Spain: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,713, plus about US$11,461 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Spain must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Spain; most patent protection there is obtained this way. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of olive oil and pork.
Most patent protection in Spain is obtained through the European Patent Office: a European patent validated in Spain. The figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Spain's own patent office, so they understate its market. See Europe (EPO, 39 states).
Goods where Spain 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$2,713 to take a PCT application to grant in Spain. That is about US$1,125 in official fees and US$1,587 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$888, search US$225, examination request US$627, office action response US$420 and grant / issuance / publication US$553 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$11,461. 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 Spain must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Spain; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Spain's 8 largest fields of technology by patent publications are medical technology (90 a year), other special machines (83 a year), civil engineering (78 a year), transport (76 a year), electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (66 a year), measurement (64 a year), handling (63 a year) and furniture, games (61 a year). Publications are growing fastest in other special machines (3% a year), electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (3% a year) and civil engineering (2% a year).
Spain's GDP is US$1,906.5bn, of which services US$1,303.2bn, industry US$373.2bn (of which manufacturing US$202.0bn) and agriculture US$51.1bn. Spending a year: households US$1,059.3bn and health care US$153.3bn. Spain's exports of goods came to US$400.7bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were cars (US$42.7bn, 11% of its exports, #7 in the world), packaged medicines (US$14.9bn, 4% of its exports, #11 in the world), vehicle parts (US$12.8bn, 3% of its exports, #11 in the world), refined petroleum products (US$12.0bn, 3% of its exports, #16 in the world), olive oil (US$6.9bn, 2% of its exports, #1 in the world), pork (US$6.3bn, 2% of its exports, #2 in the world), trucks (US$5.9bn, 1% of its exports, #11 in the world), vaccines, blood products and biologics (US$5.1bn, 1% of its exports, #14 in the world), perfumes (US$4.3bn, 1% of its exports, #2 in the world) and gold (US$4.1bn, 1% of its exports, #25 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of citrus fruit (#1, US$3.6bn), ceramic tiles (#2, US$3.5bn) and fresh vegetables (#2, US$3.5bn). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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