Sri Lanka: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,069, plus about US$7,550 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Sri Lanka must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of tea.
Goods where Sri Lanka 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$2,069 to take a PCT application to grant in Sri Lanka. That is about US$800 in official fees and US$1,269 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$703, search US$160, examination request US$347, office action response US$405 and grant / issuance / publication US$454 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$7,550. 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 Sri Lanka must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date.
Sri Lanka's GDP is US$108.8bn, of which services US$59.5bn, industry US$27.7bn (of which manufacturing US$18.6bn) and agriculture US$9.1bn. Spending a year: households US$73.4bn and health care US$2.9bn. Sri Lanka's exports of goods came to US$13.8bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were tea (US$1.4bn, 10% of its exports, #2 in the world), brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts thereof (US$641m, 5% of its exports, #4 in the world), slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses, pyjamas, negligees, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles (US$565m, 4% of its exports, #5 in the world), suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (US$504m, 4% of its exports, #20 in the world), t-shirts, singlets and other vests (US$456m, 3% of its exports, #27 in the world), retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber (US$451m, 3% of its exports, #1 in the world), suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (US$411m, 3% of its exports, #22 in the world), gloves, mittens and mitts (US$409m, 3% of its exports, #2 in the world), precious and semi-precious stones (US$379m, 3% of its exports, #5 in the world) and underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles (US$366m, 3% of its exports, #5 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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