Patent protection in Mongolia

Costs, deadlines, technology markets and law firms for Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$1,849, plus about US$7,550 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Mongolia must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date.

Population3.6m
Economy (GDP)US$25bn
PCT national phase entries a year82
RouteNational phase

A leading exporter

  • Coal: 56% of Mongolia's exports - US$8.3bn (#5 in the world)
Mongolia: the economy by sector (US$bn)
Mongolia's share of East Asia and Pacific's economy, by sector (%)
Mongolia: its leading and key exports (2024, US$m)

Goods where Mongolia 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.

Questions about patents in Mongolia

How much does a patent cost in Mongolia?

Our estimate is about US$1,849 to take a PCT application to grant in Mongolia. That is about US$800 in official fees and US$1,049 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$685, search US$160, examination request US$350, office action response US$389 and grant / issuance / publication US$265 (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.

What is the PCT national phase deadline for Mongolia, and which routes are there?

The PCT national phase for Mongolia must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date.

What does Mongolia's economy make and export?

Mongolia's GDP is US$25.4bn, of which services US$11.2bn, industry US$9.4bn (of which manufacturing US$1.5bn) and agriculture US$2.3bn. Spending a year: households US$13.1bn and health care US$1.3bn. Mongolia's exports of goods came to US$14.8bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were coal (US$8.3bn, 56% of its exports, #5 in the world), copper ore (US$3.3bn, 22% of its exports, #9 in the world), gold (US$849m, 6% of its exports, #49 in the world), iron ore (US$508m, 3% of its exports, #20 in the world), crude oil (US$322m, 2% of its exports, #57 in the world), fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed (US$213m, 1% of its exports, #1 in the world), feldspar (US$181m, 1% of its exports, #5 in the world), precious metal ores (US$146m, 1% of its exports, #23 in the world), molybdenum ores and concentrates (US$130m, 1% of its exports, #10 in the world) and refined copper (US$130m, 1% of its exports, #44 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.