Flat fees, passed-through filing costs, and three IP-audit retainer tiers.

No hourly billing for prosecution. Government filing fees (USPTO + USCO) are passed through at cost on every invoice with the receipt. The fee letter you sign on day one is the fee letter you pay at closing.

// Tier I · Solo inventor

Solo inventor

$1,200

/ qtr · retainer

For solo inventors and one-person studios. A quarterly IP audit + on-call counsel for 4 hours/qtr. Filings billed at standard flat-fee schedule.

Quarterly IP audit1×
On-call hours4 / qtr
FilingsFlat-fee
NDA libraryIncluded
Trade-secret hygieneEmail-level
USPTO portfolio reviewAnnual

Choose Solo →

// Tier II · Startup / Studio

Startup or studio

$3,800

/ qtr · retainer

For Series-A and earlier companies and small studios. Includes one filing per quarter at the standard flat-fee schedule (any category) baked in.

Quarterly IP audit1×
On-call hours12 / qtr
Filings included1 / qtr
Employee-IP assignmentsDrafted
DTSA-readiness reviewAnnual
Direct attorney mobile24h response

Choose Startup →

// Tier III · Enterprise

Enterprise portfolio

$11,400

/ qtr · retainer

For Series-C+ and enterprise IP-owning teams. Includes 4 filings per quarter, full TTAB / opposition coverage, and freedom-to-operate quarterly briefs.

Quarterly IP audit1×
On-call hours40 / qtr
Filings included4 / qtr
FTO briefsQuarterly
TTAB / oppositionIncluded
Annual portfolio meetingIn-person

Choose Enterprise →

Itemized fee schedule.

// Effective 2026-04 · subject to USPTO/USCO fee revisions

Why most of our clients sit on a quarterly retainer.

The economics of one-off filings are noisy. A retainer flattens spend and gets us looking at your portfolio every 90 days — instead of being called in only when you've already shipped something we should have filed on. The Startup tier is what most ~25-person companies land on.

Retainers can be paused, downgraded, or upgraded at any quarter boundary. We do not lock you into multi-year terms.

Avg client tenure4.6 yr
Avg quarterly filings (Tier II)1.4
Median IP-audit time11 hr
Pause-and-resume rate7%
Annual portfolio reviewFree
Upgrade / downgradeQuarterly

Fee & engagement questions.

Do you bill hourly for any work?+

No prosecution work is billed hourly. The single exception is litigation we are pulled into mid-case (federal court IP litigation, not TTAB) where we bill blended hourly with a written budget. Every other engagement type — patents, trademarks, copyrights, IP audits — is flat-fee.

Are USPTO and USCO fees subject to change?+

Yes — these are government fees we pass through at cost. The schedule above reflects the April 2026 fee schedule. We send a one-page advisory whenever the USPTO publishes a fee revision, with a re-quote of any open files affected.

What happens if my application gets rejected?+

First two office-action responses are included in the standard non-provisional retainer. If a third response is needed, we'll quote based on the rejection complexity ($1,200–$3,600 typical). We never bill for clarifying interview-with-examiner discussions, which we frequently use to short-circuit prosecution.

How does the engagement contract work?+

A short engagement letter (3 pages) signed at retainer execution. It identifies the scope, the flat fee, the pass-through fees, and the conflicts check. There is no auto-renewal; quarterly retainers reset on calendar quarter and you opt-in to continue.

Do you take equity instead of cash?+

Selectively, yes — we take small equity slugs in exchange for capped fee deferrals on filings, primarily for very-early-stage clients. Subject to MA ethics rule on attorney equity-in-client and to our internal investment-committee approval. Ask us if interested.