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Q. I was wondering if you could please advice on the following: 1. Could you please provide an approximate cost of submitting a full patent application in the US (provisional already submitted) and the cost for going into international phase, specifying the following countries Netherlands, Germany, UK, France, Japan, and New Zealand. 2. If we decide at a later date to not continue in a specific country, is it possible to cancel the specific country patent application prior to incurring the examination fees? 3. If we submit the full patent in Australia and use the US provisional priority date and we do not go ahead and submit the full patent in the US, will this have any effect on the full patent application in Australia? 4. If we do not submit the full patent application in the US within the 12 month anniversary date can we submit the application at a later date, in the US as well as the specific EU countries? Is it that we just lose the priority date? posted Tuesday 10 of September 2013 by jeanette A. Here are my initial responses in ALL CAPS, in the body of your text: 1. Could you please provide an approximate cost of submitt... view tags: patent, application, us, quote, cost, estimate, netherlands, germany, uk, france, japan, new zealand

Q. Once you file for a provisional patent can you take out some of the pages to make it cheaper as they charge a lot for over 100 pages (design and etc) posted Monday 16 of July 2012 by Marina A. If it's an appendix which is adding to the size of your application, try printing two pages on one side, just for the appendix. O... view tags: provisional, patent, pages, cheaper, design

Q. How much does it cost to get a patent and what are the associated fees? posted Tuesday 9 of August 2011 by Christopher A. When it takes less than an hour of their time, many patent attorneys do not charge for the initial office visit. The first real ex... view tags: fees, cost, patent, how, dollars, attorney

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