What costs is getting an attorney to write it in such a way as to see it awarded. While in theory you can write your own (and file for the small fee), in pract

What costs is getting an attorney to write it in such a way as to see it awarded. While in theory you can write your own (and file for the small fee), in practice your self-authored application won't be awarded a patent and your invention will become free public knowledge. Nearly all parents are awarded to big companies with massive teams of lawyers. The "little guy" patent is mostly a myth.