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How much does a professional invention disclosure cost?
Updated June 2026
The short answer
A professionally researched and written business-grade invention disclosure typically runs about $7,000. That figure excludes attorney fees and government filing fees, which are separate. Higher-volume programs and deliberately limited scopes commonly bring the per-disclosure figure closer to $5,000.
The disclosure is the document your patent attorney drafts the application from. A strong one shortens attorney drafting time and, in our experience across thousands of filings, can cut patent prosecution time by 30 to 40 percent.
Invention disclosure pricing: typical market ranges (June 2026)
Standard business-grade disclosure ~$7,000 | Inventor interviews, prior art context, claim-oriented drafting, alternative embodiments, and priority scoring. Filing-ready handoff to your patent counsel. |
Volume programs / limited scope ~$5,000 each | Batched disclosures following an invention harvesting engagement, or deliberately narrowed scope such as defensive publication documentation. |
Typical market ranges, not an ipCG quote. Excludes attorney fees and USPTO fees, which are billed by your counsel and the patent office respectively. Every ipCG program is individually scoped with a fixed-price proposal. How we scope and price engagements
What a business-grade disclosure includes
A disclosure at this level is not a form an engineer fills out in twenty minutes. Our process includes structured interviews with the inventors, prior art context so the novel elements are stated against what already exists, claim-oriented drafting that anticipates how counsel will frame the application, alternative embodiments that widen the eventual protection, and priority scoring so the business can decide what to file first.
The deliverable is filing-ready: your patent counsel receives a document they can draft from directly, instead of reconstructing the invention through rounds of inventor interviews billed at attorney rates.
Where attorney and filing fees fit in
A disclosure is not a patent application. Drafting and filing the application, and prosecuting it at the USPTO, is legal work performed by a registered patent attorney or agent, and their fees are separate from ours. Government filing and maintenance fees are separate again. ipCG is not a law firm and does not practice law.
The economics still favor strong disclosures. Attorney application drafting is commonly the largest single line item in obtaining a patent, and the messier the input, the more hours it takes. Clients consistently tell us the disclosure pays for itself in reduced attorney time and fewer office actions.
How volume changes the price
Most of our disclosure work happens in programs rather than one-offs, often following an ipScan invention harvesting engagement that surfaces dozens of candidate inventions at once. Batches let us run interviews and prior art work in parallel, which is how per-disclosure pricing moves toward the $5,000 end of the range. Narrowing scope, for example lighter prior art context for defensive publications, moves it the same direction.
If you are deciding between two strong disclosures and three thin ones for the same budget, choose the two. Weak disclosures are the most common reason prosecution drags and applications get narrowed into low-value patents.
Related questions
Does this replace our patent attorney?
No. Your attorney drafts and files the application and represents you before the USPTO. Our disclosure makes that work faster and better grounded. We have worked alongside client patent counsel since 1998.
What makes a disclosure business-grade?
It connects the invention to the business: prior art context, claim-oriented structure, alternative embodiments competitors would try, and a priority score tied to commercial value. Internal template disclosures typically capture what the engineer happened to write down.
Can you handle a batch of inventions at once?
Yes, and it is usually the better deal. Our ipScan engagements have surfaced 50 to 150 candidate inventions in a single program, and batched disclosure work prices lower per unit.
We struggle to get engineers to submit disclosures at all. Can you help?
That problem is usually process, not people. Facilitated invention sessions remove the writing burden from engineers entirely: we interview, we draft, they review. Submission volume stops depending on whether engineers enjoy paperwork.
Make your next filing the easy one
Whether it is one critical invention or a backlog of fifty, we can scope a disclosure program that fits. Discovery calls are free.
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ipCapital Group is a consultancy, not a law firm, and nothing on this page is legal advice. Dollar figures on this page are typical market ranges for professional IP services, drawn from published sources and industry experience across a variety of providers. They are not an ipCG quote or rate card; every ipCG engagement is individually scoped and priced. See how our pricing works.