Australia: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,711, plus about US$14,341 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Australia must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. Australia is a leading patent market for medical technology and organic fine chemistry. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of iron ore and coal.
Goods where Australia 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$2,711 to take a PCT application to grant in Australia. That is about US$872 in official fees and US$1,838 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$1,091, examination request US$652, office action response US$500 and grant / issuance / publication US$468 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$14,341. 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 Australia must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date.
Australia's 10 largest fields of technology by patent publications are pharmaceuticals (3,802 a year), medical technology (3,253 a year), biotechnology (2,430 a year), computer technology (1,551 a year), civil engineering (1,400 a year), organic fine chemistry (1,277 a year), electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (971 a year), digital communication (965 a year), other special machines (927 a year) and transport (843 a year). Within its region, it stands out for medical technology (#4 in East Asia and Pacific), organic fine chemistry (#4 in East Asia and Pacific), biotechnology (#4 in East Asia and Pacific), pharmaceuticals (#4 in East Asia and Pacific), it methods for management (#4 in East Asia and Pacific) and analysis of biological materials (#4 in East Asia and Pacific). Publications are growing fastest in semiconductors (25% a year), surface technology, coating (12% a year) and materials, metallurgy (12% a year). About 22,476 PCT applications enter the national phase in Australia each year.
Australia's GDP is US$1,798.5bn, of which services US$1,213.9bn, industry US$429.6bn (of which manufacturing US$95.6bn) and agriculture US$40.8bn. Spending a year: households US$932.6bn and health care US$192.8bn. Australia's exports of goods came to US$357.4bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were iron ore (US$87.4bn, 24% of its exports, #1 in the world), coal (US$61.7bn, 17% of its exports, #1 in the world), natural gas and LPG (US$49.0bn, 14% of its exports, #3 in the world), gold (US$30.3bn, 8% of its exports, #3 in the world), crude oil (US$6.7bn, 2% of its exports, #25 in the world), aluminium oxide (US$6.1bn, 2% of its exports, #1 in the world), wheat (US$5.7bn, 2% of its exports, #4 in the world), frozen beef (US$5.7bn, 2% of its exports, #2 in the world), copper ore (US$4.6bn, 1% of its exports, #4 in the world) and aluminium (US$3.8bn, 1% of its exports, #6 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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