Türkiye: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,675, plus about US$7,351 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Türkiye must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date. It can be extended to 33 months. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Türkiye; most patent protection there is obtained this way. Türkiye is a leading patent market for food chemistry and it methods for management. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of buses and woven carpets.
Most patent protection in Türkiye is obtained through the European Patent Office: a European patent validated in Türkiye. The figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Türkiye's own patent office, so they understate its market. See Europe (EPO, 39 states).
Goods where Türkiye 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$2,675 to take a PCT application to grant in Türkiye. That is about US$1,125 in official fees and US$1,550 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$738, search US$425, examination request US$538, office action response US$350 and grant / issuance / publication US$625 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$7,351. 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 Türkiye must be entered within 30 months of the earliest priority date. It can be extended to 33 months. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Türkiye; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Türkiye's 10 largest fields of technology by patent publications are medical technology (376 a year), transport (371 a year), computer technology (275 a year), other special machines (262 a year), it methods for management (241 a year), furniture, games (234 a year), pharmaceuticals (221 a year), food chemistry (213 a year), other consumer goods (205 a year) and civil engineering (186 a year). Within its region, it stands out for food chemistry (#3 in Europe and Central Asia), it methods for management (#4 in Europe and Central Asia), pharmaceuticals (#5 in Europe and Central Asia), textile and paper machines (#6 in Europe and Central Asia), telecommunications (#7 in Europe and Central Asia) and control (#7 in Europe and Central Asia). Publications are growing fastest in organic fine chemistry (88% a year), biotechnology (57% a year) and materials, metallurgy (50% a year).
Türkiye's GDP is US$1,597.3bn, of which services US$949.2bn, industry US$383.7bn (of which manufacturing US$228.9bn) and agriculture US$83.2bn. Spending a year: households US$873.8bn and health care US$47.0bn. Türkiye's exports of goods came to US$267.4bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were cars (US$13.5bn, 5% of its exports, #17 in the world), refined petroleum products (US$11.9bn, 4% of its exports, #19 in the world), jewellery (US$9.0bn, 3% of its exports, #6 in the world), vehicle parts (US$8.0bn, 3% of its exports, #17 in the world), trucks (US$7.3bn, 3% of its exports, #10 in the world), gold (US$4.4bn, 2% of its exports, #23 in the world), insulated wire and cable (US$4.1bn, 2% of its exports, #9 in the world), suits, ensembles, jackets, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (US$3.6bn, 1% of its exports, #5 in the world), t-shirts, singlets and other vests (US$2.8bn, 1% of its exports, #4 in the world) and steel structures (US$2.8bn, 1% of its exports, #4 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of woven carpets (#1, US$2.3bn), buses (#2, US$2.7bn), steel bars and rods (#2, US$2.2bn), nuts (#2, US$2.2bn), aluminium bars and profiles (#3, US$1.7bn) and carbonates (including lithium carbonate) (#3, US$1.3bn). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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