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They received the equivalent of $10k for their patent. Doesn’t it cost about $25k today to file a patent?
by madengr 7y ago
They received the equivalent of $10k for their patent. Doesn’t it cost about $25k today to file a patent?
- krastanov 7y agoThe cost of an external parent attorney, maybe (but even that is exaggerating). The actual cost to file and own a patent is much smaller.
- SuoDuanDao 7y agoI imagine Einstein, given his first job, could file a lot of the paperwork himself ;)
- mhb 7y agoEinstein used the experience he had gained during his years at the Swiss Patent Office to apply for valid patents for their inventions in several countries. The two were eventually granted 45 patents in their names for three different models.
- chmike 7y agoTechnically, filling a patent is cheap. Less than 1000$. What is expensive is elaborating the patent document which requires an expert. It's their fee that is expensive