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Rant: Paid $600 for a patent search that missed the obvious competition

I hired a lawyer to do a patent search for my product idea back in March and they completely missed a similar patent filed in 2019. I found it myself on Google Patents in 20 minutes after I started getting rejection letters. Anyone else had their lawyer blow through your budget on something you could have done yourself?
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eva_moore
eva_moore1d ago
Ugh that SUCKS. Six hundred bucks for something you found in 20 minutes is just insulting.
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stella121
stella1211d ago
Man, that stings. Next time ask for a flat fee on the search alone and keep the lawyer for the legal opinion on what you find.
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