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Artificial intelligence
Machine-learning models, training and inference methods, AI agents and the products built on them.
AI · Software · Software-implemented technology
Patents for
AI and software
inventions.
Patent applications and Office Action responses for artificial intelligence, software and software-implemented technology, by a patent attorney who led patent work at SAP.
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Software
Enterprise and cloud applications, data processing, platforms and the interfaces people use.
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Software-implemented technology
Devices, systems and processes where the inventive step is carried out in software.
Who prepares your application
Jurgen Vollrath
Engineer · Patent attorney · Inventor · ClaimMark co-founder
More than three decades of patent practice and IP leadership. At SAP, Jurgen served as acting Chief IP Officer and Chief Patent Counsel for SAP Research, led a worldwide IP team and negotiated SAP’s global patent cross-license with Microsoft.
He led licensing and IP due diligence at National Semiconductor, co-founded Corinthian Ophthalmic, is a named inventor, and co-invented ClaimMark’s AI patent drafting software.
How it works
AI where it speeds the work.
An attorney where it counts.
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Disclosure call
A focused conversation about the invention, the product and the business it supports: what makes it work, and what a competitor would have to copy.
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AI-assisted drafting
ClaimMark-P, the AI patent drafting software Jurgen co-invented, turns the disclosure into draft claims and specification, with each passage traceable to its source.
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Attorney review
Jurgen reviews, rewrites and decides. Claim strategy is a legal judgment made by the attorney, not the software. You review the complete draft before filing.
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USPTO filing
The application is filed with the USPTO. Government fees are separate from the professional fee.
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Office Action response
When the examiner responds, we prepare the response. Each Office Action response is $2,000 – $5,000+.
Fees by stage
Know the cost before the work begins.
A software patent moves through five stages. Here is what each one costs.
Attorney Fees
ClaimMark.ai members get a 20% discount on all Attorney fees.
01 / Patent search
Prior-art search
$1,500 – $4,000
per search
Checking for prior art (existing software) to confirm the idea is new before the application is written.
Discuss your invention →02 / Patent preparation
Application drafting
$10,000
per patent application
Drafting the technical specification and the claims that protect your software architecture.
Explore application preparation →04 / Patent prosecution
Office Action response
$2,000 – $5,000+
per Office Action response
Answering the USPTO when it issues an Office Action (a rejection). Almost every software application receives at least one.
Explore response work →05 / After allowance
Issue fee
$300
flat attorney fee
Attorney fee for handling payment of the issue fee. USPTO fees are separate.
06 / After issue
Maintenance fee payments
$300
for each maintenance payment
Due 3.5 years, 7.5 years, and 11.5 years from the patent issue date. USPTO maintenance fees are separate.
Strategic counsel
Consultations & agreements, and fractional counsel option of having an attorney on retainer.
Scoped
agreed before work begins
High-level strategic consultations, business strategies, and agreement review and preparation.
Discuss your requirements →USPTO Fees
Government fees are separate from attorney fees. The ClaimMark.ai member discount applies to attorney fees only.
03 / USPTO filing
Filing fees
$400–$2,000
non-provisional application
$65–$325
provisional application
After allowance
Issue fee
$258–$1,290
USPTO issue fee
After issue
Maintenance fees
Years from the patent issue date
Year 3.5: $430–$2,150
Year 7.5: $808–$4,040
Year 11.5: $1,656–$8,280
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