Brunei Darussalam: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$3,334, plus about US$9,825 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Brunei Darussalam must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date.
Goods where Brunei Darussalam 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$3,334 to take a PCT application to grant in Brunei Darussalam. That is about US$1,500 in official fees and US$1,834 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$1,180, search US$300, examination request US$720, office action response US$606 and grant / issuance / publication US$527 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$9,825. 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 Brunei Darussalam must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date.
Brunei Darussalam's GDP is US$15.0bn, of which services US$6.0bn, industry US$9.0bn (of which manufacturing US$1.5bn) and agriculture US$178m. Spending a year: households US$4.4bn and health care US$342m. Brunei Darussalam's exports of goods came to US$11.5bn in 2024. Its 6 largest exports were refined petroleum products (US$3.4bn, 30% of its exports, #35 in the world), natural gas and LPG (US$3.0bn, 26% of its exports, #25 in the world), crude oil (US$2.1bn, 18% of its exports, #34 in the world), cyclic hydrocarbons (US$1.8bn, 16% of its exports, #7 in the world), nitrogen fertilisers (US$395m, 3% of its exports, #21 in the world) and industrial alcohols (US$200m, 2% of its exports, #29 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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