Albania: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,387, plus about US$5,622 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Albania must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Albania; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Most patent protection in Albania is obtained through the European Patent Office: a European patent validated in Albania. The figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Albania's own patent office, so they understate its market. See Europe (EPO, 39 states).
Our estimate is about US$2,387 to take a PCT application to grant in Albania. That is about US$800 in official fees and US$1,587 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$790, search US$160, examination request US$530, office action response US$420 and grant / issuance / publication US$488 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$5,622. These are estimates only, for a standard application (10 claims, 30 pages, a company applicant): the actual cost depends on the law firm and the application. Request a quote from a law firm on this site for an exact price.
The PCT national phase for Albania must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Albania; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Albania's GDP is US$30.5bn, of which services US$15.2bn, industry US$6.7bn (of which manufacturing US$1.8bn) and agriculture US$4.5bn. Spending a year: households US$21.1bn and health care US$1.4bn. Albania's exports of goods came to US$3.9bn in 2024. Its 8 largest exports were footwear (US$278m, 7% of its exports, #7 in the world), leather footwear (US$220m, 6% of its exports, #30 in the world), suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (US$183m, 5% of its exports, #34 in the world), insulated wire and cable (US$152m, 4% of its exports, #61 in the world), electricity (US$126m, 3% of its exports, #52 in the world), ferro-alloys (US$120m, 3% of its exports, #39 in the world), chromium ore (US$109m, 3% of its exports, #6 in the world) and crude oil (US$108m, 3% of its exports, #68 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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