# patent.click

> One paragraph in. A provisional patent application drafted, attacked before signing, then signed and filed with the USPTO by an independent USPTO-registered patent agent or attorney. $199 flat, USPTO fees at cost. No filing, no charge. patent.click is in preview: orders are recorded, but nothing is filed with the USPTO or charged yet.

patent.click is by Marlow, Inc., which makes software for legal work: https://marlow.legal

## Facts

- Provisional patent application: $199 flat.
- USPTO filing fee, passed through at cost and never marked up: $325 (large entity), $130 (small entity), $65 (micro entity).
- Utility conversion within the provisional’s 12 months: $799 flat, with USPTO fees again at cost.
- An independent USPTO-registered patent agent or attorney signs and files every application, under their own registration, and may refuse to sign. A refusal is final: nothing is filed and nothing is charged.
- No filing, no charge: the $199 is charged only once the USPTO’s electronic acknowledgement receipt exists.
- patent.click is not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice.
- patent.click is not an invention promoter (35 U.S.C. § 297): it does not offer to develop or market inventions.
- In preview: orders are recorded, but nothing is filed with the USPTO or charged yet.

## Pages

- [Home](https://patent.click/): what a provisional is, the flat price, how an order moves, who signs
- [Order](https://patent.click/order): one form (title, inventor, entity size, one-paragraph description), zero JavaScript
- [Pricing](https://patent.click/pricing): $199 provisional, $799 utility conversion, both flat
- [USPTO fees](https://patent.click/fees): every USPTO fee a provisional customer meets, by entity size, with sources (Last verified: October 8, 2026)
- [Blog](https://patent.click/blog): plain answers about provisional patent applications, with sources

## Machine faces

- [This site as markdown](https://patent.click/index.md): the home page (also at /?format=md, or with Accept: text/markdown)
- [llms-full.txt](https://patent.click/llms-full.txt): this file, then the home page as markdown, the USPTO fee table and every post in full
- [Sitemap](https://patent.click/sitemap.xml): every indexable page with its last change

## How an order works

POST /orders (form-encoded title, inventor, entity: micro | small | large | unsure, description) answers 303 to /orders/<token>, an unguessable private link that is never indexed. The order page shows six steps: order received, application drafted, draft attacked before signing, independent practitioner review, filed with the USPTO, patent pending. A missing field answers 422 with the values kept; an unreachable order service answers 502. No filing, no charge.

## The family

patent.click is built on api.lawyer, the engine that routes the reserved acts to independent credential-holders. Practitioners take work through gigs.lawyer.

- [api.lawyer](https://api.lawyer)
- [gigs.lawyer](https://gigs.lawyer)

## Blog

Plain answers about provisional patent applications, every figure with its source. Every post also answers as markdown at its address plus .md, and llms-full.txt carries each one in full.

- [The patent.click blog](https://patent.click/blog): What a provisional costs, how its twelve months run, and what it lets you say. Every figure checked against its source.
- [The blog as markdown](https://patent.click/blog.md): every post with its date and dek
- [RSS](https://patent.click/blog/rss.xml) and [JSON Feed](https://patent.click/blog/feed.json): every post in full
- [llms-full.txt](https://patent.click/llms-full.txt): this file, then the home page as markdown, the USPTO fee table and every post in full
- [Provisional Patent Cost in 2026: USPTO Fees by Entity Size](https://patent.click/blog/provisional-patent-cost): The USPTO charges one fee to file a provisional application, set by entity size. The fee codes, who qualifies as small or micro, the size fee, what drafting adds, and the utility fees later.
- [The Provisional Patent Deadline: What Happens at 12 Months](https://patent.click/blog/provisional-patent-12-month-deadline): A provisional application is pending for 12 months, with no extensions. What months 12 and 14 mean, the support a utility filing needs, foreign filing, weekends and patent term.
- [What Does Patent Pending Mean? What It Does and Doesn’t Do](https://patent.click/blog/what-does-patent-pending-mean): Two words on a box or a deck, defined: what the USPTO says “patent pending” means, when it is accurate, why a provisional stays confidential, provisional rights, and false marking.