Patent protection in Angola

Costs, deadlines, technology markets and law firms for Angola

Angola

Angola: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,849, plus about US$8,080 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Angola must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of rough diamonds.

Population39.0m
Economy (GDP)US$122bn
PCT national phase entries a year73
RouteNational phase

A leading exporter

  • #2 in the world for rough diamonds - US$3.3bn of exports (13% of the world's)
  • Crude oil: 76% of Angola's exports - US$32.2bn (#11 in the world)

Angola's economy

  • #6 in Sub-Saharan Africa for PCT national phase entries - 73 a year
  • #5 in Sub-Saharan Africa for Services - US$57bn
  • #5 in Sub-Saharan Africa for Industry - US$33bn
  • #5 in Sub-Saharan Africa for Agriculture - US$31bn
Angola: the economy by sector (US$bn)
Angola's share of Sub-Saharan Africa's economy, by sector (%)
Angola: its leading and key exports (2024, US$m)

Goods where Angola is among the world's 3 largest exporters, has at least 15% of world exports, or that make up at least 25% of its own exports - of at least US$500m a year.

Questions about patents in Angola

How much does a patent cost in Angola?

Our estimate is about US$2,849 to take a PCT application to grant in Angola. That is about US$600 in official fees and US$2,249 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$1,216, search US$120, examination request US$299, office action response US$906 and grant / issuance / publication US$308 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$8,080. 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.

What is the PCT national phase deadline for Angola, and which routes are there?

The PCT national phase for Angola must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date.

What does Angola's economy make and export?

Angola's GDP is US$122.2bn, of which services US$57.2bn, industry US$33.1bn (of which manufacturing US$8.3bn) and agriculture US$30.8bn. Spending a year: households US$63.6bn and health care US$3.0bn. Angola's exports of goods came to US$42.3bn in 2024. Its 9 largest exports were crude oil (US$32.2bn, 76% of its exports, #11 in the world), rough diamonds (US$3.3bn, 8% of its exports, #2 in the world), natural gas and LPG (US$2.5bn, 6% of its exports, #27 in the world), dredgers and floating cranes (US$1.4bn, 3% of its exports, #4 in the world), ships (US$785m, 2% of its exports, #10 in the world), refined petroleum products (US$486m, 1% of its exports, #74 in the world), tugs and pusher craft (US$279m, 1% of its exports, #7 in the world), warships and other vessels (US$225m, 1% of its exports, #7 in the world) and polished diamonds (US$107m, 0% of its exports, #19 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.

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Patent publications and PCT national phase entries: averages over recent years. Exports: customs trade statistics; re-export hubs are left out. Costs are estimates.