Patent Annuity/Maintenance Fee Audit and Negotiation
Patent maintenance fee payments are one of the largest line items in many companies’ patent budgets. Yet, the fees charged by maintenance service providers are often poorly understood and rarely audited. Some annuity providers even refuse to provide charge transparency. As a result, many US companies remain ignorant of undisclosed service fees charged by some maintenance fee service providers. PTFM’s proprietary audit process can reverse-engineer the various components of maintenance fee charges with or without the help of the maintenance fee service, and give you the information you need to negotiate the best possible pricing for your company.
- Discover best industry pricing
- Learn what foreign exchange mark-ups you are actually paying
- Find out about “phantom” foreign agent fees you shouldn’t be paying
- Negotiate fair pricing and even gain refunds for excessive fees already paid
- We work on contingency or fixed fee
If you would like to learn more about this service please contact us.