Affordable Patent Search — Without Cutting Corners

Professional-grade patent searching doesn't have to start at a $2,000 attorney retainer.

If you've called a few patent attorneys, you've probably heard quotes ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 just for a preliminary patent search — before any actual filing work begins. For a solo founder or first-time inventor testing an idea, that's a lot to spend before you even know if the idea is viable.

Why Patent Searches Are Usually So Expensive

Traditional patent search costs are driven by attorney billable hours — often $300-$500/hour — spent manually searching databases and interpreting results. You're paying for a person's time, not just the search itself, and that time adds up fast even for a straightforward search.

What Cheap Patent Searches Usually Get Wrong

On the other end, some "$20 patent search" services online are little more than a basic keyword search with no real analysis — you get a pile of unfiltered results and no guidance on what they actually mean for your idea. That's not cheaper, it's just incomplete, and it can give you false confidence.

Primoris: Real Analysis at a Fair Price

Primoris was built specifically to close that gap. A standard search is $99 and covers a genuine, structured search of the relevant patent landscape with a clear report you can actually understand — not raw database output. If you need deeper coverage for a higher-stakes filing decision, the premium research tier is $248, still a fraction of a traditional attorney-led search.

• $99 Standard Search — core patent landscape search with a plain-English report
• $248 Premium Deep Research — broader coverage for higher-stakes filing decisions

No retainer, no hourly billing, no surprise invoice. You know the cost before you start.