To help you make educated decisions
Affordable fees with no
surprise billings
We aren’t just a law firm – see our services below!
To help you make educated decisions
Affordable fees with no surprise billings
We aren’t just a law firm – see our services below!
Prepared by a
Patent Attorney for
(for most inventions)
(software/bio/chemical)
Including a complete written
application,
professionally rendered drawings, and
any needed revisions, starting at
(for most inventions)
(software/bio/chemical)
Fee based upon complexity of the invention.
Founding partner of Kaufhold & Dix Patent Law, serving clients who require assistance with patent searches and opinions, patent application preparation and prosecution, trademark application and prosecution, patent litigation advisement, infringement opinions and clearance studies.
Attorney Brendan Dix has been a partner in the Kaufhold & Dix Patent Law firm since 2012. Mr. Dix drafts and prosecutes patent applications, and advises clients on intellectual property issues and strategies, including those related to patents, copyrights, and trade secrets.
Is your idea new and can you get a patent? Having a patent opinion from an experienced patent attorney is crucial in determining whether or not you can protect your idea from competitors. Within approximately 10 business days, we will undertake a patent search and one of our attorneys will write a patentability opinion. We want you to know the strength of your product before you move forward with patents, prototypes, and marketing.
Kaufhold & Dix Patent law has over 6,000 allowed patent applications – we are a highly qualified group of patent attorneys and professionals having a wide range of experience in nearly all inventive fields including mechanical, electrical, biological, chemical, and computer programs.
What makes us different?
Making a prototype may seem difficult, but we have the right partners who will turn your idea into a physical prototype to assist you with investor and licensing opportunities. Once you have an approved prototype, our partners can begin production of your product for placement in stores and online marketplaces.
Our partner companies can assist you with websites, brochures, advertising plans, product packaging, online sales, and everything else you will need to give your product the best chance of success.
Aside from our flat fees and assisting our clients beyond the writing of a patent, we are transparent throughout the entire process. Other law firms will offer a low-priced fee in the beginning, but neglect to explain to their clients that the vast majority of patent applications will require a response to a rejection approximately 18 months after the filing of the patent application.
That is why we quote a flat fee for these responses at the beginning of the process: so that you know what your total cost will be. But if there is no rejection, there are no more fees from us as we do not bill clients for phone calls, emails, and communications and filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
$490.00
$4200.00 up-front fee
Fee covers all legal work, drawings,
and revisions (see below)
Client only pays government fees
$1050.00 (if needed)
Covers all responses to conclusion
of patent examination
$2100.00 (½ of up-front fee)
Paid at beginning of patent services
$210.00 per month
For 10 months of no-interest payments
Total fees for mechanical inventions are $5,000 – $7,500 on average.
vs.
FREE
Up to $1,000
FREE
Up to $1,000
$490
$500 – $1,500
$490
$500 – $1,500
$4,200
No Firm Quote
$4,200
No Firm Quote
Included
$750 – $1,500
Included
$750 – $1,500
Included
$6K – $12K+
Included
$6K – $12K+
Included
$0 – $250
Included
$0 – $250
Included
$500 – $2,000
Included
$500 – $2,000
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$0 – $500
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$0 – $500
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$0 – $500
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$0 – $500
Included
$0 – $1,000
Included
$0 – $1,000
$1,050
$1,500 – $3,500
$1,050
$1,500 – $3,500
Included
$0 – $500
Included
$0 – $500
Included
$0 – $500
Included
$0 – $500
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$0 – $500
Included
$0 – $500
$5,250
$9K – $22K+
$5,250
$9K – $22K+
Total fees for mechanical inventions are $5,000 – $7,500 on average.
Typical patent law firms will charge more and will not provide you with the knowledge base you need to develop your idea into a marketable product. Come see why Kaufhold & Dix Patent Law is different.
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If you need help with a patent or a trademark, please choose one of those options instead, and we’d be happy to help you.
While our firm could help you with a copyright, we feel that most people can file for their own protection as the US Copyright office is fairly easy to navigate, the copyright Examiners are helpful, and the cost is very low if you do this yourself. If you still need assistance, especially if you have a fairly large project requiring multiple trademarks, we encourage you to search specifically for a “copyright attorney” as our firm specializes in trademarks and patents.
In order to obtain a license or attract an investor, it is imperative that you create a property right for your idea. If you have an invention, but are not patent pending, you are likely to not have a property right that can be licensed or invested in. We, like all patent attorneys, do not find investors or licensees, but 1) we do make certain that you are protected when dealing with those entities, and 2) we likely have referrals to assist you in moving your product from the drafting board to the store shelf.
If you need to protect your idea, please instead choose “I want to protect my invention with a Patent”.
We are not a litigation firm but a prosecution firm. That is, we help people obtain patents and trademarks but we do not litigate infringements. We do, however, routinely send out cease and desist letters for our clients as well as communicate with online retailers, such as Amazon, to have infringing products removed from their sites.
If you require analysis of an infringement claim or need assistance with cease and desist letters, please call 605-334-1571 and request to speak with one of our attorneys.
If you are already patent pending because you have filed a provisional application and wish to file a non-provisional patent application, we can assist you by professionally amending and filing your non-provisional patent application. Please note, we typically charge full fees for the rewriting of an application prepared by a non-attorney or AI as such applications nearly always include flaws which undermine the possible protections available to the inventor.
If you need a non-provisional application, please select “I want to protect my invention with a Patent”, otherwise call our office at 605-334-1571.
We are an intellectual property boutique firm specializing in obtaining patents and trademarks for our clients, as well as performing patentability searches, analyzing infringement concerns, sending cease and desist letters, preparing licensing agreements, and assisting with other intellectual property needs.
If your needs are outside of the above, we invite you to call our office at 605-334-1571 to determine if we can assist you.