Mozambique: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$1,345, plus about US$5,186 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Mozambique must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. An ARIPO patent can also designate Mozambique together with other ARIPO member states.
Patent protection in Mozambique can also be obtained through ARIPO: one ARIPO patent that designates Mozambique and other member states. The figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Mozambique's own patent office, so they may understate its market. See ARIPO.
Our estimate is about US$1,345 to take a PCT application to grant in Mozambique. That is about US$500 in official fees and US$845 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$548, search US$100, examination request US$248, office action response US$349 and grant / issuance / publication US$100 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$5,186. 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 Mozambique must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. An ARIPO patent can also designate Mozambique together with other ARIPO member states.
Mozambique's GDP is US$22.3bn, of which services US$9.4bn, industry US$4.9bn (of which manufacturing US$1.4bn) and agriculture US$5.7bn. Spending a year: households US$15.8bn and health care US$1.9bn. Mozambique's exports of goods came to US$13.5bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were natural gas and LPG (US$3.4bn, 25% of its exports, #22 in the world), coal (US$3.0bn, 23% of its exports, #9 in the world), aluminium (US$1.9bn, 14% of its exports, #11 in the world), electricity (US$617m, 5% of its exports, #27 in the world), gold (US$397m, 3% of its exports, #62 in the world), titanium ores and concentrates (US$380m, 3% of its exports, #3 in the world), dried pulses (US$378m, 3% of its exports, #12 in the world), precious and semi-precious stones (US$360m, 3% of its exports, #6 in the world), oil seeds (US$270m, 2% of its exports, #9 in the world) and coke (US$257m, 2% of its exports, #10 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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