Patent protection in Ukraine

Costs, deadlines, technology markets and law firms for Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$2,203, plus about US$5,622 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Ukraine must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. It is also one of the world's leading exporters of sunflower and cotton-seed oil and rapeseed.

Population39.0m
Economy (GDP)US$214bn
PCT national phase entries a year1,653
RouteNational phase

Fastest-growing technology fields

  • Other consumer goods: patent publications up 9% a year

A leading exporter

  • #1 in the world for sunflower and cotton-seed oil - US$5.3bn of exports (28% of the world's)
  • #3 in the world for rapeseed - US$1.9bn of exports (14% of the world's)
  • #3 in the world for oil-cake - US$1.1bn of exports (10% of the world's)
  • #3 in the world for pig iron - US$517m of exports (11% of the world's)

Ukraine's economy

  • #6 in Europe and Central Asia for PCT national phase entries - 1,653 a year
Ukraine: patent publications by technology field (a year)
Ukraine's share of Europe and Central Asia's patent publications, by technology field (%)
Ukraine: growth in patent publications by technology field (% a year)
Ukraine: its leading and key exports (2024, US$m)

Goods where Ukraine 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 Ukraine

How much does a patent cost in Ukraine?

Our estimate is about US$2,203 to take a PCT application to grant in Ukraine. That is about US$800 in official fees and US$1,403 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$699, search US$160, examination request US$530, office action response US$350 and grant / issuance / publication US$464 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$5,622. 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 Ukraine, and which routes are there?

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

In which technologies is Ukraine an important patent market?

Ukraine's 1 largest fields of technology by patent publications are other consumer goods (50 a year). Publications are growing fastest in other consumer goods (9% a year). About 1,653 PCT applications enter the national phase in Ukraine each year.

What does Ukraine's economy make and export?

Ukraine's GDP is US$214.2bn, of which services US$130.7bn, industry US$38.3bn (of which manufacturing US$17.8bn) and agriculture US$16.2bn. Spending a year: households US$143.1bn and health care US$14.4bn. Ukraine's exports of goods came to US$46.1bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were maize (US$5.8bn, 13% of its exports, #4 in the world), sunflower and cotton-seed oil (US$5.3bn, 11% of its exports, #1 in the world), wheat (US$4.8bn, 10% of its exports, #5 in the world), iron ore (US$2.9bn, 6% of its exports, #6 in the world), rapeseed (US$1.9bn, 4% of its exports, #3 in the world), soya beans (US$1.3bn, 3% of its exports, #6 in the world), insulated wire and cable (US$1.3bn, 3% of its exports, #30 in the world), oil-cake (US$1.1bn, 2% of its exports, #3 in the world), semi-finished steel (US$1,000m, 2% of its exports, #10 in the world) and poultry meat (US$972m, 2% of its exports, #9 in the world). It is also one of the world's top exporters of pig iron (#3, US$517m). 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.