Morocco: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,765, plus about US$5,974 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Morocco must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. Morocco is a leading patent market for organic fine chemistry and materials, metallurgy. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of mixed fertilisers and phosphoric acid.
Goods where Morocco 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$2,765 to take a PCT application to grant in Morocco. That is about US$600 in official fees and US$2,165 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$896, search US$198, examination request US$594, office action response US$627 and grant / issuance / publication US$451 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$5,974. 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 Morocco must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date.
Morocco's 10 largest fields of technology by patent publications are pharmaceuticals (367 a year), biotechnology (153 a year), organic fine chemistry (148 a year), medical technology (72 a year), basic materials chemistry (65 a year), transport (63 a year), materials, metallurgy (62 a year), electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (58 a year), civil engineering (54 a year) and other special machines (52 a year). Within its region, it stands out for organic fine chemistry (#1 in the Middle East and North Africa), materials, metallurgy (#1 in the Middle East and North Africa), pharmaceuticals (#2 in the Middle East and North Africa), biotechnology (#2 in the Middle East and North Africa), transport (#2 in the Middle East and North Africa) and basic materials chemistry (#2 in the Middle East and North Africa). Publications are growing fastest in medical technology (75% a year), organic fine chemistry (53% a year) and pharmaceuticals (40% a year). About 2,140 PCT applications enter the national phase in Morocco each year.
Morocco's GDP is US$182.4bn, of which services US$95.4bn, industry US$46.0bn (of which manufacturing US$27.2bn) and agriculture US$19.2bn. Spending a year: households US$108.1bn and health care US$8.9bn. Morocco's exports of goods came to US$67.5bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were cars (US$8.8bn, 13% of its exports, #22 in the world), insulated wire and cable (US$8.0bn, 12% of its exports, #6 in the world), mixed fertilisers (US$7.9bn, 12% of its exports, #1 in the world), aircraft parts (US$3.0bn, 4% of its exports, #6 in the world), vehicle parts (US$2.7bn, 4% of its exports, #26 in the world), suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (US$2.7bn, 4% of its exports, #9 in the world), phosphoric acid (US$2.2bn, 3% of its exports, #1 in the world), fresh fruit (US$1.6bn, 2% of its exports, #7 in the world), tomatoes (US$1.6bn, 2% of its exports, #3 in the world) and natural phosphates (US$1.5bn, 2% of its exports, #1 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of phosphate fertilisers (#1, US$1.5bn) and molluscs (#3, US$1.1bn). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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