Kazakhstan: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,288, plus about US$5,622 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Kazakhstan must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of radioactive elements and wheat flour.
Goods where Kazakhstan 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$2,288 to take a PCT application to grant in Kazakhstan. That is about US$800 in official fees and US$1,488 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$768, search US$160, examination request US$522, office action response US$350 and grant / issuance / publication US$488 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$5,622. 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 Kazakhstan must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date.
Kazakhstan's GDP is US$306.2bn, of which services US$176.7bn, industry US$99.1bn (of which manufacturing US$38.9bn) and agriculture US$11.5bn. Spending a year: households US$152.4bn and health care US$10.2bn. Kazakhstan's exports of goods came to US$87.2bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were crude oil (US$36.0bn, 41% of its exports, #10 in the world), gold (US$8.9bn, 10% of its exports, #13 in the world), radioactive elements (US$4.7bn, 5% of its exports, #1 in the world), refined copper (US$4.2bn, 5% of its exports, #4 in the world), copper ore (US$3.2bn, 4% of its exports, #10 in the world), ferro-alloys (US$2.7bn, 3% of its exports, #5 in the world), natural gas and LPG (US$2.0bn, 2% of its exports, #28 in the world), refined petroleum products (US$1.6bn, 2% of its exports, #52 in the world), coal (US$1.3bn, 1% of its exports, #10 in the world) and wheat (US$1.2bn, 1% of its exports, #13 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of wheat flour (#3, US$507m). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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