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Although it may not seem like an R&E expense, the cost of obtaining a patent is also currently deductible under Section 174. This includes both attorney fees and patent filing fees. This is one of the largest expenses many independent inventors have.
The cost to apply for a patent is only part of the total patent fees that inventors must consider: revising, prosecuting, issuing and maintaining a patent all add to the cost. You can do a lot to keep the cost to file a patent down and much of it you can do before you ever talk to a lawyer. You Get What You Pay For The actual cost to file a patent is a small part of the total cost of getting a patent. The fee is a few hundred dollars, half as much for small entities (like small businesses) and a quarter as much for individual inventors. When most people talk about patents they are talking about utility patents.