Step 3: Patent drafting/writing
- Step 4: Filing a patent application
- Step 5: Publication of patent application
- Step 6: Examination of patent application
- Step 7: Office action- Response to objections
- Step 8: Grant of patent / Notice of Allowance
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