Mailing Address:
Richard L. Miller, P.E.
Registered Patent Agent
12 Parkside Drive, Suite-T
Dix Hills, NY 11746-4879
Richard L. Miller - U.S. Registered 1972, Registration
#26,309
Richard L. Miller - Registered in Foreign Patent Offices
Carl Miller - U.S. Registered 1926, Registration #12,244
(Deceased)
Property Protected by a PATENT:
Inventions, discoveries and creations of any new useful
process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or any new and useful
improvement thereof may be protected by a patent.
Average Cost at my office:
$1,800 for a complete Design Patent application, and between
$2,000 and $5,000 for a complete Utility Patent application. This typically includes Drawings
suitable for filing, Legal and Technical specification and all necessary
Formal Papers required for filing by the U.S. Patent Office in order to
achieve a Patent Pending status. An optional Preliminary Patentability
Search is suggested and available for an additional $250.
Typical type of items that may be protected by Utility
Patents are:
machines, tools, toys, electronic devices, computers,
computer programs, games, chemical formulas, articles of manufacture, and
an infinite variety of apparatus, devices, systems, etcetera.
Typical type of items that may be protected by Design
Patents are:
shapes of articles, fonts, dolls, toys, jewelry, tools,
parts, castings, sculptures, the ornamental appearance of an infinite variety
of items, etcetera.
Duration of Patent:
Utility - 20 years from filing date. Design - 14 years
from issuance date.
Area of Coverage:
Country of Filing.
Renewable:
Generally not, only in very special cases.
RICHARD L. MILLER, P.E., REGISTERED PATENT AGENT, 12 PARKSIDE
DRIVE, SUITE-T, DIX HILLS, NY 11746-4879
1-631-499-4343 or 1-800-242-9853
http://www.pto-ag.com