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The hard/expensive part is not writing a patent. You pay a knowledgeable lawyer to shepherd it through examination and defend it down the road.
by mike_d 6y ago
The hard/expensive part is not writing a patent. You pay a knowledgeable lawyer to shepherd it through examination and defend it down the road.
- renwoshin 6y agoI'd say the hardest part is writing a comprehensive patent. Defending it and amending the claims later down the road is easy if you have the base material to amend the claims with (i.e., material you wrote in your original patent). Also, paying a top firm to write the patent is generally 50-70% of the cost of getting a patent allowed. Litigation is a different matter entirely...