Trademark Searches & Registration of Trademarks

Trademarks

Areas Covered: sources of goods or services
Average Cost: $1,135 including filing fee. An optional Trademark search is available (and advisable) for an additional $1,100. Not included is cost of enforcement.
Typical Items That May Be Protected: names, logos, designs, Internet domain names, etc.
Duration of Trademark: 10 years
Area of Coverage: Country of Registration
Renewable: Yes

Michael Kroll, U.S. Patent Attorney Registration # 26,755. Asssociates Located Near The U.S. Patent Office. We serve a Worldwide client base.

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Contact Info

Credit Cards Accepted. Open 24 hours per day. We are always open.

Phone: 1-800-367-7774 or (516) 367-7777
Fax:--- 1-800-367-7999 or (516) 802-0510
Mobile Phone: (516) 353-6312
E-mail: patent@invention.net (If requesting our brochure, please provide your name, mailing address and phone number since these materials are too large to e-mail or fax).
Mailing Address:
Michael Kroll, Registered Patent Attorney
Suite 304
80 Skyline Drive
Plainview, New York 11803

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Types Of Intellectual Property:

Patents:

Areas Covered: whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful improvement thereof may obtain a patent.

Average Cost:

Utility Patent: $7,650 (internet, electronic, chemical and business methods are normally higher). This includes filing fee, professional drawings & technical specifications. An optional patent search is available (suggested & advisable) for an additional $750. Additional Fees: amendments (if required), printing, issue, publication and maintenance fees for 3, 7 & 11 years after issue. Not included is the cost of enforcement.
Design Patent: $1,670 (a design patent only protects the appearance of an item)

Typical Items That May Be Protected:

Utility Patent: tools, devices, machines, computer programs, games, processes, formulas, internet, electronic, chemical and business methods, etc.
Design Patent: shapes of articles, dolls, characters, etc.

Duration of Patent:

Utility Patent: 20 years from filing.
Design Patent: 14 years from date granted.

Area of Coverage: Country of Grant. - PCT (Patent Cooperative Treaty) Patents Available For Multi-Country Filing

Renewable: No

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Copyrights

Areas Covered: artistic works that typically appeal to the senses such as sight and sound.

Average Cost: $400 including filing fee. Copyright search not necessary. Not included is cost of enforcement.

Typical Items That May Be Protected: books, songs, dolls, plays, poems, sculptures, paintings, photographs, computer programs, written materials, etc.

Duration of Copyright: life of author plus 50 years

Area of Coverage: Worldwide for participating countries.

Renewable: No

	Utility Patent (functional)(1)(2)(3)(4)	Design Patent (appearance)(1)(4)	Copyrights(4)	Trademarks(4)
#	Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful improvement thereof may obtain a patent	Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful improvement thereof may obtain a patent	Artistic works that typically appeal to the senses such as sight and sound	Source of goods or services
Typical items that may be protected	tools, devices, machines, computer programs, games, processes, formulas, internet, electronic, chemical and business methods etc.	shapes of articles, dolls, characters, etc.	books, dolls, plays, poems, sculpures, paintings, photographs, computer programs, software, written materials, etc.	names, logos, designs, internet domain names, etc.
Duration of protection	20 years from filing	14 years from filing	Life of author plus 50 years	10 years
Area of coverage	Country of filing	Country of filing	Worldwide	Country of filing
Renewable	No	No	No	Yes
Average fee (varies according to complexity)	$7,650 and includes filing fee, professional patent drawings and technical specifications (1) (2) (3)	$1,670 and includes filing fee, professional patent drawings and technical specifications (1).	$400 and includes filing fee	$1,135 and includes filing fee
Average cost of optional search	$750	$750	Not Necessary	$1,100