Patent protection in Honduras

Costs, deadlines, technology markets and law firms for Honduras

Honduras

Honduras: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$3,022, plus about US$5,326 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Honduras must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date.

Population11.0m
Economy (GDP)US$40bn
PCT national phase entries a year176
RouteNational phase

Honduras's economy

  • #10 in Latin America and the Caribbean for Agriculture - US$5bn
Honduras: the economy by sector (US$bn)
Honduras's share of Latin America and the Caribbean's economy, by sector (%)

Questions about patents in Honduras

How much does a patent cost in Honduras?

Our estimate is about US$3,022 to take a PCT application to grant in Honduras. That is about US$600 in official fees and US$2,422 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$1,194, search US$120, examination request US$468, office action response US$887 and grant / issuance / publication US$354 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$5,326. 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 Honduras, and which routes are there?

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

What does Honduras's economy make and export?

Honduras' GDP is US$39.6bn, of which services US$22.8bn, industry US$10.1bn (of which manufacturing US$5.9bn) and agriculture US$5.3bn. Spending a year: households US$32.5bn and health care US$2.7bn. Honduras' exports of goods came to US$10.1bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were coffee (US$1.4bn, 13% of its exports, #10 in the world), insulated wire and cable (US$1.3bn, 13% of its exports, #32 in the world), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles (US$767m, 8% of its exports, #15 in the world), t-shirts, singlets and other vests (US$582m, 6% of its exports, #19 in the world), palm oil (US$416m, 4% of its exports, #7 in the world), crustaceans (US$293m, 3% of its exports, #18 in the world), bananas (US$268m, 3% of its exports, #12 in the world), gold (US$192m, 2% of its exports, #74 in the world), sugar (US$164m, 2% of its exports, #33 in the world) and garments made up of fabrics of heading no. 5602, 5603, 5903, 5906 or 5907 (US$163m, 2% of its exports, #14 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.