Norway: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,529, plus about US$9,967 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Norway must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Norway; most patent protection there is obtained this way. Norway is a leading patent market for civil engineering. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of natural gas and LPG and fresh fish.
Most patent protection in Norway is obtained through the European Patent Office: a European patent validated in Norway. The figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Norway's own patent office, so they understate its market. See Europe (EPO, 39 states).
Goods where Norway 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$2,529 to take a PCT application to grant in Norway. That is about US$941 in official fees and US$1,587 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$832, search US$188, examination request US$572, office action response US$420 and grant / issuance / publication US$516 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$9,967. 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 Norway must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Norway; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Norway's 5 largest fields of technology by patent publications are civil engineering (412 a year), measurement (94 a year), other special machines (69 a year), handling (64 a year) and transport (64 a year). Within its region, it stands out for civil engineering (#7 in Europe and Central Asia). Publications are growing fastest in handling (14% a year).
Norway's GDP is US$530.8bn, of which services US$292.2bn, industry US$182.9bn (of which manufacturing US$32.5bn) and agriculture US$8.7bn. Spending a year: households US$225.7bn and health care US$46.5bn. Norway's exports of goods came to US$174.3bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were natural gas and LPG (US$54.5bn, 31% of its exports, #2 in the world), crude oil (US$50.0bn, 29% of its exports, #6 in the world), fresh fish (US$9.1bn, 5% of its exports, #1 in the world), refined petroleum products (US$5.3bn, 3% of its exports, #29 in the world), fish fillets (US$4.9bn, 3% of its exports, #1 in the world), aluminium (US$4.3bn, 2% of its exports, #5 in the world), electricity (US$2.2bn, 1% of its exports, #7 in the world), nickel (US$2.2bn, 1% of its exports, #1 in the world), fish (US$1.8bn, 1% of its exports, #4 in the world) and dredgers and floating cranes (US$1.4bn, 1% of its exports, #5 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of dried, salted and smoked fish (#2, US$891m). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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