Politics · Turkey · 1 day ago
Turkey cuts patent fees for first-time SME applicants and some AI filings
Turkey’s industry and technology minister announced new patent fee discounts for small and medium-sized businesses and some artificial intelligence filings.
SMEs making their first patent application will pay 75% less for application, search and examination report fees.
Certain AI patent applications will get a 50% discount on the fee for an urgent search report.
The AI discount applies to applications in the G06N patent classification.
The changes were made to Turkey’s 2026 patent fee schedule, which is administered by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.
The discounts are intended to encourage patenting by SMEs and people developing AI innovations in Turkey.
The new rules have taken effect after a change to the regulation was published in the Official Gazette.
Turkey has cut fees by 75% for small and medium-sized enterprises making their first patent application.
The reduction applies to application, search and examination report fees.
Certain artificial intelligence patent applications in the G06N classification receive a 50% discount on urgent search report fees.
The changes to the 2026 fee schedule were announced by Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır.
The amendment was published in the Official Gazette and took effect.
- Who
- Small and medium-sized enterprises applying for a patent for the first time, and applicants for certain artificial intelligence patents.
- What
- Turkey introduced discounts of 75% on specified first-application fees for SMEs and 50% on urgent search report fees for certain AI applications.
- When
- The changes were reported on October 31, 2026.
- Where
- Turkey.
- Why
- To encourage patenting of SMEs’ inventions and innovations developed in artificial intelligence.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Turkey’s patent fee schedule was amended to introduce discounts for first-time SME applicants and certain AI patent applications.
The amendment was reported as published in the Official Gazette and in force.
- SME discount
- 75% off application, search and examination report fees for first patent applications
- AI discount
- 50% off urgent search report fees for specified AI applications
- AI classification
- G06N IPC class
- Fee schedule
- 2026 Turkish Patent and Trademark Office tariff
What people are saying
As the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, we have introduced an important discount to encourage the patenting of our SMEs’ inventions and innovations developed in the field of artificial intelligence in our country.
We are providing a 75% discount on application, search and examination report fees for the first patent applications of our SMEs applying for a patent for the first time.
We are applying a 50% discount to the fee for preparing an urgent search report for patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence (G06N IPC class).