ARIPO: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$5,410, plus about US$28,218 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT regional phase for ARIPO must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. An ARIPO patent can designate any of the 21 member states of the Harare Protocol. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of unrefined copper and unmanufactured tobacco.
Goods where ARIPO (21 states) 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.
Our estimate is about US$5,410 to take a PCT application to grant in ARIPO (designating Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). That is about US$2,932 in official fees and US$2,478 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$1,642, search US$300, examination request US$1,418, office action response US$883 and grant / issuance / publication US$1,167 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$28,218. 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 regional phase for ARIPO must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. An ARIPO patent can designate any of the 21 member states of the Harare Protocol.
ARIPO's GDP is US$676.8bn, of which services US$311.1bn, industry US$177.0bn (of which manufacturing US$64.5bn) and agriculture US$137.4bn. Spending a year: households US$448.5bn and health care US$24.9bn. ARIPO's exports of goods came to US$87.7bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were gold (US$16.7bn, 19% of its exports, #7 in the world), unrefined copper (US$7.5bn, 9% of its exports, #1 in the world), crude oil (US$4.0bn, 5% of its exports, #29 in the world), natural gas and LPG (US$3.4bn, 4% of its exports, #22 in the world), coal (US$3.4bn, 4% of its exports, #9 in the world), unmanufactured tobacco (US$3.0bn, 3% of its exports, #1 in the world), rough diamonds (US$3.0bn, 3% of its exports, #3 in the world), refined copper (US$2.6bn, 3% of its exports, #9 in the world), cocoa beans (US$2.3bn, 3% of its exports, #3 in the world) and coffee (US$2.3bn, 3% of its exports, #7 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of tea (#1, US$1.6bn) and coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews (#3, US$1.0bn). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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