How do college courses credits transfer from schools on the quarter system? Most colleges and universities award a split credit converting the units to a .67 credit per credit-hour of study at institutions on the quarter system. A 3-credit course would merit 2 credits on a trimester program.
Patent Application Fees. For utility patents, the small entity fees include a $165 filing fee ($82 if filing electronically), as well as a search fee of $270 and an examination fee of $110. For large entities, the filing fees are a $330 filing fee, a search fee of $540, and an examination fee of $220.
The government fees are subject to change. The total cost for filing the average patent application is typically under $4,000. Legal fees for preparing continuation-in-part applications, improvements over existing applications, are normally about 50 percent of new applications.