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Although it may not seem like an R&E expense, the cost of obtaining a patent is also currently deductible under Section 174. This includes both attorney fees and patent filing fees. This is one of the largest expenses many independent inventors have.
Even with the 600 patent license deals they have negotiated since 2003, they still spend between $75 million and $100 million a year in defending against infringement suits â a fair number of these brought by real trolls.