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PCT Reference for EQE 2016

A selection from the on-line PCT Applicants Guide and from the WIPO website

31 Dec 2015

Compiled by Pete Pollard

Part I: General

Part I (General) - / 128

PCT Reference – 31 Dec. 2015

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Compilation Notes By agreement with the EQE Examination Board, the WIPO produces a printable version of the

complete Applicants Guide, including all the annexes, specifically for the Pre- and Main Exam. The current version can be found here: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/eqe/index.html.

However, this version is 1800 pages and much of the information provided will never be required at

the exam because it falls outside the syllabus. Candidates already have enough to take to the exam – the ban on electronic devices during the EQE means that many will print out the whole thing to take

with them.

Based upon the EQE Regulations, past D papers and comments from the D Examination Committee, we have produced this abbreviated version to lighten the load and to save a few trees.

Additionally, the WIPO provides useful overviews on its website to use at the exam, such as the PCT reservations, overviews for restoration of priority etc. which we have also included. Many candidates

are unaware of their existence, and they are not even included in the official 1800 page version.

Our document of about 850 pages is available free of charge to download from the DeltaPatents

website (www.deltapatents.com) – navigate to Training / Course Links and look under PCT for the “PCT references”. Please feel free to pass on the links to anyone who needs them.

To save paper when printing, it is designed to be printed with 2 pages on each side of an A4.

For the states that are most relevant for the EQE, all information from the Applicants Guide annexes is included. These states are:

- The top 21 receiving Offices in 2014 and the top 20 dO/eO’s in 2013 (WIPO statistics) - All EPC states, extension states and validation states

- All ISA’a, SISA’s, IPEA’s, and all Intergovernmental Organizations

For the rest of the PCT states, only basic information is included such as Treaty membership,

reservations, national entry deadlines etc.

The EPO is covered extensively, using information from both the WIPO and the EPO websites.

For the other four largest patent offices - CN, JP, KR, US, the complete summary of entry

requirements and national procedure from the national chapter is provided (but the fees and forms have been removed as they are too detailed for the EQE).

This reference is split into 3 parts:

- Part I: General - Part II: International

- Part III: National

The websites below are the most up-to-date source of the information presented here:

Applicants Guide and Annex contents - www.wipo.int/pct/en/appguide

WIPO Overviews - www.wipo.int/pct/en/

EPC states – www.epo.org/about-us/organisation/member-states.html

EPC extension states - www.epo.org/about-us/organisation/extension-states.html

EPC validation states - www.epo.org/about-us/organisation/validation-states.html

Paris Convention states – www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/ under Contracting Parties

WTO members – www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm

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Part I: General

1. Overview of Appendices from Applicants Guide, and the states selected for this reference ............................................................................................................................... 5

2. PCT/PC/WTO states – overview .................................................................................. 9

3. PCT Contracting states with date of joining (list of all PCT States) – AG-IP: Annex A ... 13

4. PC (Paris Convention) states with date of joining ..................................................... 15

5. WTO states with date of joining ............................................................................. 27

6. Regional Patents via PCT ........................................................................................ 31

7. Types of protection available via PCT ....................................................................... 35

8. PCT Reservations and Incompatibilities .................................................................... 39

9. Waiver of Power of Attorney requirement .............................................................. 43

10. Requests for IB to furnish IPER ............................................................................... 47

11. PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) - Pilots ........................................................ 49

12. Restoration of the Right of Priority by RO’s and DO/EO’s .......................................... 57

13. Applicants that qualify for 90% fee reduction .......................................................... 73

14. OJ 2008, 521 - 75% fee reduction for EPO search & examination fees ....................... 75

15. Applicants that qualify for 75% fee reduction for ES fees .......................................... 77

16. PCT fees on 31 December 2014 ............................................................................. 87

17. Requirements by DO/EO’s for deposits of biological material – AG: Annex L ................. 95

18. *NEW* DAS system for exchanging priority documents .......................................... 117

19. *NEW* National security restrictions ..................................................................... 125


1. Overview of Appendices from Applicants Guide, and the states selected for this reference

The PCT Applicant's Guide(Last updated 17 December 2015)http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/appguide

Annex

B

Annex

C

Annex

D

Annex

SISA

Annex

E Annex L Annex

Top 20

DO,

EO's &

Region

al

Top 21

RO's

EPC (or

ext /

valid

state)

Covered

fully

Only

covered

in

General

part

AE United Arab Emirates X IB - - - - X AE X

AG Antigua and Barbuda X X - - - - X AG X

AL Albania X X - - - X X AL X X

AM Armenia X X - - - - X AM X

AO Angola X IB - - - - X AO X

AP

African Regional

Intellectual Property

Organization X X - - - X X AP X X

AT Austria X X X X X X X AT X X X

AU Australia X X X - X X X AU X X X

AZ Azerbaijan X X - - - - X AZ X

BA Bosnia & Herzegovina X X - - - X X BA X X

BB Barbados X IB - - - - X BB X

BE Belgium X X - - - - EP BE X X

BF Burkina Faso X OA - - - - OA BF X

BG Bulgaria X X - - - X X BG X X

BH Bahrain X X - - - - X BH X

BJ Benin X OA - - - - OA BJ X

BN Brunei Darussalam X X - - - X X BN X

BR Brazil X X X - X X X BR X X X

BW Botswana X X - - - - X BW X

BY Belarus X X - - - X X BY X

BZ Belize X X - - - - X BZ X

CA Canada X X X - X X X CA X X X

CF Central African Republic X OA - - - - OA CF X

CG Congo X OA - - - - OA CG X

CH Switzerland X X - - - X X CH X X

CI Côte d'Ivoire X OA - - - - OA CI X

CL Chile X X X - X X X CL X

CM Cameroon X OA - - - - OA CM X

CN China X X X - X X X CN X X X

CO Colombia X X - - - X X CO X

CR Costa Rica X X - - - - X CR X

CU Cuba X X - - - X X CU X

CY Cyprus X X - - - - EP CY X X

CZ Czech Republic X X - - - X X CZ X X

DE Germany X X - - - X X DE X X X X

DK Denmark X X - - - X X DK X X

DM Dominica X X - - - - X DM X

DO Dominican Republic X X - - - - X DO X

DZ Algeria X X - - - - X DZ X

EA

Eurasian Patent

Organization X X - - - X X EA X X

EC Ecuador X X - - - X X EC X

EE Estonia X X - - - - X EE X X

EG Egypt X X X - X - X EG X

EP

European Patent

Organisation X X X X X X X EP X X X X

ES Spain X X X - X X X ES X X X

FI Finland X X X X X X X FI X X X

FR France X X - - - - EP FR X X X

GA Gabon X OA - - - - OA GA X

GB United Kingdom X X - - - X X GB X X X

Selection for this PCT Reference bookSISA's Biologica

l Material

Deposits

National

Chapter

Two-

Letter

Code

IPEA's

Annex A

Two-Letter Code plus

Country or Organization

Genera

l Info

RO's ISA's


Annex

B

Annex

C

Annex

D

Annex

SISA

Annex

E Annex L Annex

Top 20

DO,

EO's &

Region

al

Top 21

RO's

EPC (or

ext /

valid

state)

Covered

fully

Only

covered

in

General

part


l Material

Deposits

National

Chapter

Two-

Letter

Code

IPEA's

Annex A



Genera

l Info

RO's ISA's

GD Grenada X X - - - - X GD X

GE Georgia X X - - - X X GE X

GH Ghana X X - - - - X GH X

GM Gambia X AP - - - - X GM X

GN Guinea X OA - - - - OA GN X

GQ Equatorial Guinea X OA - - - - OA GQ X

GR Greece X X - - - - EP GR X X

GT Guatemala X X - - - X X GT X

GW Guinea-Bissau X OA - - - - OA GW X

HN Honduras X X - - - X X HN X

HR Croatia X X - - - X X HR X X

HU Hungary X X - - - X X HU X X

IB

World Intellectual

Property Organization X X - - - - - IB X X X

ID Indonesia X X - - - X X ID X X

IE Ireland X X - - - - EP IE X X

IL Israel X X X - X X X IL X X X

IN India X X X - X X X IN X X X

IR

Iran (Islamic Republic

of) X X - - - - X IR X

IS Iceland X X - - - X X IS X X

IT Italy X X - - - - EP IT X X

JP Japan X X X - X X X JP X X X

KE Kenya X X - - - X X KE X

KG Kyrgyzstan X X - - - - X KG X

KM Comoros X OA - - - - OA KM X

KN Saint Kitts and Nevis X X - - - - X KN X

KP

Democratic People's

Republic of Korea X X - - - - X KP X

KR Republic of Korea X X X - X X X KR X X X

KZ Kazakhstan X X - - - X X KZ X

LA

Lao People's

Democratic Republic X IB - - - - X LA X

LC Saint Lucia X IB - - - - X LC X

LI Liechtenstein X CH - - - - CH LI X X

LK Sri Lanka X IB - - - - X LK X

LR Liberia X X - - - - X LR X

LS Lesotho X X - - - - X LS X

LT Lithuania X X - - - X EP LT X X

LU Luxembourg X X - - - X X LU X X

LV Latvia X X - - - X EP LV X X

LY Libya X X - - - - X LY X

MA Morocco X X - - - - X MA X X

MC Monaco X X - - - - EP MC X X

MD Republic of Moldova X X - - - X X MD X X

ME Montenegro X IB - - - - X ME X X

MG Madagascar X IB - - - - X MG X

MK

The former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia X X - - - X X MK X X

ML Mali X OA - - - - OA ML X

MN Mongolia X X - - - - X MN X

MR Mauritania X OA - - - - OA MR X

MT Malta X X - - - - EP MT X X

MW Malawi X X - - - - X MW X

MX Mexico X X - - - X X MX X X

MY Malaysia X X - - - - X MY X X

MZ Mozambique X AP - - - - X MZ X

NA Namibia X AP - - - - X NA X

NE Niger X OA - - - - OA NE X

NG Nigeria X IB - - - - X NG X

NI Nicaragua X X - - - X X NI X

NL Netherlands X X - - - - EP NL X X X


Annex

B

Annex

C

Annex

D

Annex

SISA

Annex

E Annex L Annex

Top 20

DO,

EO's &

Region

al

Top 21

RO's

EPC (or

ext /

valid

state)

Covered

fully

Only

covered

in

General

part


l Material

Deposits

National

Chapter

Two-

Letter

Code

IPEA's

Annex A



Genera

l Info

RO's ISA's

NO Norway X X - - - X X NO X X

NZ New Zealand X X - - - - X NZ X X

OA

African Intellectual

Property Organization X X - - - - X OA X X

OM Oman X IB - - - X X OM X

PA Panama X X - - - X X PA X

PE Peru X X - - - X X PE X

PG Papua New Guinea X X - - - - X PG X

PH Philippines X X - - - X X PH X

PL Poland X X - - - X X PL X X

PT Portugal X X - - - X X PT X X

QA Qatar X X - - - X X QA X

RO Romania X X - - - X X RO X X

RS Serbia X X - - - X X RS X X

RU Russian Federation X X X X X X X RU X X X

RW Rwanda X X - - - - X RW X

SA Saudi Arabia X X - - - - X SA X

SC Seychelles X X - - - - X SC X

SD Sudan X X - - - - X SD X

SE Sweden X X X X X X X SE X X X

SG Singapore X X X X X X X SG X X X

SI Slovenia X X - - - - EP SI X X

SK Slovakia X X - - - X X SK X X

SL Sierra Leone X AP - - - - X SL X

SM San Marino X X - - - - X SM X X

SN Senegal X OA - - - - OA SN X

ST Sao Tome and Principe X AP - - - - X ST X

SV El Salvador X X - - - X X SV X

SY Syrian Arab Republic X X - - - - X SY X

SZ Swaziland X AP - - - - AP SZ X

TD Chad X OA - - - - OA TD X

TG Togo X OA - - - - OA TG X

TH Thailand X X - - - - X TH X X

TJ Tajikistan X X - - - X X TJ X

TM Turkmenistan X X - - - X X TM X

TN Tunisia X X - - - - X TN X

TR Turkey X X - - - X X TR X X

TT Trinidad and Tobago X X - - - - X TT X

TZ

United Republic of

Tanzania X AP - - - - X TZ X

UA Ukraine X X - - - X X UA X

UG Uganda X AP - - - - X UG X

US

United States of

America X X X - X X X US X X X

UZ Uzbekistan X X - - - - X UZ X

VC

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines X IB - - - - X VC X

VN Viet Nam X X - - - - X VN X X

XN Nordic Patent Institute X - X X X - - XN X

ZA South Africa X X - - - X X ZA X X

ZM Zambia X X - - - - X ZM X

ZW Zimbabwe X X - - - - X ZW X

Totals 154 116 19 7 19 65 121 24 21 43 68 86


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States Party to the PCT and the Paris Convention and Members of the World Trade Organization1

(status on 28 April 2015)

States/Members PCT (148)

Paris (176)

WTO2 (161)

States/Members PCT Paris WTO

Albania (AL) X X X Canada (CA) X X X

Algeria (DZ) X X – Central African Republic (CF) X X X

Andorra (AD) – X – Chad (TD) X X X

Angola (AO) X X X Chile (CL) X X X

Antigua and Barbuda (AG) X X X China (CN) X3 X3,4 X

Argentina (AR) – X X Colombia (CO) X X X

Armenia (AM) X X X Comoros (KM) X X –

Australia (AU) X X X Congo (CG) X X X

Austria (AT) X X X Costa Rica (CR) X X X

Azerbaijan (AZ) X X – Côte d’Ivoire (CI) X X X

Bahamas (BS) – X – Croatia (HR) X X X

Bahrain (BH) X X X Cuba (CU) X X X

Bangladesh (BD) – X X Cyprus (CY) X X X

Barbados (BB) X X X Czech Republic (CZ) X X X

Belarus (BY) X X – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KP)

X

X

–

Belgium (BE) X X X Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD)

–

X

X

Belize (BZ) X X X Denmark (DK) X X X

Benin (BJ) X X X Djibouti (DJ) – X X

Bhutan (BT) – X – Dominica (DM) X X X

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (BO)

– X X Dominican Republic (DO) X X X

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) X X – Ecuador (EC) X X X

Botswana (BW) X X X Egypt (EG) X X X

Brazil (BR) X X X El Salvador (SV) X X X

Brunei Darussalam (BN) X X X Equatorial Guinea (GQ) X X –

Bulgaria (BG) X X X Estonia (EE) X X X

Burkina Faso (BF) X X X European Union (EU) – – X

Burundi (BI) – X X Fiji (FJ) – – X

Cabo Verde (CV) – – X Finland (FI) X X X

Cambodia (KH) – X X France (FR) X X X

Cameroon (CM) X X X Gabon (GA) X X X

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Pete

Text Box

2. PCT/PC/WTO states - overview

States Party to the PCT and the Paris Convention and Members of the World Trade Organization


States/Members PCT Paris WTO States/Members PCT Paris WTO

Gambia (GM) X X X Lebanon (LB) – X –

Georgia (GE) X X X Lesotho (LS) X X X

Germany (DE) X X X Liberia (LR) X X –

Ghana (GH) X X X Libya (LY) X X –

Greece (GR) X X X Liechtenstein (LI) X X X

Grenada (GD) X X X Lithuania (LT) X X X

Guatemala (GT) X X X Luxembourg (LU) X X X

Guinea (GN) X X X Macao, China (MO) – –4 X

Guinea–Bissau (GW) X X X Madagascar (MG) X X X

Guyana (GY) – X X Malawi (MW) X X X

Haiti (HT) – X X Malaysia (MY) X X X

Holy See (VA) – X – Maldives (MV) – – X

Honduras (HN) X X X Mali (ML) X X X

Hong Kong, China (HK) –3 –3 X Malta (MT) X X X

Hungary (HU) X X X Mauritania (MR) X X X

Iceland (IS) X X X Mauritius (MU) – X X

India (IN) X X X Mexico (MX) X X X

Indonesia (ID) X X X Monaco (MC) X X –

Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IR) X X – Mongolia (MN) X X X

Iraq (IQ) – X – Montenegro (ME) X X X

Ireland (IE) X X X Morocco (MA) X X X

Israel (IL) X X X Mozambique (MZ) X X X

Italy (IT) X X X Myanmar (MM) – – X

Jamaica (JM) – X X Namibia (NA) X X X

Japan (JP) X X X Nepal (NP) – X X

Jordan (JO) – X X Netherlands (NL) X X X

Kazakhstan (KZ) X X – New Zealand (NZ) X X X

Kenya (KE) X X X Nicaragua (NI) X X X

Kuwait (KW) – X X Niger (NE) X X X

Kyrgyzstan (KG) X X X Nigeria (NG) X X X

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LA)

X

X

X

Norway (NO) X X X

Latvia (LV) X X X Oman (OM) X X X



States Party to the PCT and the Paris Convention and Members of the World Trade Organization


States/Members PCT Paris WTO States/Members PCT Paris WTO

Pakistan (PK) – X X Sri Lanka (LK) X X X

Panama (PA) X X X Sudan (SD) X X –

Papua New Guinea (PG) X X X Suriname (SR) – X X

Paraguay (PY) – X X Swaziland (SZ) X X X

Peru (PE) X X X Sweden (SE) X X X

Philippines (PH) X X X Switzerland (CH) X X X

Poland (PL) X X X Syrian Arab Republic (SY) X X –

Portugal (PT) X X X Taiwan Province of China (TW)5

–

–

X

Qatar (QA) X X X Tajikistan (TJ) X X X

Republic of Korea (KR) X X X Thailand (TH) X X X

Republic of Moldova (MD) X X X The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK)

X

X

X

Romania (RO) X X X Togo (TG) X X X

Russian Federation (RU) X X X Tonga (TO) – X X

Rwanda (RW) X X X Trinidad and Tobago (TT) X X X

Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) X X X Tunisia (TN) X X X

Saint Lucia (LC) X X X Turkey (TR) X X X

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC)

X

X

X

Turkmenistan (TM) X X –

Samoa (WS) – X X Uganda (UG) X X X

San Marino (SM) X X – Ukraine (UA) X X X

Sao Tome and Principe (ST) X X – United Arab Emirates (AE) X X X

Saudi Arabia (SA) X X X United Kingdom (GB) X X X

Senegal (SN) X X X United Republic of Tanzania (TZ)

X

X

X

Serbia (RS) X X – United States of America (US) X X X

Seychelles (SC) X X X Uruguay (UY) – X X

Sierra Leone (SL) X X X Uzbekistan (UZ) X X –

Singapore (SG) X X X Vanuatu (VU) – – X

Slovakia (SK) X X X Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (VE)

– X X

Slovenia (SI) X X X Viet Nam (VN) X X X

Solomon Islands (SB) – – X Yemen (YE) – X X

South Africa (ZA) X X X Zambia (ZM) X X X

Spain (ES) X X X Zimbabwe (ZW) X X X

1. Under PCT Rule 4.10(a), it is possible to claim in an international application the priority of one or more earlier applications filed in or

for any country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, or in or for any Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that is not party to that Convention.

2. WTO Members cannot necessarily become party to the Paris Convention or the PCT. 3. China has notified the Director General of WIPO that the Paris Convention and the PCT apply also to Hong Kong, China. 4 China has notified the Director General of WIPO that the Paris Convention applies also to Macao, China. 5. Also referred to by the WTO as “Chinese Taipei” or “Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu”.


PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex A

[Continued on next page]

(4 October 2013)

A PCT Contracting States1 A

Name of State followed by the two-letter code

Date on which State became bound

by the PCT1



by the PCT1

Albania AL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 October 1995

Algeria DZ2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 March 2000

Angola AO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 December 2007

Antigua and Barbuda AG . . . . . . . . 17 March 2000

Armenia AM2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Australia AU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 March 1980

Austria AT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 April 1979

Azerbaijan AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1995

Bahrain BH2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 March 2007

Barbados BB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 March 1985

Belarus BY2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Belgium BE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 December 1981

Belize BZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 June 2000

Benin BJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 February 1987

Bosnia and Herzegovina BA . . . . 7 September 1996

Botswana BW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 October 2003

Brazil BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 April 1978

Brunei Darussalam BN . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 July 2012

Bulgaria BG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 May 1984

Burkina Faso BF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 March 1989

Cameroon CM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Canada CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 January 1990

Central African Republic CF . . . . . 24 January 1978

Chad TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Chile CL2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 June 2009

China CN3, 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1994

Colombia CO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 February 2001

Comoros KM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 April 2005

Congo CG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Costa Rica CR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 August 1999

Côte d’Ivoire CI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 April 1991

Croatia HR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 July 1998

Cuba CU2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 July 1996

Cyprus CY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 April 1998

Czech Republic CZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1993

Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea KP . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 July 1980

Denmark DK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 December 1978

Dominica DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 August 1999

Dominican Republic DO . . . . . . . . . . 28 May 2007

Ecuador EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 May 2001

Egypt EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 September 2003

El Salvador SV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 August 2006

Equatorial Guinea GQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 July 2001

Estonia EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 August 1994

Finland FI5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 October 1980

France FR2, 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 February 1978

Gabon GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Gambia GM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 December 1997

Georgia GE2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Germany DE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Ghana GH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 February 1997

Greece GR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 October 1990

Grenada GD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 September 1998

Guatemala GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 October 2006

Guinea GN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 May 1991

Guinea-Bissau GW . . . . . . . . . . 12 December 1997

Honduras HN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 June 2006

Hungary HU2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 June 1980

Iceland IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 March 1995

India IN2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 December 1998

Indonesia ID2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 September 1997

Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR . . . . . . 4 October 2013

Ireland IE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 August 1992

Israel IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 June 1996

Italy IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 March 1985

Japan JP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 October 1978

Kazakhstan KZ2

. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Kenya KE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 June 1994

Kyrgyzstan KG2

. . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Lao People’s Democratic

Republic LA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 June 2006

Latvia LV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 September 1993

Lesotho LS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 October 1995

Liberia LR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 August 1994

Libya LY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 September 2005

Liechtenstein LI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 March 1980

Lithuania LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 July 1994

Luxembourg LU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 April 1978

Madagascar MG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Malawi MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Malaysia MY2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 August 2006

Mali ML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 October 1984

Malta MT2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 March 2007

Mauritania MR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 April 1983

Mexico MX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1995

Monaco MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 June 1979

Mongolia MN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 May 1991

Montenegro ME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 June 2006

Morocco MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 October 1999

Mozambique MZ2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 May 2000

Namibia NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 2004


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PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex A

A PCT Contracting States1

[Continued] A



by the PCT1



by the PCT1

(4 October 2013)

Netherlands NL7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 July 1979

New Zealand NZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 December 1992

Nicaragua NI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 March 2003

Niger NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 March 1993

Nigeria NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 May 2005

Norway NO5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1980

Oman OM2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 October 2001

Panama PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 September 2012

Papua New Guinea PG . . . . . . . . . . . 14 June 2003

Peru PE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 June 2009

Philippines PH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 August 2001

Poland PL5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1990

Portugal PT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 November 1992

Qatar QA2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 August 2011

Republic of Korea KR . . . . . . . . . . 10 August 1984

Republic of Moldova MD2

. . . . 25 December 1991

Romania RO2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 July 1979

Russian Federation RU2

. . . . . . . . 29 March 19788

Rwanda RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 August 2011

Saint Kitts and Nevis KN . . . . . . 27 October 2005

Saint Lucia LC2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 August 1996

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines VC2

. . . . . . . . . . . 6 August 2002

San Marino SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 December 2004

Sao Tome and Principe ST . . . . . . . . . 3 July 2008

Saudi Arabia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 August 2013

Senegal SN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Serbia RS9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 February 1997

Seychelles SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 November 2002

Sierra Leone SL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 June 1997

Singapore SG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 February 1995

Slovakia SK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1993

Slovenia SI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 March 1994

South Africa ZA2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 March 1999

Spain ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 November 1989

Sri Lanka LK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 February 1982

Sudan SD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 April 1984

Swaziland SZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 September 1994

Sweden SE5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 May 1978

Switzerland CH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Syrian Arab Republic SY . . . . . . . . . 26 June 2003

Tajikistan TJ2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Thailand TH2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 December 2009

The former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia MK . . . . . . . . . . . 10 August 1995

Togo TG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Trinidad and Tobago TT . . . . . . . . . 10 March 1994

Tunisia TN2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 December 2001

Turkey TR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1996

Turkmenistan TM2

. . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Uganda UG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 February 1995

Ukraine UA2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

United Arab Emirates AE . . . . . . . . . 10 March 1999

United Kingdom GB10

. . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

United Republic of

Tanzania TZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 September 1999

United States of America US

11, 12 . . 24 January 1978

Uzbekistan UZ2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Viet Nam VN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 March 1993

Zambia ZM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 November 2001

Zimbabwe ZW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 June 1997

(Total: 148 States)

1 All PCT Contracting States are bound by Chapter II of the PCT relating to the international preliminary examination. 2 With the declaration provided for in PCT Article 64(5). 3 Applies also to Hong Kong, China with effect from 1 July 1997. 4 Not applicable to Macau, China. 5 With the declaration provided for in PCT Article 64(2)(a)(ii). 6 Including all Overseas Departments and Territories. 7 Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist on

10 October 2010. As from that date, the PCT continues to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The PCT also continues to apply to the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba which, with effect from 10 October 2010, have become part of the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe.

8 Date of ratification of the Soviet Union, continued by the Russian Federation as from 25 December 1991. 9 Serbia is the continuing State from Serbia and Montenegro as from 3 June 2006. 10 The United Kingdom extended the application of the PCT to the Isle of Man with effect from 29 October 1983. 11 With the declarations provided for in PCT Articles 64(3)(a) and 64(4)(a). 12 Extends to all areas for which the United States of America has international responsibility.


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Contracting Party Signature Instrument In Force Details

Albania Accession: July 4,1995

October 4,1995

Details

Algeria Accession:September 16,1965

March 1, 1966 Details

Andorra Accession: March2, 2004

June 2, 2004 Details

Angola Accession:September 27,2007

December 27,2007

Details

Antigua and Barbuda Accession:December 17, 1999

March 17,2000

Details

Argentina Accession:December 27, 1966

February 10,1967

Details

Armenia Declaration ofContinuedApplication: May17, 1994

December 25,1991

Details

Australia Accession: July30, 1925

October 10,1925

Details

Austria Accession:November 30, 1908

January 1,1909

Details

Azerbaijan Accession:September 25,1995

December 25,1995

Details

Bahamas Declaration ofContinuedApplication: July 5,1976

July 10, 1973 Details

Bahrain Accession: July29, 1997

October 29,1997

Details

Bangladesh Accession:November 29, 1990


Barbados Accession: March 12, Details


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December 12, 1984 1985

Belarus Declaration ofContinuedApplication: April14, 1993

December 25,1991

Details

Belgium March 20,1883

Ratification: June6, 1884


Belize Accession: March17, 2000


Benin Accession:September 22,1966

January 10,1967

Details

Bhutan Accession: May 4,2000

August 4,2000

Details

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Accession: August4, 1993

November 4,1993

Details

Bosnia and Herzegovina Declaration ofContinuedApplication: June2, 1993


Botswana Accession:January 15, 1998

April 15, 1998 Details

Brazil March 20,1883



Brunei Darussalam Accession:November 17, 2011

February 17,2012

Details

Bulgaria Accession: April30, 1921


Burkina Faso Accession:September 17,1963

November 19,1963

Details

Burundi Accession: May31, 1977

September 3,1977

Details

Cambodia Accession: June22, 1998

September22, 1998

Details

Cameroon Accession:February 10, 1964

May 10, 1964 Details

Canada Accession: August21, 1923

September 1,1923

Details

Central African Republic Accession:October 5, 1963

November 19,1963

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Chad Accession:September 11,1963

November 19,1963

Details

Chile Accession: March13, 1991


China Accession:December 19, 1984

March 19,1985

Details

Colombia Accession: June 3,1996

September 3,1996

Details

Comoros Accession:January 3, 2005


Congo Accession: June26, 1963

September 2,1963

Details

Costa Rica Accession: July28, 1995

October 31,1995

Details

Côte d'Ivoire Accession: August9, 1963

October 23,1963

Details

Croatia Declaration /Notification ofSuccession: July28, 1992

October 8,1991

Details

Cuba Accession:September 22,1904

November 17,1904

Details

Cyprus Accession:December 17, 1965

January 17,1966

Details

Czech Republic Declaration ofContinuedApplication:December 18, 1992

January 1,1993

Details

Democratic People's Republicof Korea

Accession: March7, 1980


Democratic Republic of theCongo

Accession:October 28, 1974

January 31,1975

Details

Denmark Accession:October 1, 1894

October 1,1894

Details

Djibouti Accession:February 13, 2002


Dominica Accession: May 7,1999

August 7,1999

Details

Dominican Republic Accession:October 20, 1884























Ecuador Accession: March22, 1999


Egypt Accession: March5, 1951


El Salvador Accession:November 18, 1993

February 19,1994

Details

Equatorial Guinea Accession: March26, 1997


Estonia Accession: May24, 1994

August 24,1994

Details

Finland Accession: August2, 1921

September20, 1921

Details

France March 20,1883



Gabon Accession:November 16, 1963

February 29,1964

Details

Gambia Accession:October 21, 1991

January 21,1992

Details

Georgia Declaration ofContinuedApplication:January 18, 1994

December 25,1991

Details

Germany Accession: May 1,1903

May 1, 1903 Details

Ghana Accession: June28, 1976

September28, 1976

Details

Greece Accession: August18, 1924

October 2,1924

Details

Grenada Accession: June22, 1998

September22, 1998

Details

Guatemala Accession: May18, 1998

August 18,1998

Details

Guinea Accession:October 30, 1981

February 5,1982

Details

GuineaBissau Accession: March28, 1988


Guyana Accession: July25, 1994

October 25,1994

Details

Haiti Accession:February 19, 1958
























Holy See Accession: July21, 1960

September29, 1960

Details

Honduras Accession:November 3, 1993

February 4,1994

Details

Hungary Accession:November 30, 1908

January 1,1909

Details

Iceland Accession:January 31, 1962

May 5, 1962 Details

India Accession:September 7, 1998

December 7,1998

Details

Indonesia Declaration ofContinuedApplication: August15, 1950

December 24,1950

Details

Iran (Islamic Republic of) Accession:September 1, 1959

December 16,1959

Details

Iraq Accession:October 21, 1975

January 24,1976

Details

Ireland Accession:October 22, 1925

December 4,1925

Details

Israel Accession:December 14, 1949

March 24,1950

Details

Italy March 20,1883



Jamaica Accession:September 24,1999

December 24,1999

Details

Japan Accession: April18, 1899


Jordan Accession: April12, 1972


Kazakhstan Declaration ofContinuedApplication:February 16, 1993

December 25,1991

Details

Kenya Accession: May14, 1965


Kuwait Accession:September 2, 2014

December 2,2014

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Kyrgyzstan Declaration of December 25, Details






















ContinuedApplication:February 14, 1994

1991

Lao People's DemocraticRepublic

Accession: July 8,1998

October 8,1998

Details

Latvia Accession: June 7,1993

September 7,1993

Details

Lebanon Accession: June18, 1924

September 1,1924

Details

Lesotho Accession: June27, 1989

September28, 1989

Details

Liberia Accession: May27, 1994

August 27,1994

Details

Libya Accession: June28, 1976

September28, 1976

Details

Liechtenstein Accession: May 8,1933


Lithuania Accession:February 21, 1994


Luxembourg Accession: May12, 1922


Madagascar Accession:October 7, 1963

December 21,1963

Details

Malawi Declaration ofContinuedApplication: May24, 1965


Malaysia Accession: June23, 1988

January 1,1989

Details

Mali Accession:October 14, 1982


Malta Accession: August29, 1967

October 20,1967

Details

Mauritania Accession:October 26, 1964


Mauritius Accession: June21, 1976

September24, 1976

Details

Mexico Accession: July20, 1903

September 7,1903

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Monaco Accession: April 29, 1956 Details






















February 9, 1956

Mongolia Accession:January 16, 1985


Montenegro Declaration ofContinuedApplication:December 4, 2006


Morocco Accession:February 27, 1917


Mozambique Accession: April 9,1998


Namibia Accession:December 29, 2003

January 1,2004

Details

Nepal Accession: March22, 2001


Netherlands March 20,1883



New Zealand Accession: June10, 1931


Nicaragua Accession: April 3,1996


Niger Accession:September 10,1963


Nigeria Accession: July17, 1963

September 2,1963

Details

Norway Accession: May29, 1885


Oman Accession: April14, 1999


Pakistan Accession: April22, 2004


Panama Accession: July19, 1996

October 19,1996

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Papua New Guinea Accession: March15, 1999


Paraguay Accession:February 25, 1994


Peru Accession:January 11, 1995























Philippines Accession: August12, 1965

September27, 1965

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Poland Accession: June24, 1919

November 10,1919

Details

Portugal March 20,1883



Qatar Accession: April 5,2000


Republic of Korea Accession:February 1, 1980

May 4, 1980 Details

Republic of Moldova Declaration ofContinuedApplication: June3, 1993

December 25,1991

Details

Romania Accession: August26, 1920

October 6,1920

Details

Russian Federation Accession: March16, 1965


Rwanda Accession:November 3, 1983


Saint Kitts and Nevis Accession:January 3, 1995


Saint Lucia Accession: March9, 1995


Saint Vincent and theGrenadines

Accession: May29, 1995

August 29,1995

Details

Samoa Accession: June21, 2013

September21, 2013

Details

San Marino Accession:December 16, 1959


Sao Tome and Principe Accession:February 12, 1998


Saudi Arabia Accession:December 11, 2003

March 11,2004

Details

Senegal Accession:October 16, 1963

December 21,1963

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Serbia Declaration ofContinuedApplication:September 19,2006























Seychelles Accession: August7, 2002

November 7,2002

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Sierra Leone Accession: March17, 1997


Singapore Accession:November 23, 1994

February 23,1995

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Slovakia Declaration ofContinuedApplication:December 30, 1992

January 1,1993

Details

Slovenia Declaration ofContinuedApplication: June12, 1992


South Africa Accession:October 20, 1947

December 1,1947

Details

Spain March 20,1883



Sri Lanka Accession:October 9, 1952

December 29,1952

Details

Sudan Accession:January 16, 1984


Suriname Declaration ofContinuedApplication:November 16, 1976

November 25,1975

Details

Swaziland Accession:February 12, 1991


Sweden Accession: May29, 1885


Switzerland March 20,1883



Syrian Arab Republic Accession: June18, 1924

September 1,1924

Details

Tajikistan Declaration ofContinuedApplication:February 14, 1994

December 25,1991

Details

Thailand Accession: May 2,2008

August 2,2008

Details

the former Yugoslav Republicof Macedonia

Declaration /Notification of

September 8,1991

Details





















Succession: July23, 1993

Togo Accession: July11, 1967

September10, 1967

Details

Tonga Accession: March14, 2001


Trinidad and Tobago Accession: May14, 1964

August 1,1964

Details

Tunisia Accession: March20, 1884


Turkey Accession: August6, 1925

October 10,1925

Details

Turkmenistan Declaration ofContinuedApplication: March1, 1995

December 25,1991

Details

Uganda Accession: May14, 1965


Ukraine Declaration ofContinuedApplication:September 21,1992

December 25,1991

Details

United Arab Emirates Accession: June19, 1996

September19, 1996

Details

United Kingdom Accession: March17, 1884


United Republic of Tanzania Accession: April 2,1963


United States of America Accession: March18, 1887


Uruguay Accession:January 25, 1967

March 18,1967

Details

Uzbekistan Declaration ofContinuedApplication: August18, 1993

December 25,1991

Details

Venezuela (BolivarianRepublic of)

Accession: June 9,1995

September12, 1995

Details

Viet Nam March 8, 1949 Details

Yemen Accession:November 15, 2006

February 15,2007

Details





















Zambia Declaration ofContinuedApplication:December 31, 1964


Zimbabwe Declaration /Notification ofSuccession:September 29,1981





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Albania 8 September 2000

Angola 23 November 1996 (GATT: 8 April 1994)

Antigua and Barbuda 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 March 1987)

Argentina 1 January 1995 (GATT: 11 October 1967)

Armenia 5 February 2003

Australia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Austria 1 January 1995 (GATT: 19 October 1951)

Bahrain, Kingdom of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 December 1993)

Bangladesh 1 January 1995 (GATT: 16 December 1972)

Barbados 1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 February 1967)

Belgium 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Belize 1 January 1995 (GATT: 7 October 1983)

Benin 22 February 1996 (GATT: 12 September 1963)

Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12 September 1995 (GATT: 8 September 1990)

Botswana 31 May 1995 (GATT: 28 August 1987)

Brazil 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)

Brunei Darussalam 1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 December 1993)

Bulgaria 1 December 1996

Burkina Faso 3 June 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)

Burundi 23 July 1995 (GATT: 13 March 1965)

Cabo Verde 23 July 2008

Cambodia 13 October 2004

Cameroon 13 December 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)

Canada 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Central African Republic 31 May 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)

Chad 19 October 1996 (GATT: 12 July 1963)

Chile 1 January 1995 (GATT: 16 March 1949)

China 11 December 2001

Colombia 30 April 1995 (GATT: 3 October 1981)

Congo 27 March 1997 (GATT: 3 May 1963)

Costa Rica 1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 November 1990)

Côte d'Ivoire 1 January 1995 (GATT: 31 December 1963)

Croatia 30 November 2000

Cuba 20 April 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Cyprus 30 July 1995 (GATT: 15 July 1963)

Czech Republic 1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 April 1993)

Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 January 1997

Denmark 1 January 1995 (GATT: 28 May 1950)

Djibouti 31 May 1995 (GATT: 16 December 1994)

Dominica 1 January 1995 (GATT: 20 April 1993)

Dominican Republic 9 March 1995 (GATT: 19 May 1950)

Ecuador 21 January 1996

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Egypt 30 June 1995 (GATT: 9 May 1970)

El Salvador 7 May 1995 (GATT: 22 May 1991)

Estonia 13 November 1999

European Union (formerly European Communities) 1 January 1995

Fiji 14 January 1996 (GATT: 16 November 1993)

Finland 1 January 1995 (GATT: 25 May 1950)

France 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Gabon 1 January 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)

The Gambia 23 October 1996 (GATT: 22 February 1965)

Georgia 14 June 2000

Germany 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 October 1951)

Ghana 1 January 1995 (GATT: 17 October 1957)

Greece 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 March 1950)

Grenada 22 February 1996 (GATT: 9 February 1994)

Guatemala 21 July 1995 (GATT: 10 October 1991)

Guinea 25 October 1995 (GATT: 8 December 1994)

Guinea-Bissau 31 May 1995 (GATT: 17 March 1994)

Guyana 1 January 1995 (GATT: 5 July 1966)

Haiti 30 January 1996 (GATT: 1 January 1950)

Honduras 1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 April 1994)

Hong Kong, China 1 January 1995 (GATT: 23 April 1986)

Hungary 1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 September 1973)

Iceland 1 January 1995 (GATT: 21 April 1968)

India 1 January 1995 (GATT: 8 July 1948)

Indonesia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 February 1950)

Ireland 1 January 1995 (GATT: 22 December 1967)

Israel 21 April 1995 (GATT: 5 July 1962)

Italy 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 May 1950)

Jamaica 9 March 1995 (GATT: 31 December 1963)

Japan 1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 September 1955)

Jordan 11 April 2000

Kazakhstan 30 November 2015

Kenya 1 January 1995 (GATT: 5 February 1964)

Korea, Republic of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 14 April 1967)

Kuwait, the State of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)

Kyrgyz Republic 20 December 1998

Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2 February 2013

Latvia 10 February 1999

Lesotho 31 May 1995 (GATT: 8 January 1988)

Liechtenstein 1 September 1995 (GATT: 29 March 1994)

Lithuania 31 May 2001

Luxembourg 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Macao, China 1 January 1995 (GATT: 11 January 1991)

Madagascar 17 November 1995 (GATT: 30 September 1963)

Malawi 31 May 1995 (GATT: 28 August 1964)

Malaysia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 October 1957)

Maldives 31 May 1995 (GATT: 19 April 1983)

Mali 31 May 1995 (GATT: 11 January 1993)

Malta 1 January 1995 (GATT: 17 November 1964)

Mauritania 31 May 1995 (GATT: 30 September 1963)

Mauritius 1 January 1995 (GATT: 2 September 1970)

Mexico 1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 August 1986)

Moldova, Republic of 26 July 2001

Mongolia 29 January 1997

Montenegro 29 April 2012

Morocco 1 January 1995 (GATT: 17 June 1987)

Mozambique 26 August 1995 (GATT: 27 July 1992)

Myanmar 1 January 1995 (GATT: 29 July 1948)

Namibia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 September 1992)

Nepal 23 April 2004

Netherlands 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

New Zealand 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)


Nicaragua 3 September 1995 (GATT: 28 May 1950)

Niger 13 December 1996 (GATT: 31 December 1963)

Nigeria 1 January 1995 (GATT: 18 November 1960)

Norway 1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 July 1948)

Oman 9 November 2000

Pakistan 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)

Panama 6 September 1997

Papua New Guinea 9 June 1996 (GATT: 16 December 1994)

Paraguay 1 January 1995 (GATT: 6 January 1994)

Peru 1 January 1995 (GATT: 7 October 1951)

Philippines 1 January 1995 (GATT: 27 December 1979)

Poland 1 July 1995 (GATT: 18 October 1967)

Portugal 1 January 1995 (GATT: 6 May 1962)

Qatar 13 January 1996 (GATT: 7 April 1994)

Romania 1 January 1995 (GATT: 14 November 1971)

Russian Federation 22 August 2012

Rwanda 22 May 1996 (GATT: 1 January 1966)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 21 February 1996 (GATT: 24 March 1994)

Saint Lucia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 April 1993)

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 1 January 1995 (GATT: 18 May 1993)

Samoa 10 May 2012

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 11 December 2005

Senegal 1 January 1995 (GATT: 27 September 1963)

Seychelles 26 April 2015

Sierra Leone 23 July 1995 (GATT: 19 May 1961)

Singapore 1 January 1995 (GATT: 20 August 1973)

Slovak Republic 1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 April 1993)

Slovenia 30 July 1995 (GATT: 30 October 1994)

Solomon Islands 26 July 1996 (GATT: 28 December 1994)

South Africa 1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 June 1948)

Spain 1 January 1995 (GATT: 29 August 1963)

Sri Lanka 1 January 1995 (GATT: 29 July 1948)

Suriname 1 January 1995 (GATT: 22 March 1978)

Swaziland 1 January 1995 (GATT: 8 February 1993)

Sweden 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 April 1950)

Switzerland 1 July 1995 (GATT: 1 August 1966)

Chinese Taipei 1 January 2002

Tajikistan 2 March 2013

Tanzania 1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 December 1961)

Thailand 1 January 1995 (GATT: 20 November 1982)

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 4 April 2003

Togo 31 May 1995 (GATT: 20 March 1964)

Tonga 27 July 2007

Trinidad and Tobago 1 March 1995 (GATT: 23 October 1962)

Tunisia 29 March 1995 (GATT: 29 August 1990)

Turkey 26 March 1995 (GATT: 17 October 1951)

Uganda 1 January 1995 (GATT: 23 October 1962)

Ukraine 16 May 2008

United Arab Emirates 10 April 1996 (GATT: 8 March 1994)

United Kingdom 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

United States of America 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)

Uruguay 1 January 1995 (GATT: 6 December 1953)

Vanuatu 24 August 2012

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 31 August 1990)

Viet Nam 11 January 2007

Yemen 26 June 2014

Zambia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 February 1982)

Zimbabwe 5 March 1995 (GATT: 11 July 1948)

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Afghanistan

Algeria

Andorra

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Belarus

Bhutan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Comoros

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Holy See (Vatican)

Iran

Iraq

Lebanese Republic

Liberia, Republic of

Libya

Sao Tomé and Principe

Serbia

Sudan

Syrian Arab Republic

Uzbekistan

Note: With the exception of the Holy See, observers must start accession negotiations within

five years of becoming observers.

International intergovernmental organizations granted observer status to WTO bodies

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1/3/2016 PCT Contracting States for which a Regional Patent can be Obtained via the PCT

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/reg_des.html 1/3

PCT Contracting States for which a Regional Patent can be Obtainedvia the PCT(situation on 1 November 2015)

States for which onlya regional patent canbe obtained (and nota national patent):

States for which a regionalpatent can be obtained inaddition to, or instead of, anational patent

States notincludedin regionaldesignation but towhich a regionalpatent can beextended orvalidated

AP ARIPOpatent

SZ Swaziland BW BotswanaGH GhanaGM GambiaKE KenyaLR LiberiaLS LesothoMW MalawiMZ MozambiqueNA NamibiaRW RwandaSD SudanSL Sierra LeoneST Sao Tome and PrincipeTZ United Republic ofTanzaniaUG UgandaZM ZambiaZW Zimbabwe

Not applicable

EA Eurasianpatent

Not applicable AM ArmeniaAZ AzerbaijanBY BelarusKG KyrgyzstanKZ KazakhstanRU Russian Federation TJ TajikistanTM Turkmenistan

Not applicable

EP Europeanpatent

BE BelgiumCY CyprusFR FranceGR GreeceIE IrelandIT Italy

AL AlbaniaAT AustriaBG BulgariaCH SwitzerlandCZ Czech RepublicDE Germany

BA Bosnia andHerzegovina ME MontenegroMA Morocco

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3


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/ap.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/ea.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/ep.pdf

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LT LithuaniaLV LatviaMC MonacoМТ MaltaNL NetherlandsSI Slovenia

DK DenmarkEE EstoniaES SpainFI FinlandGB United KingdomHR CroatiaHU HungaryIS IcelandLI LiechtensteinLU LuxembourgMK The former YugoslavRepublic of MacedoniaNO NorwayPL PolandPT PortugalRO RomaniaRS SerbiaSE SwedenSK SlovakiaSM San MarinoTR Turkey

MD Republic ofMoldova

OA OAPIpatent

BF Burkina FasoBJ BeninCF Central AfricanRepublicCG CongoCI Côte d’IvoireCM CameroonGA GabonGN GuineaGQ Equatorial GuineaGW GuineaBissauKM ComorosML MaliMR MauritaniaNE NigerSN Senegal TD ChadTG Togo

Not applicable

___________________________________________

1. For international applications filed on or after 19 August 2014.

2. For information about requesting the extension of a European patent to these States: see the PCTApplicant’s Guide, Introduction to the International Phase, paragraphs 4.026 and 5.054, and NationalChapter (EP).

3. A request for validation of a European patent in Morocco may be made for any international application

4

5


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/oa.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/appguide/index.jsp

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/guide/ip04.html#_4.026

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/guide/ip05.html#_5.054

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/ep.pdf



filed on or after 1 March 2015. For further information on the validation system,see: http://www.epo.org/lawpractice/legaltexts/extensionvalidationsystem.html.

4. A request for validation of a European patent in the Republic of Moldova may be made for anyinternational application filed on or after 1 November 2015. For further information on the validationsystem, see: http://www.epo.org/lawpractice/legaltexts/extensionvalidationsystem.html.

5. For international applications filed on or after 25 May 2013.


http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/extension-validation-system.html

http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/extension-validation-system.html

Types of Protection Available via the PCT in PCT Contracting States (status on 1 December 2015)

National patent

ARIPO patent (AP)

Eurasian patent (EA)

European patent (EP)

OAPI patent (OA)

Utility model instead of

national patent

Utility model in addition to national patent

Other

AE X X Patent of addition

AG1 X

AL X X X

AM X X X

AO X X Certificate of addition

AT X X X X Patent of addition

AU X Patent of addition

AZ X X X

BA X Consensual patents, extension of EP patent2

BB X

BE X

BF X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

BG X X X X

BH X X

BJ X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

BN X

BR X X Certificate of addition

BW X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

Utility model certificate

BY X X X

BZ X X

CA X

CF X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

CG X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

CH + LI X X

CI X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

CL X X

CM X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

CN X X

CO X X

CR X X

CU X Patent of addition, inventor’s certificate, inventor’s certificate

of addition

CY X

CZ X X X X

DE X X X X

DK X X X X

DM1 X

DO X X



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National patent

ARIPO patent (AP)



OAPI patent (OA)


patent

Utility model in addition to

patent

Other

DZ X Certificate of addition

EC X X

EE X X X X

EG X X

ES X X X Patent of addition

FI X X X X

FR X

GA X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

GB X X

GD1 X

GE X X

GH X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

Utility certificate

GM X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

GN X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

GQ X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

GR X

GT X X

GW X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

HN X X

HR X X “Consensual patent”

HU X X X

ID X

IE X

IL X Patent of addition

IN X Patent of addition

IR3 X

IS X X

IT X

JP X X

KE X X National or ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

KG X X X

KM X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

KN1 X

KP X X Inventor’s certificate

KR X X

KZ X X X

LA1 X

LC X

LI (see CH)

LK X

LR X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model




National patent

ARIPO patent (AP)



OAPI patent (OA)


patent


patent

Other

LS X X National or ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

LT X

LU X X

LV X

LY X Patent of addition

MA X Certificate of addition, validation of EP patent4

MC X

MD X Short-term patent, validation of EP patent5

ME X Extension of EP patent2

MG X Certificate of addition

MK X X

ML X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

MN X

MR X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

MT X

MW X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

Patent of addition

MX X X

MY X

MZ X X National or ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

NA X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

NE X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

NG X

NI X X

NL X

NO X X

NZ X Patent of addition

OM X X

PA X X Patent of addition

PE X X

PG X

PH X X

PL X X X

PT X X X X

QA X

RO X X X X

RS X X Patent of addition, petty patent

RU X X X

RW X X National or ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

SA6 X

SC X

SD X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model




National patent

ARIPO patent (AP)



OAPI patent (OA)


patent


patent

Other

SE X X

SG X

SI X

SK X X X X

SL X X National or ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

SM X

SN X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

ST X X7 ARIPO utility model7

ARIPO utility model7

SV X X

SY X Certificate of addition

SZ X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

TD X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

TG X OAPI utility model OAPI certificate of addition

TH X Petty patent

TJ X X X

TM X X Provisional patent

TN X

TR X X X Patent of addition

TT X Utility certificate

TZ X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

UA X X

UG X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

Utility certificate

US X

UZ X X

VC X Utility certificate

VN X “Patent for utility solution”

ZA X Patent of addition

ZM X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

Patent of addition

ZW X X ARIPO utility model

ARIPO utility model

Patent of addition

1 Information regarding any other type of national protection is not yet available. 2 For information on the extension of European patents, see the PCT Applicant’s Guide, International Phase, paragraphs 4.026 and 5.054,

and National Phase, National Chapter (EP). 3 Only for international applications filed on or after 4 October 2013. 4 Only for international applications filed on or after 1 March 2015. For information on the validation of European patents, see:

http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/extension-validation-system.html 5 Only for international applications filed on or after 1 November 2015. For information on the validation of European patents, see:

http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/extension-validation-system.html 6 Only for international applications filed on or after 3 August 2013. 7 Only for international applications filed on or after 19 August 2014.


1/3/2016 PCT Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Incompatibilities

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/reservations/res_incomp.html 1/4

PCT Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Incompatibilities

(status on 18 September 2015)

States

PCT Articles

22(1) Decision of the Assembly of thePCT Union of October 3, 2001(PCT/A/30/7, Annex IV)

Luxembourg, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania

64(2)(a)(ii) Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden

64(3)(a) United States of America

64(4)(a) United States of America

64(5) Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, Chile, Cuba, France,Georgia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Malta,Mozambique, Oman, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania,Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and theGrenadines, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia,Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Offices and Intergovernmental Organizations

PCT Rules

4.9(b) DE German Patent and Trade Mark Office

JP Japan Patent Office

KR Korean Intellectual Property Office

20.1(d) US United States Patent and Trademark Office

20.8(a) BE Intellectual Property Office (Belgium)

CU Cuban Industrial Property Office

CZ Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic)

DE German Patent and Trade Mark Office

ID Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia)

IT Italian Patent and Trademark Office


MX Mexican Institute of Industrial Property

20.8(b) CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China

1

1


http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/a22.htm#_22_1

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=1906

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/a64.htm#_64_2_a_ii

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/a64.htm#_64_3_a

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/a64.htm#_64_4_a

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/a64.htm#_64_5

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r4.htm#_4_9_b

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r20.htm#_20_1_d

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r20.htm#_20_8_a


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TR Turkish Patent Institute

26.3ter(b) US United States Patent and Trademark Office

26.3ter(d) US United States Patent and Trademark Office

26bis.3(j) BE Intellectual Property Office (Belgium)

BR National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)

CO Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia)




DZ Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property

GR Industrial Property Organization (OBI) (Greece)


IN Patent Office (India)

IT Italian Patent and Trademark Office


NO Norwegian Patent Office

PH Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines

49.5(l) re. 49.5(cbis):

BR National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)

US United States Patent and Trademark Office

re. 49.5(k):


49.6(f) CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office

CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China




2


http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r26.htm#_26_3ter_b

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r26.htm#_26_3ter_d

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r26bis.htm#_26bis_3_j

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49.htm#_49_5_l

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49.htm#_49_5_c-bis

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49.htm#_49_5_k

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49.htm#_49_6_f



LV Latvian Patent Office


NZ Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

PH Intellectual Property Office (Philippines)

PL Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

49ter.1(g) BR National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)

CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office










LT Lithuanian Patent Office





49ter.2(h) BR National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)












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http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49ter.htm#_49ter_1_g

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49ter.htm#_49ter_2_h






51bis.3(c) SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

66.1bis(b) EP European Patent Office

Administrative Instructions under the PCT (AI)

703(f) re. Section 703(b)(ii) to (iv) and relevant Sections of Annex F of AI:



re. Section 703(b)(ii) to (iv) insofar as those provisions relate to Sections 5.1 and 5.2.1 ofAnnex F of AI and Sections 2(d) to (g) of Appendix III of Annex F of AI:

JP Japan Patent Office

________________________

1. The Japan Patent Office has withdrawn its notification of incompatibility with its national law under PCT Rule20.8(a) and (b) as from 1 October 2012.

2. The Japan Patent Office has withdrawn its notification of incompatibility with its national law under PCT Rules26bis.3(j), 49ter.1(g) and 49ter.2(h) as from 1 April 2015.

3. The Korean Intellectual Property Office has withdrawn its notification of incompatibility with its national lawunder PCT Rule 51bis.3(c) as from 1 January 2015.

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http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r51bis.htm#_51bis_3_c

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r66.htm#_66_1bis_b

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/ai/s703.html#_703_f

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/ai/s703.html#_703_b_ii

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/ai/s703.html#_703_b_iv

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/ai/annex_f.html

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/ai/s703.html#_703_b_ii

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/ai/s703.html#_703_b_iv



http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r20.htm#_20_8_a


http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r26bis.htm#_26bis_3_j

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49ter.htm#_49ter_1_g

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r49ter.htm#_49ter_2_h

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r51bis.htm#_51bis_3_c

1/3/2016 www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/waivers.html

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/waivers.html 1/4

Offices (or Authorities) which have Notified WIPO of Waiver(s) of thePower of Attorney Requirement under PCT Rule 90.4(b) and/or 90.5(a)(ii)(status on 1 September 2015)

RO = Receiving Office; ISA = International Searching Authority; IPEA = International PreliminaryExamining Authority; SISA = International Searching Authority specified for supplementary search; fortwoletter codes, see PCT Applicant’s Guide

TwolettercodeofOffice

Capacityof Officein whichwaiverwasmade

Waiver ofseparatepower ofattorney (PCTRule 90.4(d))?

Waiver ofcopy ofgeneralpower ofattorney (PCTRule 90.5(c))?

Particular instances in which a separate power ofattorney and/or a copy of a general power ofattorney is required (other than where the agentor the common representative submits any noticeof withdrawal referred to in PCT Rules 90bis.1to 90bis.4)

AT RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes None

AU RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Where there is an unresolved dispute about who isthe agent representing the applicant(s).

BN RO Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any action after filing; or where it is unclearthat an agent or common representative has powerto act on behalf of the applicant.

BY RO Yes Yes Where there is a change in representation, that is,where any action before the Office is performed byan agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

CA RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any action after filing; or where it is unclearthat an agent or common representative has powerto act on behalf of the applicant.

CH RO Yes Yes None

DE RO Yes Yes If the agent is not a patent attorney or an attorneyatlaw resident in Germany, or a national of a memberState of the European Union or of a State party tothe Agreement on the European Economic Areaauthorized to pursue certain professional activities(see Law on the qualifying Examination for GainingAdmission to the Profession of Patent Attorney andLaw on the Professional Activities of European



http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r90.htm#_90_5_a_ii


http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r90.htm#_90_4_d

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r90.htm#_90_5_c

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r90bis.htm#_90bis_1

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Lawyers in Germany).

In case of reasonable doubts regarding the agent’sentitlement to act.

Also, a separate power of attorney is required in thecase of a common representative.

DK RO Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

EA RO Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

EP RO, ISA,SISA,IPEA

Yes Yes If necessary in the circumstances of a particularcase, for example:(1) where a procedural act is performed by apurported agent who is not the agent of record,unless:– the purported agent belongs to the same office asthe agent of record; or – both the purported agent and the agent of recordare employees of the applicant (or, if there is morethan one applicant, of the common representative).(2) in case of doubt as to whether the agent orcommon representative is entitled to act.

ES RO,ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes In case of reasonable doubts regarding the agent’sentitlement to act.Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

FI RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form or in the demand format the time of their filing.

FR RO Yes Yes If the agent is:– a person indicated in article L.4225 of theCode of Intellectual Property,– an enterprise or a public institutioncontractually bound to the applicant,– a specialized professional organization.

In case of reasonable doubt regarding theagent’s entitlement to act.

In case of a common representative.




GB RO Yes Yes Where an agent or common representative, who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filing,performs any action after filing; or where it is unclearthat an agent or common representative has powerto act on behalf of the applicant.

IB IB Yes n.a. Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

RO Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

IL RO Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any actions after filing.

IS RO Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

JP RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any actions after filing; or in case of doubtas to the agent's entitlement to act.

KG RO No Yes None

LT RO Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

MD RO Yes Yes Upon appointment of, or for any paper submitted by,an agent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

MT RO Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any action after filing; or in case of doubtas to the agent’s entitlement to act.

NL RO Yes Yes None

NZ RO Yes Yes Where there is a change in representation, that is,where an applicant is represented by a new agent orrepresentative.

PH RO Yes Yes Where the Office receives a notice or communicationfrom a subagent appointed by the agent or commonrepresentative; or the Office receives notices orcommunications from an agent or commonrepresentative who is appointed by the applicant inreplacement of, or in addition to the agent orcommon representative previously appointed by theapplicant; or the Office receives a notice or




communication from an agent or a commonrepresentative submitting the names of additionalapplicants not named in the request form.

PT RO Yes Yes If the applicant is not represented by an officialindustrial property agent.

RU RO, ISA,SISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any action after filing; or in case of doubtas to the agent’s entitlement to act.

SE RO, ISA,SISA,IPEA


SG RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Where an agent or a common representative who isnot indicated in the request form at the time of filingperforms any action after filing; or where it is unclearthat an agent or common representative has powerto act on behalf of the applicant.

TR RO Yes Yes Where there is an unresolved dispute about who isthe agent representing the applicant(s); or uponappointment of, or for any paper submitted by, anagent or a common representative who was notindicated in the request form at the time of filing.

US RO, ISA,IPEA

Yes Yes Where it is unclear whether a purported agent hasthe power to act on behalf of the applicant, and forcertain changes under PCT Rule 92bis.

XN ISA,SISA,IPEA



http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/rules/r92bis.htm

1/3/2016 States and Organisations which have requested the IB under Rule 94.1(c) to furnish to third parties copies of the IPER on their behalf (status on 29 No…

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/access_iper.html 1/1

States and Organizations which have requested the IB underRule 94.1(c) to furnish to third parties copies of the IPER on theirbehalf

(status on 29 November 2007)

Twoletter country code

State requesting IB to furnish copies of IPER (Rule 94.1(c))

AU Australia

AT Austria

BY Belarus

EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)

EE Estonia

EG Egypt

EP European Patent Organisation (EPO)

GB United Kingdom

GE Georgia

JP Japan

LT Lithuania

MW Malawi

NO Norway

SY Syrian Arab Republic




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10. Requests for IB to furnish IPER

1/3/2016 PCTPatent Prosecution Highway Pilot (PCTPPH)

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/filing/pct_pph.html 1/8

PCTPatent Prosecution Highway Pilot (PCTPPH)

PCTPPH one of many worksharing initiatives

A number of bilateral agreements have been signed between patent Offices to promote worksharingand enable patent applicants to request accelerated processing in the national phase, where patentexaminers can make use of the work products from the other Office(s). These work products caninclude:

the written opinion of the International Searching Authority,

the written opinion of the International Preliminary Examining Authority, or

the international preliminary examination report issued within the framework of the PCT,

subject to certain conditions.

By requesting that their applications be processed under these agreements, applicants can generallyobtain a final action more quickly before participating Offices.

Reusing search and examination results in this way facilitates the prosecution ofpatent applications. The decision about whether to grant a patent, however, remainsunder the control of the national or regional Offices.


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11. PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway(PPH) - Pilots



More about other worksharing initiatives among OfficesFor further information concerning forms and guidance on administrative procedures of eachparticipating Office see:

AT Austrian Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China page 3,

FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Form JP Japan Patent Office KR Korean Intellectual Property Office US United States Patent and Trademark Office This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. AU Australian Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: US United States Patent and Trademark Office This Office has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products preparedby the Office and participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office has PCTPPH agreements with: EP European Patent Office Guidelines/Form US United States Patent and Trademark Office FormThis Office has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared bythe Office and participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.

This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China has PCT

PPH agreements with:

AT Austrian Patent Office Form DK Danish Patent and Trademark Office Form IL Israel Patent Office Guidelines/Form SE Swedish Patent and Registration Office Guidelines/FormThis Office participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. COSuperintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia) has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form

This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products.


http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=256656

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph/zn/201303/P020130301414011320951.pdf

http://www.patentamt.at/Das_Oesterreichische_Patentamt/News/PPH_Agreement_mit_Finnland/

http://www.patentamt.at/Erfindungsschutz/Schutzrechte/PPH/PPH_Formulare/

http://www.patentamt.at/Das_Oesterreichische_Patentamt/News/PPH_Japan/

http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/guidelines/KIPO_APO_PPH_guidelines.pdf

http://www.patentamt.at/Das_Oesterreichische_Patentamt/News/PPH_Agreement_mit_den_USA/

http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/globalpph.htm

http://www.patentamt.at/Erfindungsschutz/Schutzrechte/PPH

http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pdfs/Requirements_and_Procedures_to_File_a_request_to_IP_Australia_for_the_PPH_v3.0.pdf

http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/get-the-right-ip/patents/patent-application-process/examination-under-the-patent-prosecution-highway/


http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pdfs/patents/PPH_requirements.pdf

http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr03893.html

http://www.sic.gov.co/drupal/news/en/patent-prosecution-highway-between-the-sic-and-the-jpo

http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02160.html





http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02160.html

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph/zn/201303/t20130301_786614.html

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph/bgxz/201105/t20110525_605288.html


http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph/bgxz/201105/t20110525_605288.html

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/zscqgz/2014/201407/t20140728_986003.html


http://www.sipo.gov.cn/zscqgz/2014/201406/t20140627_972290.html


http://www.fiveipoffices.org/activities/ws/ip5pph.html

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph/


http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi/t_torikumi/pdf/japan_colombia_highway/sic_e.pdf



CZ Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic) has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form DE German Patent and Trade Mark Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution

Highway pilot. DK Danish Patent and Trademark Office has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Form This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. EA Eurasian Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. EE Estonian Patent Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. EP European Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office Form CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Form IL Israel Patent Office Form JP Japan Patent Office Form KR Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Form MX Mexican Institute of Industrial Property Form SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Form US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form This Office participates in the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office has PCTPPH agreements with: FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Form [WORD]

JP Japan Patent Office Form [WORD] KR Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks

(Russian Federation) Form [WORD]

US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form [WORD]This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) has PCTPPH agreements with: AT Austrian Patent Office Form [WORD]


http://www.upv.cz/en/ip-rights/patents/pphjpo.html

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_czech_highway_e.htm

http://www.upv.cz/en/ip-rights/patents/Patent-Prosecution-Highway.html

http://www.upv.cz/dms/pdf_dokumenty/pph/PPH-IPO-CZ-Annex2.pdf


http://internationalcooperation.dkpto.org/patent-prosecution-highways/pphpct-pph-between-denmark-and-china.aspx

http://internationalcooperation.dkpto.org/media/20502754/cn_dk%20pph%20guidelines26122012_final.pdf


http://www.eapo.org/pdf/home/international/por_pod_eapv_02_eng.pdf

http://www.eapo.org/ru/documents/blanks/

http://www.eapo.org/en/prog_pph.html


http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/information-epo/archive/20141219.html


http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/information-epo/archive/20141222a.html

http://www.epo.org/news-issues/press/releases/archive/2013/20130925.html









http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/information-epo/archive/20141219b.html



http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/information-epo/archive/20141219c.html






http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/Finlandia/Directrices_Finlandia.pdf

http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/FORMULARIO_SOLICITUD_PPH_PCT_ing.doc

http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/Japon/Directrices_Japon.pdf


http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/Corea/Directrices_Corea.pdf

http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/Rusia/Directrices_Rusia.pdf


http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/Paises/EEUU/Directrices_EEUU.pdf



http://www.oepm.es/cs/OEPMSite/contenidos/PPH/PPH_en.htm

http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/pph/ohjeet_prhhon_haettaessa/PRH_guidelines_for_APO_filers.pdf

http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PCT_PPH_REQUEST_for_APO_filers.doc



CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Form [WORD] ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Form [WORD] IL Israel Patent Office Form [WORD] JP Japan Patent Office Form [WORD] RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks

(Russian Federation) Form [WORD]

US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form [WORD]This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. GB Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)* has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China Guidelines This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. HU Hungarian Intellectual Property Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. ID Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office Form [WORD] IL Israel Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China EP European Patent Office Guidelines FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) [WORD] Form [WORD] JP Japan Patent Office page 11, Form [WORD] KR Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form [WORD]This Office has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work products prepared bythe Office and participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. IS Icelandic Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China Guidelines JP Japan Patent Office US United States Patent and Trademark Office This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. JP Japan Patent Office has PCTPPH agreements with: AT Austrian Patent Office CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China EP European Patent Office ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office


http://www.prh.fi/en/uutiset/P_326.html

http://www.prh.fi/en/uutiset/P_326.html

http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PCT_PPH_REQUEST_for_APO_filers.doc

http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/pph/pph_agreements.html

http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PPH_PCT_Request_Form_for_ES_Filers.doc


http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PPH_PCT_Request_Form_for_IL_Filers.docx


http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PPH_PCT_request_for_JP_filers.doc


http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PCT-PPH_request_form_for_US_filers.doc


http://www.prh.fi/stc/attachments/patentinliitteet/PCT-PPH_request_form_for_US_filers.doc


http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit/pph.html

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318641/Requesting_UK-China_PPH_Guidelines.pdf



http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pdf/japan_indonesia_highway_e/dgipr_e.pdf

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pdf/japan_indonesia_highway_e/pct_pph_form.doc

http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/RashamHaptentim/Units/patent/Madrichim/Pages/PPH.aspx

http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/RashamHaptentim/Units/patent/Madrichim/Documents/ILPO%20EPO%20PPH%20notice.pdf


http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/RashamHaptentim/Units/patent/Madrichim/Documents/ILPO-EPO%20PPH%20and%20PCT%20PPH.pdf

http://old.justice.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/E7089255-32ED-48CD-B071-85BCC68AE802/37820/ILPONBPRPPHNOTICE.DOC

http://old.justice.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/E7089255-32ED-48CD-B071-85BCC68AE802/37822/PPHformversion7.doc

http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/RashamHaptentim/Units/patent/Madrichim/Documents/JPOPPH+PCT%20PPHGuidelinesforILfilers.pdf


http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/RashamHaptentim/Units/patent/Madrichim/Documents/ILPO_KIPO_MOTTAINI_PPHV3.doc

http://old.justice.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/E7089255-32ED-48CD-B071-85BCC68AE802/36861/SignedPCTPPHNotice.pdf


http://index.justice.gov.il/Units/RashamHaptentim/Units/patent/Madrichim/Pages/PPH.aspx


http://old.justice.gov.il/MOJEng/RashamHaptentim/Patents/PPH/

http://www.els.is/media/2010/CN_IS-PCT-PPH-guidelines.pdf

http://www.els.is/media/2010/PCT-PPH-Guidelines----Iceland-and-Japan.pdf

http://www.els.is/media/2010/PCT-PPH-Guidelines----Iceland-and-United-States-of-America.pdf


http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_austrian_highway_e.htm

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pdf/japan_china_highway_e/jpo_e.pdf

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pph_epo/eigo.htm

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_spain_highway_e.htm



FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) IL Israel Patent Office KR Korean Intellectual Property Office RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Russian Federation) SE Swedish Patent and Registration Office US United States Patent and Trademark Office XN Nordic Patent Institute This Office also has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work productsprepared by the Office and participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway and the IP5 PatentProsecution Highway pilots.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. KR Korean Intellectual Property Office has PCTPPH agreements with: AT Austrian Patent Office CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China EP European Patent Office Form

ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office IL Israel Patent Office (ILPO) JP Japan Patent Office SE Swedish Patent and Registration Office US United States Patent and Trademark Office This Office also has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work productsprepared by the Office and participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway and the IP5 PatentProsecution Highway pilots.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. MXMexican Institute of Industrial Property has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China page 13, EP European Patent Office (information not yet available, general PPH information only) JP Japan Patent Office MY Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form

NONorwegian Industrial Property Office has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office US United States Patent and Trademark OfficeThis Office also participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. PH Intellectual Property Office (Philippines) has PCTPPH agreements with:


http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_finland_highway_e.htm

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_israel_highway_e.htm

http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2012/0605_06.html

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pdf/japan_russia_highway_e/eigo_nitiro_moushide.pdf

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/japan_sweden_highway_e.htm

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/highway_pilot_program_e.htm


http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/pph_pct/pct_e.htm



http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/t_torikumi_e/patent_highway_e.htm

http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.english.html.HtmlApp&c=100016&catmenu=ek02_02_03#a15

http://www.kipo.go.kr/upload/en/download/chinahighway_pctpphguide_kr.pdf


http://www.kipo.go.kr/upload/en/download/ip5_highway_eng.pdf

http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.html.HtmlApp&c=8079&catmenu=m06_02_08

http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.html.HtmlApp&c=8079&catmenu=m06_02_08


http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.english.html.HtmlApp&c=100016&catmenu=ek02_02_03

http://www.kipo.go.kr/upload/en/download/PCTPPH_KIPO_English.pdf



http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.english.html.HtmlApp&c=100016&catmenu=ek02_02_03

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/ztzl/ywzt/pph/zn/201303/P020130306505162026899.pdf

http://www.impi.gob.mx/patentes/Paginas/ProgramaProcedimientoAceleradoPatentes.aspx

http://www.impi.gob.mx/patentes/PPH/JPO_PPH_eng.pdf

http://www.myipo.gov.my/home/-/asset_publisher/h88DQBcJyujH/content/patent-prosecution-highway-pp-1

http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi/t_torikumi/pdf/japan_malaysia_highway/myipo_e.pdf

http://www.patentstyret.no/en/Patents/international-patenting/Patent-Prosecution-Highway/

http://www.patentstyret.no/en/patents/PPH




JP Japan Patent Office [WORD] Form [WORD] US United States Patent and Trademark Office (specific information not yet

available)

PL Patent Office of the Republic of Poland has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Form JP Japan Patent Office Form US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. PT National Institute of Industrial Property (Portugal) has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China

(SIPO)

JP Japan Patent Office KR Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) US United States Patent and Trademark Office This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. ROState Office for Inventions and Traemarks (Romania) has PCTPPH agreements with: JP Japan Patent Office Guidelines/Form RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Russian Federation) has PCT

PPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office

FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) JP Japan Patent Office US United States Patent and Trademark OfficeThis Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot.This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. SE Swedish Patent and Registration Office has PCTPPH agreements with: CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China Form JP Japan Patent Office Form KR Korean Intellectual Property Office US United States Patent and Trademark Office Form This Office also has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCT work productsprepared by the Office and participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has PCTPPH agreements with. EP European Patent Office


http://ipophil.gov.ph/readfile/bdd5e145_set%5BJPO-IPOPHIL%5D_Procedures_to_IPOPHIL.doc

http://ipophil.gov.ph/readfile/bdd5e145_request_form_%28PCT-PPH%29.doc

http://www.ipophil.gov.ph/index.php/patents/pph

http://www.uprp.pl/uprp-sipo/Lead05,780,7798,4,index,pl,text/

http://www.uprp.pl/uprp/redir.jsp?place=GalleryStats&id=55844

http://www.uprp.pl/procedura-przyspieszona-pph/Lead05,769,6674,4,index,pl,text/


http://www.uprp.pl/uprp-uspto/Lead05,813,10310,4,index,pl,text/


http://www.uprp.pl/procedura-przyspieszona-pph/Lead05,769,6674,4,index,pl,text/

http://www.marcasepatentes.pt/index.php?section=710





http://www.osim.ro/brevete/Program-pilot-PPH-OSIM-JPO-en.html


http://www.rupto.ru/activities/inter/bicoop/pph/china_prozedur_podachi

http://www.rupto.ru/activities/inter/bicoop/pph/spain_prozedur_podachi

http://www.rupto.ru/activities/inter/bicoop/pph/finland_prozedur_podachi

http://www.rupto.ru/activities/inter/bicoop/pph/japan_prozedur_podachi

http://www.rupto.ru/activities/inter/bicoop/pph/usa_prozedur_podachi


http://www.rupto.ru/rupto/portal/fcc73f48-4744-11e1-1c17-9c8e9921fb2c

http://www.prv.se/en/IP-Professional/Patents/Patent-Prosecution-Highway-PPH-/

http://www.prv.se/upload/dokument/IPR-professionella/SIPO%20GL%20English.pdf

http://www.prv.se/upload/dokument/Patent/annat/PRV-PPH_Guidelines_for_JP-filers.pdf

http://www.prv.se/upload/dokument/Patent/blanketter/requestjpo.pdf

http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/PRV-has-signed-new-pilot-PPH-agreements/

http://www.prv.se/upload/dokument/Patent/annat/PRV-PPH_Guidelines_for_US-filers.pdf

http://www.patentstyret.no/Global/Filarkiv/patent/krav_om_PCT_PPH_behandling.pdf


http://www.ipos.gov.sg/Portals/0/IPOS-EPO%20PPH%20Guidelines.pdf




This Office participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. US United States Patent and Trademark Office has PCTPPH agreements with: AT Austrian Patent Office Form AU Australian Patent Office Form CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office Form CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Form EP European Patent Office Form ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Form FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) Form IL Israel Patent Office Form JP Japan Patent Office Form KR Korean Intellectual Property Office Form RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks

(Russian Federation)Form

SE Swedish Patent and Registration Office Form XN Nordic Patent Institute Form This Office also has a PCTPPH accelerated examination procedure using PCTwork products prepared by the Office and participates in the Global PatentProsecution Highway and the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway pilots.

Form

This Office also has a number of PPH agreements which do not include PCT work products. XN Nordic Patent Institute participates in the Global Patent Prosecution Highway pilot. The United Kingdom’s PCT (UK) Fast Track

The United Kingdom’s PCT (UK) Fast Track system is not part of any PCTPPH program but itallows applicants to request accelerated examination in the United Kingdom national phase if theirinternational application has received a positive International Preliminary Report on Patentability(either Chapter I or Chapter II) regardless of which authority has issued that report. This system was relaxed on June 8, 2012, and now allows applicants to make changes to an internationalapplication, and still request accelerated examination in the UK.

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PPH General Information



http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_apo.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-at.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_ipau.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-au.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_ca.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-ca.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_cn.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-cn.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-ep.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pph_spto.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020es.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_nbpr.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-fi.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_il.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-il.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_jpo.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020jp_fill.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_kipo.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-kr.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_ru.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-ru.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_prv.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-se.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/pct_pph_npi.jsp

http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-npi.pdf



http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020pct-us.pdf

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp


http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-pn-fasttrack

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-types/pro-patent/p-law/p-pn/p-pn-fasttrack1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSShsUHXss

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PPH Portal Web Site

PPH Mottainai

Easing PPH requirements

Global Patent Prosecution Highway

Offices participating in the Global PPH pilot are:

AT Austrian Patent OfficeAU Australian Patent OfficeCA Canadian Intellectual Property OfficeDE German Patent and Trade Mark OfficeDK Danish Patent and Trademark OfficeEE Estonian Patent OfficeES Spanish Patent and Trademark OfficeFI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)GB Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)HU Hungarian Intellectual Property OfficeIL Israel Patent OfficeIS Icelandic Patent OfficeJP Japan Patent OfficeKR Korean Intellectual Property OfficeNO Norwegian Industrial Property OfficePT National Institute of Industrial Property (Portugal)RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Russian Federation) SE Swedish Patent and Registration Office SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore US United States Patent and Trademark Office XN Nordic Patent Institute

Further information about Global PPH

IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway

Offices participating in the IP5 PPH pilot are:

CN State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of ChinaEP European Patent OfficeJP Japan Patent OfficeKR Korean Intellectual Property OfficeUS United States Patent and Trademark Office

Further information about IP5 PPH


http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/index.htm

http://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/mottainai.htm

https://www.jpo.go.jp/ppph-portal/globalpph.htm


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CO Colombia No No

CR Costa Rica Yes Yes Due care Please refer to theOffice for theapplicable fee

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EE Estonia Yes Yes Due care No

EG Egypt Yes Yes Due care EGP 800(individuals andresearchinstitutes), EGP 1,000(companies <10employees) and EGP 1,500(companies >10employees

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GD Grenada See IB Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

GE Georgia Yes Yes Due care andunintentional

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GM Gambia See AP Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

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LS Lesotho Yes Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

LT Lithuania Yes Yes Due care LTL 400

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MD Moldova Yes Yes Due care andunintentional

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MK Republic ofMacedonia

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MR Mauritania See OA See OA

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NE Niger See OA See OA

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NI Nicaragua Yes Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

NL Netherlands Yes See EP As RO, due care EUR 161

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PE Peru Yes Yes Due care PEN 191.97

PG Papua NewGuinea

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PH Philippines No No

PL Poland Yes Yes Due care PLZ 80

PT Portugal Yes Yes Due care EUR 156.75(online)EUR 313.50 (onpaper)


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SD Sudan Yes Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

SE Sweden Yes Yes Due care SEK 1,000

SG Singapore Yes Yes Due care andunintentional

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SI Slovenia Yes See EP As RO, due care As RO, EUR 42

SK Slovakia Yes Yes Due care EUR 166

SL Sierra Leone See AP Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

SM San Marino Yes Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

SN Senegal See OA See OA

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TM Turkmenistan Yes Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

TN Tunisia Yes Yes Please refer to the Office for theapplicable criteria and/or any feepayable for such requests.

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1. The International Bureau of WIPO (IB) acts as receiving Office for this State under PCT Rule 19.1(b).

2. For further details, see PCT Applicant's Guide, National Chapter (AU).

3. The African Intellectual Property Organization (OA) acts as receiving Office for this State under PCT Rule19.1(b). Please refer to that Organization for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests.

4. The African Intellectual Property Organization (OA) acts as designated Office for this State under PCT Article4(1)(ii). Please refer to that Organization for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests.

5. When calculating the US dollar equivalent amount in CLP, applicants should use the exchange rate fixed bythe Central Bank of Chile on the day before the date of payment.

6. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (AP) acts as receiving Office for this State under PCTRule 19.1(b). Please refer to that Organization for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for suchrequests.

7. The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (CH) acts as receiving Office for this State under PCT Rule19.1(b). Please refer to that Office for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests.

8. The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (CH) acts as designated Office for this State under PCTArticle 4(1)(ii). Please refer to that Office for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable for such requests.

9. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (AP) acts as designated Office for this State underPCT Article 4(1)(ii). Please refer to that Organization for the applicable criteria and/or any fee payable forsuch requests.

10. This fee is reduced by 95% where all applicants are also nonprofit institutions and/or organizations. Whenthe fee is payable with relation to an application made by both types of applicant, and all applicants are eitheralso inventors, or nonprofit institutions and/or organizations, the fee is reduced by 90%.

11. This amount is reduced to USD 850 in case of filing by a "small entity" or a "micro entity" (for further details,see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C (US) and National Chapter (US)).


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexc/ax_c_ib.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/au.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexc/ax_c_oa.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/oa.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexc/ax_c_ap.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexc/ax_c_ch.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol2/annexes/ch.pdf

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1. Where the international application is filed by an applicant3 who is a natural person and who is a national of and resides in one of the following States:4

(a) States which are PCT Contracting States:

Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania

Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Oman Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe

(b) States which are not PCT Contracting States:5

Afghanistan Argentina Bahamas Bangladesh Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Guyana Haiti Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kiribati Lebanon Maldives

Marshall Islands Mauritius Micronesia (Federated States of) Myanmar Nauru Nepal Pakistan Palau Paraguay Samoa Solomon Islands

Somalia South Sudan Suriname Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen


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Applicability of 90% Reduction in Certain PCT Fees1 (applicable on or after 1 July 20152)

2. Where the international application is filed by an applicant, whether a natural person or not, who is a national of and resides in one of the following States that is listed as being classified by the United Nations as a least developed country:

(a) States which are PCT Contracting States:

Angola Benin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Chad Comoros Equatorial Guinea Gambia

Guinea Guinea-Bissau Lao People's Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi

Mali Mauritania Mozambique Niger Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone

Sudan Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia

(b) States which are not PCT Contracting States:5

Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Burundi Cambodia Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Haiti Kiribati Myanmar Nepal

Samoa6 Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Timor-Leste Tuvalu Vanuatu

Yemen

1 The international filing fee (including the fee per sheet over 30), the supplementary search handling fee and the handling fee. 2 In the case of the reduction in the international filing fee, this list applies to international applications received by the receiving Office on or

after 1 July 2015; in the case of reductions in the supplementary search handling fee and the handling fee, this list applies to international applications in respect of which the respective fee is paid on or after 1 July 2015.

3 If there are several applicants, each must satisfy the criteria set out in parts 1 or 2 of the list, and at least one of them must be a national of and/or reside in a PCT Contracting State.

4 That is, States whose per capita gross domestic product is below US$ 25,000 (according to the most recent 10-year average per capita gross domestic product figures at constant 2005 US$ values published by the United Nations), and whose nationals and residents who are natural persons have filed less than 10 international applications per year (per million population) or less than 50 international applications per year (in absolute numbers) according to the most recent five-year average yearly filing figures published by the International Bureau.

5 Applicants from these States must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national of and/or resides in a PCT Contracting State, and in order to benefit from the 90% reduction, the State concerned must be one of the States indicated under 1(a) (if the applicant concerned is a natural person) or 2(a) (whether the applicant is a natural person or not).

6 Despite noting in October 2014 that Samoa was no longer classified by the United Nations as a least developed country (see document PCT/A/46/3, paragraph 13(d)), the PCT Assembly nonetheless decided to retain Samoa on this list (see document PCT/A/46/6, paragraph 17(vi)).


11/2008 Amtsblatt EPA / Official Journal EPO / Journal officiel OEB 521

Beschluss des Verwaltungs-rats vom 21. Oktober 2008über die Ermäßigung derGebühren für die interna-tionale Recherche und dieinternationale vorläufigePrüfung internationalerAnmeldungen zugunstender Staatsangehörigenbestimmter Staaten(CA/D 7/08)

DER VERWALTUNGSRATDER EUROPÄISCHEN PATENT-ORGANISATION,

gestützt auf das Europäische Patent-übereinkommen, insbesondere aufArtikel 33 Absatz 2 Buchstabe d,

gestützt auf die Gebührenordnung,

auf Vorschlag der Präsidentin desEuropäischen Patentamts,

gestützt auf die Stellungnahme desHaushalts- und Finanzausschusses,

BESCHLIESST:

Artikel 1

(1) Die Gebühren für die internationaleRecherche und die internationale vorläu-fige Prüfung einer internationalen Anmel-dung nach Artikel 2 Nummern 2 und 19der Gebührenordnung ermäßigen sichum 75 %, wenn die internationaleAnmeldung oder der Antrag auf interna-tionale vorläufige Prüfung von einernatürlichen Person eingereicht wird, dieStaatsangehöriger eines Staates ist undihren Wohnsitz in einem Staat hat, dernicht Vertragsstaat des EuropäischenPatentübereinkommens ist und der zumAnmeldedatum oder zum Datum derBeantragung der internationalen vorläufi-gen Prüfung in den Verzeichnissen derWeltbank* als Staat mit niedrigemEinkommen oder mit mittlerem Einkom-men im unteren Bereich geführt wird.

(2) Bei mehreren Anmeldern muss jedereinzelne die in Absatz 1 festgelegtenKriterien erfüllen.

Decision of theAdministrative Councilof 21 October 2008concerning the reduction ofthe fees for the internationalsearch and the internationalpreliminary examinationcarried out on internationalapplications in favour ofnationals of certain states(CA/D 7/08)

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCILOF THE EUROPEAN PATENTORGANISATION,

Having regard to the European PatentConvention and in particular Article 33,paragraph 2(d), thereof,

Having regard to the Rules relating toFees,

On a proposal from the President of theEuropean Patent Office,

Having regard to the opinion of theBudget and Finance Committee,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

(1) The fees for the international searchand for the international preliminaryexamination carried out on internationalapplications under Article 2, items 2 and19, of the Rules relating to Fees shall bereduced by 75% if the international appli-cation or the demand for internationalpreliminary examination is filed by anatural person who is a national of andresident in a state which is not acontracting state to the European PatentConvention, and which, on the date offiling of the application or of the demand,is listed as a low-income or lower-middle-income economy by the WorldBank.*

(2) If there are several applicants, eachmust satisfy the criteria set out in para-graph (1).

Décision du Conseild'administrationdu 21 octobre 2008 portantréduction des taxesafférentes à la rechercheinternationale et à l'examenpréliminaire internationaleffectués pour desdemandes internationalesdéposées par les ressortis-sants de certains Etats(CA/D 7/08)

LE CONSEIL D'ADMINISTRATION DEL'ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE DESBREVETS,

vu la Convention sur le brevet européen,et notamment son article 33, paragraphe 2,lettre d,

vu le règlement relatif aux taxes,

sur proposition de la Présidente del'Office européen des brevets,

vu l'avis de la Commission du budget etdes finances,

DECIDE :

Article premier

(1) Les taxes afférentes à la rechercheinternationale et à l'examen préliminaireinternational effectués pour des deman-des internationales, figurant à l'article 2,points 2 et 19 du règlement relatif auxtaxes, sont réduites de 75 % lorsque lademande internationale ou la demanded'examen préliminaire international estdéposée par une personne physiquequi est ressortissante d'un Etat, et estdomiciliée dans un Etat, qui n'est pas unEtat partie à la Convention sur le breveteuropéen et qui, à la date du dépôt dela demande internationale ou de lademande d'examen préliminaire inter-national, figure sur les listes des écono-mies à faible revenu ou à revenu moyeninférieur établies par la Banquemondiale.*

(2) En cas de pluralité de demandeurs,chacun doit satisfaire aux critères énon-cés au paragraphe (1).

* Eine vollständige Tabelle auf der Grundlage derVerzeichnisse, die von der Weltbank auf ihrerWebsite veröffentlicht werden, steht auf derWebsite des EPA zur Verfügung. Diese Tabellewird regelmäßig entsprechend den Änderungenan den Verzeichnissen der Weltbank aktualisiert.

* A complete table based on the lists published onthe World Bank website is available on the EPOwebsite. That table will be regularly updated inaccordance with the changes to the World Bank'slists.

* Le site Internet de l'OEB présente un tableauexhaustif qui repose sur les listes publiées sur lesite Internet de la Banque mondiale. Ce tableausera mis à jour régulièrement, conformément auxmodifications apportées aux listes de la Banquemondiale.


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14. OJ 2008, 521 - 75% reduction for EPO search & examination fees

11/2008Amtsblatt EPA / Official Journal EPO / Journal officiel OEB522

Artikel 2

Der Beschluss vom 11. Oktober 2000(ABl. EPA 10/2000, 446) wird aufge-hoben.

Artikel 3

Dieser Beschluss tritt am 1. Januar 2009in Kraft und gilt, was die Ermäßigung derGebühr für die internationale Recherchebetrifft, für alle internationalen Anmel-dungen, die ab diesem Datum einge-reicht werden, und, was die Ermäßigungder Gebühr für die internationale vorläu-fige Prüfung betrifft, für alle Anträge aufinternationale vorläufige Prüfung, die abdiesem Datum eingereicht werden.

Geschehen zu München am21. Oktober 2008

Für den VerwaltungsratDer Präsident

Roland GROSSENBACHER

Article 2

The decision of 11 October 2000(OJ EPO 10/2000, 446) shall be setaside.

Article 3

This decision shall enter into force on1 January 2009 and shall apply, withrespect to the reduction in the interna-tional search fee, to all internationalapplications filed on or after that date,and, with respect to the reduction in theinternational preliminary examinationfee, to all demands for internationalpreliminary examination filed on or afterthat date.

Done at Munich, 21 October 2008

For the Administrative CouncilThe Chairman


Article 2

La décision du 11 octobre 2000(JO OEB 10/2000, 446) est annulée.

Article 3

La présente décision entre en vigueur le1er janvier 2009 et s'applique, en ce quiconcerne la réduction de la taxe derecherche internationale, à toutes lesdemandes internationales déposées àcompter de cette date, ainsi que, en cequi concerne la réduction de la taxed'examen préliminaire international, àtoutes les demandes d'examen prélimi-naire international déposées à compterde cette date.

Fait à Munich, le 21 octobre 2008

Par le Conseil d'administrationLe Président



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States that qualify (all applicants must be nationals AND residents)

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Source: www.epo.org/applying/forms-fees/international-fees/changes.html

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Applicability of 75% Reduction in International Search Fee at theSpanish Patent and Trademark Office

(status on 20 July 2015)

In accordance with its Agreement with the International Bureau of WIPO, the Spanish Patent andTrademark Office shall act as International Searching Authority and/or International PreliminaryExamining Authority for any PCT Contracting State that specifies the Authority for that purpose(See PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C).

The international search fee payable to the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office is reduced by 75% ifthe applicant or, if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a natural person or a legalentity and is a national of and resides in a State not party to the European Patent Convention andwhich is classified by the World Bank in the group of countries of "low income", "lower middleincome" or "upper middle income". The States concerned are indicated below:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T

U V W Y Z

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State

AF Afghanistan

AM Armenia

AO Angola

AZ Azerbaijan


U V W Y Z


State

BA Bosnia & Herzegovina

BD Bangladesh

BF Burkina Faso

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2

2

2

2

1

2

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BI Burundi

BJ Benin

BO Bolivia

BR Brazil

BT Bhutan

BW Botswana

BY Belarus

BZ Belize


U V W Y Z


State

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo

CF Central African Republic

CG Congo

CI Côte d’Ivoire

CM Cameroon

CN China

CO Colombia

CR Costa Rica

CU Cuba

CV Cabo Verde


U V W Y Z


State

DJ Djibouti

1

2

1

2

1

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

2




DM Dominica

DO Dominican Republic

DZ Algeria


U V W Y Z


State

EC Ecuador

EG Egypt

ER Eritrea

ET Ethiopia


U V W Y Z


State

FJ Fiji

FM Micronesia (Federated States of)


U V W Y Z


State

GA Gabon

GD Grenada

GE Georgia

GH Ghana

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2




GM Gambia

GN Guinea

GT Guatemala

GW GuineaBissau

GY Guyana


U V W Y Z


State

HN Honduras

HT Haiti


U V W Y Z


State

ID Indonesia

IN India

IQ Iraq

IR Iran (Islamic Republic of)


U V W Y Z


State

JM Jamaica

JO Jordan

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

1

2

1

1





U V W Y Z


State

KE Kenya

KG Kyrgyzstan

KH Cambodia

KI Kiribati

KM Comoros

KP Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

KZ Kazakhstan


U V W Y Z


State

LA Lao People’s Democratic Republic

LB Lebanon

LC Saint Lucia

LK Sri Lanka

LR Liberia

LS Lesotho

LY Libya


U V W Y Z


State

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2




MA Morocco

MD Moldova

ME Montenegro

MG Madagascar

MH Marshall Islands

ML Mali

MM Myanmar

MN Mongolia

MR Mauritania

MU Mauritius

MV Maldives

MW Malawi

MX Mexico

MY Malaysia

MZ Mozambique


U V W Y Z


State

NA Namibia

NE Niger

NG Nigeria

NI Nicaragua

NP Nepal


U V W Y Z


State

2

2

2

2

1

2

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

1




PA Panama

PE Peru

PG Papua New Guinea

PH Philippines

PK Pakistan

PW Palau

PY Paraguay


U V W Y Z


State

RW Rwanda


U V W Y Z


State

SB Solomon Islands

SD Sudan

SL Sierra Leone

SN Senegal

SO Somalia

SR Suriname

SS South Sudan

ST Sao Tome and Principe

SV El Salvador

SY Syrian Arab Republic

SZ Swaziland

2

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

2

2

2





U V W Y Z


State

TD Chad

TG Togo

TH Thailand

TJ Tajikistan

TL TimorLeste

TM Turkmenistan

TN Tunisia

TO Tonga

TV Tuvalu

TZ United Republic of Tanzania


U V W Y Z


State

UA Ukraine

UG Uganda

UZ Uzbekistan


U V W Y Z


State

VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2




VN Viet Nam

VU Vanuatu


U V W Y Z


State

WS Samoa


U V W Y Z


State

YE Yemen


U V W Y Z

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ZA South Africa

ZM Zambia

ZW Zimbabwe

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1. Applicants from this State must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national ofand/or resides in a PCT Contracting State that has specified the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office forthe purposes of international search or international preliminary examination (see PCT Applicant's Guide,Annex C).

2. Applicants from this State must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national of orresides in a State that has specified the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office for the purposes ofinternational search or international preliminary examination (see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C).

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PCT Fee Tables (amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

The following Tables show the amounts and currencies of the main PCT fees which are payable to the receiving Offices (ROs) and the International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs) during the international phase under Chapter I (Tables I(a) and I(b)) and under Chapter II (Table II). Fees which are payable only in particular circumstances are not shown; nor are details of certain reductions and refunds which may be available; such information can be found in the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annexes C, D and E. Note that all amounts are subject to change due to variations in the fees themselves or fluctuations in exchange rates. The international filing fee may be reduced by CHF 100, 200 or 300 where the international application, or part of the international application, is filed in electronic form, as prescribed under Item 4(a), (b) and (c) of the Schedule of Fees (annexed to the Regulations under the PCT) and the PCT Applicant’s Guide, paragraph 5.189. A 90% reduction in the international filing fee (including the fee per sheet over 30), the supplementary search handling fee and the handling fee, as well as an exemption from the transmittal fee payable to the International Bureau as receiving Office, is also available to applicants from certain States—see footnotes 2 and 15. (Note that if the CHF 100, 200 or 300 reduction, as the case may be, and the 90% reduction are applicable, the 90% reduction is calculated after the CHF 100, 200 or 300 reduction.) The footnotes to the Fee Tables follow Table II. Key to abbreviations used in fee tables: eq equivalent of – BRL Brazilian real HUF Hungarian forint MXN Mexican peso TND Tunisian dinar IPEA International Preliminary BZD Belize dollar IDR Indonesian rupiah MYR Malaysian ringgit TTD Trinidad and Tobago Examining Authority CAD Canadian dollar ILS New Israeli sheqel NOK Norwegian krone dollar ISA International Searching CHF Swiss franc INR Indian rupee NZD New Zealand dollar UAH Ukrainian hryvnia Authority CLP Chilean peso IRR Iranian rial PEN Nuevo sol USD US dollar RO receiving Office CNY Yuan renminbi ISK Icelandic krona PGK Kina VND Vietnamese dong COP Colombian peso JPY Japanese yen PHP Philippine peso XAF CFA franc BEAC Currencies: CUC Cuban convertible peso KES Kenyan shilling PLN Polish zloty ZAR South African rand CZK Czech koruna KGS Kyrgyz som QAR Qatari riyal ZWD Zimbabwe dollar ALL Albanian lek DKK Danish krone KPW Won RON New leu AMD Armenian dram DZD Algerian dinar KRW Won RSD Serbian dinar AUD Australian dollar EGP Egyptian pound KZT Kazakh tenge RUB Russian rouble AZN Azerbaijani manat EUR Euro LSL Lesotho loti SDG Sudanese pound BAM Convertible mark GBP Pound sterling LYD Libyan dinar SEK Swedish krona BGN Bulgarian lev GHS Ghanaian cedi MAD Moroccan dirham SGD Singapore dollar BHD Bahraini dinar GTQ Quetzal MKD Macedonian denar THB Baht BND Brunei dollar HRK Croatian kuna MWK Malawian kwacha TJS Tajik somoni

Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees

(amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

RO Transmittal fee1 International filing fee1, 2 (CHF 1,330)

Fee per sheet

over 301, 2, 3 (CHF 15)

E-filing reductions according to Schedule of Fees:

Competent ISA(s)4

Item 4(a)5 (CHF 100)

Item 4(b)6 (CHF 200)

Item 4(c)7 (CHF 300)

AG Information not yet available CA

AL ALL 9,000 CHF 1,330 15 – – – EP AM AMD 32,000 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP RU

AP USD 50 (or eq in local currency)

USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT EP SE

AT EUR 52 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

AU AUD 200 AUD 1,848 (from 1.1.16: 1,922)

21 (22)

– (–)

278 (289)

417 (434)

AU KR

AZ AZN 308 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

208 (205)

312 (307)

EP RU

BA BAM 50 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

BE EUR 120 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

BG BGN 80 BGN eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – EP RU

BH BHD 70 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT EP US

BN BND 150 BND eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AU JP EP BR BRL9 online: 175

on paper: 260 BRL eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – 200 – AT BR EP SE US

BW USD 32 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

BY USD 50 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP RU



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Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees [continued] (amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

RO Transmittal fee1 International filing fee1, 2

Fee per sheet

over 301, 2, 3


Competent ISA(s)4

Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7

BZ BZD 300 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

CA EP

CA CAD 300 CAD 1,799 (from 1.1.16: 1,782)

20 (20)

– (–)

270 (268)

406 (402)

CA

CH CHF 100 CHF 1,330 15 – – – EP CL CLP eq USD10 130 CLP eq USD10 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) eq USD10 16

(15) –

(–) 208

(205)

312 (307)

CL EP ES KR US

CN CNY 500 CNY eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – eq CHF 200 eq CHF 300 CN CO COP 865,00011 COP eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – –

(from 10.11.16: eq CHF 200)

– (from 10.11.16: eq CHF 300)

AT, BR, CL, EP, ES, RU

CR USD 250 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

CL EP ES

CU CUC 200 CUC 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT BR CL EP ES RU

CY EUR 191 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

CZ CZK 1,500 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

DE EUR 90 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

DK DKK 1,500 DKK 9,480 (from 1.1.16: 9,090)

110 (100)

– (–)

1,430 (1,370)

2,140 (2,050)

EP SE XN

DM Information not yet available DO USD 275 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) CL EP ES US

DZ DZD None CHF 1,330 15 – eq CHF 200 eq CHF 300 AT EP EA RUB 1,600 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) 208

(205) 312

(307) EP RU

EC USD12 – USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

CL EP ES

EE EUR 120 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

EG USD 142 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT EG EP US

EP EUR 130 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

96 (92)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

ES EUR 74.99 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP ES

FI EUR 135 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP FI SE

FR EUR 62 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

GB GBP 75 GBP 867 (from 1.1.16: 899)

10 (10)

– (–)

130 (135)

196 (203)

EP

GD Information not yet available GE USD13 100 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) AT EP IL RU US

GH GHS142,500 or 5,000 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT AU CN EP SE

GR EUR 115 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

GT GTQ eq USD 250 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT BR CL EP ES US

HN USD 200 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP ES



Table I(a) — Transmittal and international filing fees [continued]

(amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated) RO Transmittal fee1 International

filing fee1, 2 Fee per sheet

over 301, 2, 3


Competent ISA(s)4

Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7

HR HRK 200 HRK eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – eq CHF 200 eq CHF 300 EP HU HUF 11,800 HUF 392,000

(from 1.1.16: 380,800) HUF 4,400

(4,300) –

(–) 59,000

(57,300) 88,400

(85,900) EP RU

IB CHF15 100 or EUR15 96 (from 1.1.16: 92) or USD15 104 (from 1.1.16: 102)

CHF 1,330 or EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219) or USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

15 14

(14) 16

(15)

– –

(–) –

(–)

200 191

(183) 208

(205)

300 287

(275) 312

(307)

See footnote 16

ID IDR 1,000,000 IDR eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AU EP JP KR RU IE EUR 76 EUR 1,273

(from 1.1.16: 1,219) 14

(14) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP

IL ILS 554 (from 1.1.16: 551)

USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

208 (205)

312 (307)

EP IL US

IN INR 17,600 (filing by natural person: 3,250; filing by small entity: 8,800)

USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

208 (205)

312 (307)

AT AU CN EP IN SE US

IR IRR12 – IRR eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – CN EP IN RU IS ISK 15,000 ISK 176,100

(from 1.1.16: 172,800) 2,000 (1,900)

– (–)

26,500 (26,000)

39,700 (39,000)

EP SE XN

IT EUR 30.99 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

JP JPY 10,00017 JPY 178,100 (from 1.1.16: 164,200)

2,000 (1,900)

– (–)

– (–)

40,200 (37,000)

EP JP

KE USD 250 (or KES equiv) plus cost of mailing

USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT AU CN EP SE

KG KGS eq USD 100 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP RU

KN Information not yet available EP KP KPW eq CHF 50 KPW eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AT CN RU KR KRW 45,000 CHF 1,330 15 – – 300 AT AU JP18 KR KZ KZT 10,264.80 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP RU

LR USD 45 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT AU CN EP SE

LS LSL12 – LSL eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AT EP LT EUR 92 EUR 1,273

(from 1.1.16: 1,219) 14

(14) –

(–) 191

(183) 287

(275) EP RU

LU EUR 19 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

LV EUR 68.87 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP RU

LY LYD12 – CHF 1,330 15 – – – AT EP MA MAD 60019 CHF 1,330 15 – – – AT EP RU SE MC EUR 5420 EUR 1,273

(from 1.1.16: 1,219) 14

(14) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP

MD EUR 100 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP RU

MK MKD 2,700 MKD eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – EP MN None CHF 1,330 15 – – – EP KR RU MT EUR 55 EUR 1,273

(from 1.1.16: 1,219) 14

(14) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP

MW MWK 6,000 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP






over 301, 2, 3


Competent ISA(s)4

Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7 MX USD 323.7021 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) 208

(205) 312

(307) CL EP ES SE SG US

MY MYR 500 (e-filing)22 550 (paper filing)22

MYR eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – eq CHF 200 eq CHF 300 AU EP JP KR

NI USD 200 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP ES

NL EUR 50 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

NO NOK 800 NOK 10,990 (from 1.1.16: 11,460)

120 (130)

– (–)

1,650 (1,720)

2,480 (2,590)

EP SE XN

NZ NZD 207 NZD 2,111 (from 1.1.16: 2,094)

24 (24)

– (–)

317 (315)

476 (472)

AU EP KR US

OA XAF12 – XAF eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AT EP RU SE PA USD 200 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) BR CL EP ES US

PE PEN 233.35 PEN eq USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

eq USD 16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT BR CL EP ES KR US

PG PGK 250 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AU

PH PHP 3,500 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

208 (205)

312 (307)

AU EP JP KR US

PL PLN 300 PLN eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – eq CHF 200 eq CHF 300 EP PT EUR 20.82 EUR 1,273

(from 1.1.16: 1,219) 14

(14) –

(–) 191

(183) 287

(275) EP

QA QAR 400 QAR eq USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

eq USD 16 (15)

– (–)

eq USD 208 (205)

eq USD 312 (307)

EG EP US

RO RON 360 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP RU

RS RSD 7,30023 RSD eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – EP RU RUB 850 USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(205) –

(307) EP RU

RW Information not yet available

SA USD 100 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

208 (205)

312 (307)

CA EG EP KR RU

SC USD12 – USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

SD SDG 50 SDG eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – EG EP SE SEK 1,200 SEK 12,070

(from 1.1.16: 11,380) 140

(130) –

(–) 1,820 (1,710)

2,720 (2,570)

EP SE XN

SG SGD 150 SGD 1,953 (from 1.1.16: 1,934)

22 (22)

– (–)

294 (291)

441 (436)

AT AU EP JP KR SG

SI EUR 91 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

SK EUR 6624 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

191 (183)

287 (275)

EP

SM EUR 70 EUR 1,273 (from 1.1.16: 1,219)

14 (14)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP

SV USD 200 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

CL EP ES

SY USD12 – USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT EP RU

TH THB 3,000 THB eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AU CN EP JP KR US TJ TJS12 – USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP RU






over 301, 2, 3


Competent ISA(s)4

Item 4(a)5 Item 4(b)6 Item 4(c)7 TM USD12 – USD 1,384

(from 1.1.16: 1,363) 16

(15) –

(–) –

(–) –

(–) EP RU

TN TND12 – CHF 1,330 15 – – – EP

TR None CHF 1,330 15 – eq CHF 200 eq CHF 300 EP

TT TTD 750 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT EP SE US

UA UAH or eq EUR or USD25 1,300

USD (or eq UAH or EUR) 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16

(15)

–

(–)

–

(–)

–

(–)

EP RU

US USD 24026 small entity27: 12026 micro entity27: 6026

USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

104 (102)

208 (205)

– (–)

AU EP IL JP KR RU US

UZ USD12 – USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

EP RU

VN VND eq USD 150 VND eq CHF 1,330 eq CHF 15 – – – AT AU EP JP KR RU SE SG

ZA ZAR 500 ZAR 18,550 (from 1.1.16: 18,540)

210 (210)

– (–)

2,790 (2,790)

4,190 (4,180)

AT AU EP US

ZM USD 50 USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT SE

ZW ZWD 6,000 ZWD eq USD 1,384 (from 1.1.16: 1,363)

eq USD 16 (15)

– (–)

– (–)

– (–)

AT AU CN EP RU

Table I(b) — Search fees (amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

ISA Search fee1 AT28 EUR 1,864 CHF* 1,947 KRW* 2,504,000 SGD* 2,790 USD* 2,112 ZAR* 26,610

*(from 1.1.16: CHF 2,034 KRW 2,419,000 SGD 2,960 USD 2,084 ZAR 28,360)

AU AUD 2,200 CHF* 1,583 EUR* 1,525 KRW* 1,882,000 NZD* 2,468 SGD* 2,290 USD* 1,622 ZAR* 19,930 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 1,522 EUR 1,395 KRW 1,810,000 NZD 2,397 SGD 2,210 USD 1,560 ZAR 21,220)

BR29 Online: BRL 1,685 CHF* 473 EUR* 437 USD* 484 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 422 EUR 386 USD 432) On paper: BRL 2,525 CHF* 708 EUR* 654 USD* 725 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 632 EUR 579 USD 647)

CA CAD 1,600 CHF* 1,183 EUR* 1,137 USD* 1,284 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 1,194 EUR 1,094 USD 1,223)

CL USD 2,000 CHF* 1,922 EUR* 1,765 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 1,952 EUR 1,789) In case of filing by an natural person or a legal entity2: USD 400 CHF* 384 EUR* 353 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 390 EUR 358) In case of filing by a university30: USD 300 CHF* 288 EUR* 265 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 293 EUR 268)

CN CNY 2,100 CHF* 310 EUR* 297 USD* 342 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 323 EUR 296 USD 330)

EG31 EGP 4,000 CHF* 483 EUR* 480 USD* 525 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 499 EUR 457 USD 511)



Table I(b) — Search fees [continued]

(amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

ISA Search fee1 EP32 EUR 1,875 CHF* 1,958 DKK* 13,960 GBP* 1,365 HUF* 577,000 ISK* 287,000

JPY * 251,600 NOK* 17,070 NZD* 3,068 SEK* 17,040 SGD* 2,980 USD* 2,125 ZAR* 26,770 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046 DKK 13,990 GBP 1,384 HUF 585,800 ISK 266,000 JPY 252,600 NOK 17,640 NZD 3,222 SEK 17,500 SGD 2,980 USD 2,097 ZAR 28,530)

ES32,33 EUR 1,875 CHF* 1,958 USD* 2,125 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046 USD 2,097)

FI EUR 1,875 CHF* 1,958 USD* 2,125 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046 USD 2,097)

IL ILS 3,554 CHF* 875 EUR* 809 USD* 909 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 895 EUR 820 USD 917)

IN INR 10,000 CHF* 145 EUR* 142 USD* 150 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 150 EUR 137 USD 154) In case of filing by an individual: INR 2,500 CHF* 36 EUR* 36 USD* 37 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 37 EUR 34 USD 38)

JP17 JPY 70,000 CHF* 523 EUR* 522 KRW* 690,000 SGD* 820 USD* 577 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 567 EUR 520 KRW 674,000 SGD 825 USD 581)

KR For international applications in Korean: KRW 450,000 AUD* 526 CHF* 378 EUR* 335 NZD* 596 SGD* 540 USD* 389 *(from 1.1.16: AUD 547 CHF 379 EUR 347 NZD 596 SGD 550 USD 388) For international applications in English: KRW 1,300,000 AUD* 1,519 CHF 1,093 EUR* 968 NZD 1,722 SGD* 1,560 USD** 1,125 *(from 1.1.16: AUD 1,580 EUR 1,002 SGD 1,590 USD 1,120)

RU For international applications in Russian: RUB 6,750 CHF 102 EUR* 82 HUF* 28,800 USD* 106 *(from 1.1.16: EUR 93 HUF 29,100 USD 104) For international applications in English: RUB 28,000 CHF 422 EUR* 341 HUF* 119,600 USD* 440 *(from 1.1.16: EUR 387 HUF 120,900 USD 433)

SE SEK* 17,040 CHF* 1,958 DKK* 13,960 EUR 1,875 ISK* 287,000 NOK* 17,070 USD* 2,125 *(from 1.1.16: SEK 17,500 CHF 2,046 DKK 13,990 ISK 266,000 NOK 17,640 USD 2,097)

SG SGD 2,240 CHF* 1,571 EUR* 1,487 USD* 1,632 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 1,540 EUR 1,411 USD 1,578)

US USD 2,080 CHF* 1,998 EUR* 1,835 NZD* 3,140 ZAR* 29,060 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 2,030 EUR 1,860 NZD 3,200 ZAR 28,300) For small entity27: USD 1,040 CHF* 999 EUR* 918 NZD* 1,570 ZAR* 14,530 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 1,015 EUR 930 NZD 1,600 ZAR 14,150) For micro entity27: USD 520 CHF* 500 EUR* 459 NZD* 790 ZAR* 7,260 *(from 1.1.16: CHF 508 EUR 465 NZD 800 ZAR 7,080)

XN DKK* 13,960 CHF* 1,958 EUR 1,875 ISK* 287,000 NOK* 17,070 SEK* 17,040 USD* 2,125 *(from 1.1.16: DKK 13,990 CHF 2,046 ISK 266,000 NOK 17,640 SEK 17,500 USD 2,097)


Table I(c) — Supplementary search fees (amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

ISA Supplementary search fee Supplementary search handling fee2, 34 AT – for a search of the German-

language documentation: CHF 888 (from 1.1.16: CHF 928) – for a search of the European and North American documentation: CHF 1,243 (from 1.1.16: CHF 1,299) – for a search of the PCT minimum documentation: CHF 1,776 (from 1.1.16: CHF 1,855)

CHF 200

EP CHF 1,958 (from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046) CHF 200

FI CHF 1,958 (from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046) CHF 200

RU CHF 178 (285)35 CHF 200

SE CHF 1,958 (from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046) CHF 200

SG CHF 1,571 (from 1.1.16: CHF 1,540) CHF 200

XN – for a full search: CHF1,958 (from 1.1.16: CHF 2,046) – for searches only of documentation in Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish: CHF 560 (from 1.1.16: CHF 590)

CHF 200

Table II — Preliminary examination fees (amounts on 1 December 2015, unless otherwise indicated)

IPEA Preliminary examination fee36 Handling fee2, 36 (CHF 200) AT28 EUR 1,749 EUR 191 (from 1.1.16: 183)

AU AUD 590 82037 AUD 278 (from 1.1.16: 289)

BR29 Online: BRL 630 On paper: BRL 945

BRL eq CHF 200

CA CAD 800 CAD 270 (from 1.1.16: 268)

CL

USD 1,500 in case of filing by a natural person or a legal entity2:USD 400 in case of filing by a university30: USD 300

USD 208 (from 1.1.16: 205)

CN CNY 1,500 CNY eq CHF 200

EG31 EGP 3,000 USD 208 (from 1.1.16: 205)

EP32 EUR 1,930 EUR 191 (from 1.1.16: 183)

ES EUR 589.4933 EUR 191 (from 1.1.16: 183)

FI EUR 600 EUR 191 (from 1.1.16: 183)

IL ILS 1,523 ILS 766 (from 1.1.16: 794)

IN INR 12,000; in case of filing by an individual: INR 3,000 USD 208 (from 1.1.16: 205)

JP JPY 26,00017 JPY 26,800 (from 1.1.16: 24,700)

KR KRW 450,000 KRW 238,000

RU For international applications in Russian: RUB 2,70038 4,05039 For international applications in English: RUB 10,50038 15,75039

USD 208 (from 1.1.16: 205)

SE SEK 5,000 SEK 1,820 (from 1.1.16: 1,710)

SG SGD 830 SGD 285 (from 1.1.16: 291)

US USD 600 76040 For small entity27: USD 300 38040 For micro entity27: USD 150 19040

USD 208 (from 1.1.16: 205)

XN DKK 5,000 DKK 1,430 (from 1.1.16: 1,370)

[See over page for footnotes to fee tables]


Footnotes to fee tables: 1 Payable to the receiving Office in the currency or one of the currencies prescribed by it. 2 This fee is reduced by 90% where the applicant or, if there are two or more applicants, each applicant fulfills the criteria indicated on the PCT

website at: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees 3 Where the international application contains a sequence listing as a separate part of the description, this should preferably be furnished in

accordance with Annex C, paragraph 40, of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, that is, in compliance with WIPO Standard ST.25 text format; no additional fees are due for sequence listings filed in this format. Where, however, such sequence listings are filed in the form of an image file (e.g. PDF), fees are due for each page (see PCT Newsletter No. 06/2009, page 2 at: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/newslett/2009/newslett_09.pdf).

4 For the search fee payable to the receiving Office, consult the entry in Table I(b) for the competent International Searching Authority. 5 If the international application is filed in electronic form, the request not being in character coded format. 6 If the international application is filed in electronic form, the request being in character coded format. 7 If the international application is filed in electronic form, the request, description, claims and abstract being in character coded format. 8 This fee is subject to value added tax (VAT) of 18%. 9 This fee is reduced by 60% where the international application is filed by a natural person, a small or medium-sized enterprise, a

cooperative, an academic institution, a non-profit-making entity or a public institution. For further details, see Official Resolution of the National Institute of Industrial Property No. 211/09 of 14 May 2009.

10 When calculating the USD equivalent amount in CLP, applicants should use the exchange rate fixed by the Central Bank of Chile on the day before the date of payment.

11 This fee is reduced by 25% if the applicant is a natural person, a small or medium enterprise, a public or private university recognized by the National Ministry or a non-profit entity promoting the development of scientific and technological research.

12 The amounts are not yet known or, where known, are subject to periodical revision. The Office or the agent should be consulted for the latest applicable schedule of fees.

13 This fee is reduced by 70% where the applicant is a natural person. 14 The first amount of the transmittal fee is applicable to individuals or entities employing less than 25 persons. The second amount is

applicable to entities employing 25 persons or more. 15 This fee is not payable in respect of international applications filed by applicants fulfilling the conditions indicated on the PCT website at:

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees 16 The competent International Searching Authority(ies) for an international application filed with the International Bureau as receiving Office is

(are) the Authority(ies) which would have been competent if the international application had been filed with the receiving Office of, or acting for, the Contracting State of which the applicant (or any of the applicants) is a resident or national. See also PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (IB).

17 This fee is reduced by two thirds where the application is filed in Japanese by an individual, a small or medium-sized enterprise that has commenced business or been established less than ten years, or a micro enterprise. For further details, see: http://www.jpo.go.jp/tetuzuki/ryoukin/chusho_keigen.htm

18 The Japan Patent Office is competent only for international applications in Japanese. 19 This fee is reduced by 50% where the international application is filed by a public university, a small or medium enterprise (in accordance

with the criteria of the charter for small or medium enterprises) or a natural person who is a national of and resides in one of the States entitled to a reduction under the PCT (for the list of States see: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees).

20 Plus EUR 1.50 for the preparation of additional copies, for each page and each copy. 21 This fee is subject to a national tax of 16%. 22 Plus MYR 60 for each sheet in excess of 30 for electronic filings, and MYR 70 for each sheet in excess of 30 for paper filings. 23 This fee is reduced by 50% where the applicant is a natural person. 24 This fee is reduced by 50% if the international application is filed in fully-electronic form. 25 This fee is reduced by 95% where all applicants are also inventors and by 90% where all applicants are also non-profitable institutions and/or

organizations. When the fee is payable with relation to an application made by both types of applicant, and all applicants are either also inventors, or non-profitable institutions and/or organizations, the fee is reduced by 90%.

26 Plus non-electronic filing fee portion for international applications filed other than by the Office electronic filing system of USD 400, or in the case of filings by small entities or micro entities: USD 200.

27 For further details about entitlement to and establishment of “small entity” status and “micro entity” status, see 37 CFR § 1.27 and 1.29 (pages R-41 and R-47), respectively, at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_rules.pdf

28 The fee is reduced by 75% where the applicant, or if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a natural person and is a national of and resides in a State for which the Austrian Patent Office is an International Searching Authority (in the case of the search fee)/International Preliminary Examining Authority (in the case of the preliminary examination fee).

29 This fee is reduced by 60% where the international application is filed by a natural person, a small or medium enterprise or an academic institution.

30 Applicable where the applicant is (a) a Chilean university, or (b) a foreign university headquartered in any of the States which benefit, in accordance with the Schedule of Fees under the PCT Regulations, from the 90% reduction of the international filing fee and authenticated by its legal representative, in a simple declaration signed in the presence of a notary, as constituted as a university in accordance with the law of that State, provided that, if there are several applicants, each must satisfy the criterion set out in either sub-item (a) or (b)). For details of applicants entitled to the 90% reduction, see: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees

31 The search fee payable to the Office is reduced by 25% where the applicant, or, if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a natural person or a legal entity and is a national of and resides in a State which is classified by the World Bank in the group of countries of “low income”, “lower middle income” or “upper middle income”.

32 The search fee payable to the EPO and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the preliminary examination fee payable to the EPO, are reduced by 75% under certain conditions. For further information, see the relevant footnote in the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annexes D (EP and ES) and E (EP) at: http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/index.html

33 Public universities in Spain are exempt from paying this fee. 34 Payable to the International Bureau in Swiss francs. 35 This fee applies where a declaration referred to in PCT Article 17(2)(a) has been made by the International Searching Authority because of

subject matter referred to in PCT Rule 39.1(iv) (methods of treatment). 36 Payable to the International Preliminary Examining Authority in the currency or one of the currencies prescribed by it. 37 Payable when the international search report was not issued by the Australian Patent Office. 38 Payable when the international search report was established by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation). 39 In all cases where footnote 38 does not apply. 40 Payable when the international search was not carried out by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) (provided that the

USPTO is a competent International Preliminary Examining Authority in the particular case—see PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex C (US)).


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L Requirements of designated and elected Offices

Only Offices whose applicable national law contains provisions concerning the deposits of microorganisms and other biological material are listed in this table. Unless otherwise indicated in the table, deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before these Offices with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and notifications related thereto may be consulted under www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/). Further information concerning the requirements of international depository authorities under the Budapest Treaty is available at www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/guide/.

Time (if any) earlier than 16 months from priority date by which applicant must

furnish:

Additional indications (if any) which must be

given besides those prescribed in

Designated (or elected) Office

the indications prescribed in

Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii)

any additional matter specified in the adjacent

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Rule 13bis.3(a)(i) to (iii) pursuant to

notifications from the Offices concerned

Albania General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks (Albania)

None

At the time of filing (as part of the application)

To the extent available to the applicant, relevant information on the characteristics of the microorganism

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the General Directorate of Patents and Trademarks (Albania) with any depositary institution specialized for that purpose.

Australia Australian Patent Office

None



An applicant may give notice that the furnishing of a sample of a microorganism shall only be effected prior to the grant of a patent, or to the lapsing, refusal or withdrawal of an application, to a person who is a skilled addressee without an interest in the invention (Regulation 3.25A(2) of the Australian Patents Regulations). The applicant must give notice directly to the Australian Patent Office before the application is made available to the public (normally the international publication date).

Austria Austrian Patent Office

Before completion of technical preparations for international publication


To the extent available to the applicant, all significant information on the characteristics of the microorganism

Belarus National Center of Intellectual Property (Belarus)

The name of the depositary institution and the accession number at the time of filing (must be in the description)

None

None

For the purposes of patent procedure before the National Center of Intellectual Property (Belarus), a deposit may be made not later than the priority date of the international application with any international or Belarusian depositary institution specialized for that purpose.


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Bosnia and Herzegovina Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina

At the time of filing, either in the description or separately



Deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and notifications related thereto may be consulted under www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/).

Brazil National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)

None


To the extent available to the applicant, relevant information on the characteristics of the biological material

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) with any depositary institution authorized by the Institute.

Brunei Darussalam Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO)

None

None

None

The applicant may request that a sample only be made available to an expert before the patent is granted or if the application has been withdrawn, or has been treated as having been abandoned, has been refused or is treated as having been refused. The applicant should make such requests to the International Bureau in writing before completion of technical preparations for publication of the international application.

Bulgaria Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria

Within three months after the filing date


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Canada Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Where applicant requests publication earlier than 16 months from the priority date, not later than that request

None

None

If an applicant wishes that, until either a Canadian patent has been issued on the basis of an application or the application has been refused, or is abandoned and no longer subject to reinstatement, or is withdrawn, the Commissioner of Patents only authorizes the furnishing of a sample of deposited biological material referred to in the application to an independent expert nominated by the Commissioner, the applicant must, by a written statement, inform the International Bureau accordingly before completion of technical preparations for publication of the international application. Such statement must be separate from the description and claims of the international application and must preferably be made on Form PCT/RO/134, referred to in Section 209 of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT.

Chile National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile)




China State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China

None

None

The scientific name (with its Latin name) of the microorganism, relevant information on the characteristics of the microorganism, a receipt of deposit and the viability proof from the depositary institution of a sample of the microorganism

Deposits may be made for the purposes of the patent procedure before the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China with CGMCC or CCTCC (see further in this Annex), or with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure. Deposits shall be made for the purposes of the patent procedure before, or at the latest on, the date of filing (or the priority date where priority is claimed).

Colombia Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia)

None

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Croatia State Intellectual Property Office (Croatia)




Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the State Intellectual Property Office (Croatia) with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty. Samples shall be, upon request, made available between the publication of the application and the granting of the patent to anyone requesting them, or, if the applicant so requests, only to an independent expert, or to, after the patent has been granted, and notwithstanding cancellation or revocation of the patent, anyone requesting them. Samples shall be made available only if the person requesting them undertakes, for the term during which the patent is in force: 1. not to make them or any material derived from them available to third parties; 2. not to use them or any material derived from them except for experimental or research purposes, unless the applicant for or owner of the patent, as applicable, expressly waives such undertaking.

Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office

None

None

None

Czech Republic Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic)

The name of the depositary institution and the accession number at the time of filing (as part of the application)





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Denmark Danish Patent and Trademark Office




The applicant may request that, until the application has been laid open to public inspection (by the Danish Patent and Trademark Office), or has been finally decided upon by the Danish Patent and Trademark Office without having been laid open to public inspection, the furnishing of a sample shall only be effected to an expert in the art. The request to this effect shall be filed by the applicant with the Danish Patent and Trademark Office not later than at the time when the application is made available to the public under Sections 22 and 33(3) of the Danish Patents Act. If such a request has been filed by the applicant, any request made by a third party for the furnishing of a sample shall indicate the expert to be used. That expert may be any person entered on a list of recognized experts drawn up by the Danish Patent and Trademark Office or any person approved by the applicant in the individual case.

Ecuador Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property

At the time of filing for notification of the fact that a deposit was made on or before the filing date

None

None

El Salvador National Center of Registries (El Salvador)

None

None

To the extent available to the applicant, a description of the characteristics and an indication of the usefulness of the microorganism and/or other biological material

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the National Center of Registries (El Salvador) with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.



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Finland Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)



To the extent available to the applicant, all significant information on the characteristics of the biological material

The applicant may request that, until the publication of the mention of the grant of a patent by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) or for 20 years from the date of filing if the application has been finally decided upon without resulting in the grant of a patent by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH), the furnishing of a sample shall only be effected to an expert in the art. The request to this effect shall be filed by the applicant with the International Bureau before the expiration of 16 months from the priority date (preferably on Form PCT/RO/134). If such a request has been filed by the applicant, any request made by a third party for the furnishing of a sample shall indicate the expert to be used. That expert may be any person entered on a list of recognized experts drawn up by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) or any person approved by the applicant in the individual case.

Georgia National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (SAKPATENTI)

None

None

None

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (SAKPATENTI) with “any scientifically recognized institution at home and abroad” and that includes all institutions published further in this Annex.



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Germany German Patent and Trade Mark Office

Sections 1(1), No. 3 and 3(2) of the Ordinance on the Deposit of Biological Material [BioMatHintV]: The name and address of the depositary institution at the time of filing (as part of the application) Where the applicant requests publication earlier than 16 months from the priority date, the accession number not later than that request

Where the applicant has been notified that a right to inspection of files exists, the accession number, one month from that notification

Section 1(1), No. 2, of the Ordinance on the Deposit of Biological Material:


Section 1(1), No. 2, of the Ordinance on the Deposit of Biological Material:


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office with all institutions published further in this Annex and with any scientifically recognized institution at home or abroad that is legally, economically and organizationally independent of the applicant and of the depositor and ensures the proper storage and furnishing of samples in accordance with the Ordinance on the Deposit of Biological Material of 24 January 2005. The applicant may request that, until the grant of a patent or for 20 years from the date of filing if the application is refused or withdrawn, a sample shall only be issued to an independent expert nominated by the applicant. The request shall be filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office before technical preparations for publication of the international application are considered to be completed. At the time of filing, the applicant shall give his unreserved and irrevocable authorization to the depositary institution to issue samples in accordance with the Ordinance on the Deposit of Biological Material of 24 January 2005, and shall furnish documentary evidence that the depositor has given an undertaking to that effect, where the biological material has been deposited by a third party.



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Guatemala Registry of Intellectual Property (Guatemala)

None

None

To the extent available to the applicant, a description of the characteristics of the microorganism and/or other biological material

Deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Registry of Intellectual Property (Guatemala) with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and notifications related thereto may be consulted under www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/).

Honduras Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Honduras)




Deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Honduras) with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and notifications related thereto may be consulted under www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/).

Hungary Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)

At the time of filing for notification of the fact that a deposit was made on or before the filing date

None

To the extent available to the applicant, the characteristics of the microorganism and a taxonomic description

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) with “any internationally well-known depositary institution in case of reciprocity.”

Iceland Icelandic Patent Office




The applicant may request that, until a patent has been granted or a final decision taken by the Icelandic Patent Office concerning an application which has not resulted in a patent, the furnishing of a sample shall only be effected to an expert in the art. The request to this effect shall be filed by the applicant with the Icelandic Patent Office not later than at the time when the application is made available to the public under Sections 22 and 33(3) of the Icelandic Patent Act. If such a request has been filed by the applicant, any request made by a third party for the furnishing of a sample shall indicate the expert to be used. That expert may be any person entered on a list of recognized experts drawn up by the Icelandic Patent Office or any person approved by the applicant in the individual case.



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India Indian Patent Office




Deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Indian Patent Office with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and notifications related thereto may be consulted under www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/). See also Indian Patents Act, Section 10(4)(d)(ii).

Indonesia Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia)

None

None

To the extent available to the applicant, a description of the characteristics of the micro-organism

Israel Israel Patent Office

None

At the time of filing (must be in the description)


Japan Japan Patent Office

At the time of filing (must be in the description) (furnishing of the date of deposit of the biological material is not necessary)



Kazakhstan National Institute of Intellectual Property (NIIP) (Kazakhstan)

None

None


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the National Institute of Intellectual Property (NIIP) (Kazakhstan) with any depositary institution.

Kenya Kenya Industrial Property Institute

None

None




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Latvia Latvian Patent Office

None



Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania

None



Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania with any depositary institution.

Luxembourg Intellectual Property Directorate (Luxembourg)

None

None

None

Mexico Mexican Institute of Industrial Property

None



Nicaragua Registry of Intellectual Property (Nicaragua)

None

None

To the extent available to the applicant, all relevant information on the characteristics of the biological material

Norway Norwegian Industrial Property Office




The applicant may request that, as from the time when the application has been laid open to public inspection by the Norwegian Industrial Property Office until a patent has been granted, the application has been finally decided upon without a patent having been granted, or for 20 years from the date of filing if the application is refused or withdrawn, the furnishing of a sample shall only be effected to an expert in the art. The request to this effect shall be filed by the applicant with the Norwegian Industrial Property Office not later than at the time when the application is made available to the public under Section 33(3) of the Norwegian Patents Act. If such a request has been filed by the applicant, any request made by a third party for the furnishing of a sample shall indicate the expert to be used. That expert may be a person entered on a list of recognized experts drawn up by the Norwegian Industrial Property Office or any person approved by the applicant in the individual case.



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Oman Intellectual Property Department, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Oman)

None

None

None

Panama Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry (DIGERPI) (Panama)

None


Copy of the certificate of deposit and authorization to view the deposited biological material

Peru National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru)




Deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru) with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (these institutions are indicated further in this Annex and notifications related thereto may be consulted under www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/).

Philippines Intellectual Property Office (Philippines)




Deposits may be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Intellectual Property Office (Philippines) with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

Poland Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

None

None

Name and address of the depositor

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland with the national depositary authorities—Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology and Serum and Vaccine Research Laboratory.



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Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property (Portugal)

None



For the purposes of the patent procedure before the National Institute of Industrial Property (Portugal), a deposit is required not later than at the date of filing the international application with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.

Qatar Intellectual Property Department (Qatar)

None

None

None

Republic of Korea Korean Intellectual Property Office


None

None

For the purposes of patent procedure before the Korean Intellectual Property Office, a deposit is required not later than at the date of filing the international application. A receipt attesting the deposit and its acceptance issued by the depositary institution with which the microorganism was deposited must be submitted to the Korean Intellectual Property Office within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).

Republic of Moldova State Agency on Intellectual Property (Republic of Moldova)

None

None


The deposit may be made with a depositary institution designated by the Government or with institutions which have the status of international depositary authority not later than the filing date of the international application.

Romania State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (Romania)

None

None


Russian Federation Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)

None

None


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Serbia Intellectual Property Office (Serbia)

None

None

To the extent available to the applicant, a description of the characteristics of the micro-organism

Singapore Intellectual Property Office of Singapore


None

None

The applicant may request that the furnishing of a sample of a microorganism shall only be made available to an expert. The request to this effect must be filed by the applicant with the International Bureau before the completion of the technical preparations for international publication of the application.

Slovakia Industrial Property Office (Slovakia)

The name and address of the depositary institution and accession number at the time of filing (as part of the application)



South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) (South Africa)

None

None


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) (South Africa) with any depositary institution.



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Spain Spanish Patent and Trademark Office

Where applicant requests publication earlier than 16 months from the priority date, two months from notification of the Office



For the purposes of patent procedure before the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office a deposit is required not later than at the date of filing the international application with any legally recognized institution and, in any case, with any depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms (Article 25.2.a) SPL). If the applicant wishes that, until the publication of the mention of the grant of a Spanish patent or for 20 years from the date of filing if the application is refused or withdrawn, the biological material shall be made available as provided in Article 45 SPL only by the issue of a sample to an independent expert, the applicant must, by a written statement, inform the International Bureau accordingly before completion of technical preparations for publication of the international application. Such statement must be separate from the description and claims of the international application and must preferably be made on Form PCT/RO/134, referred to in Section 209 of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT.

Sweden Swedish Patent and Registration Office




The applicant may request that, until the patent has been granted by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office or if the application has been finally decided upon without resulting in the grant of the patent, the furnishing of a sample shall only be effected to an expert in the art. The same is applied to rejected or withdrawn applications within a period of 20 years from the filing date. The request to restrict the furnishing of a sample to an expert in the art shall be filed by the applicant with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, at the latest, by the day upon which technical preparations for publication of the application are considered to be completed.

Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

None

None

None

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property with FIB, IFO and IAM (https://www.ige.ch/fr/infos-juridiques/domaines-juridiques/brevets/inventions-dans-le-domaine-de-la-microbiologie.html). The furnishing of samples to a third party may be subject to the condition that that party indicates to the depositary institution its name and address for the purpose of information of the depositor and undertakes: (a) not to make available the deposited culture or a culture derived from it to a third party; (b) not to use the culture outside the purview of the law; (c) to produce, in case of a dispute, evidence that the obligations under items (a) and (b) have not been violated.



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Tajikistan Tajik Patent Office

None

None


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Tajik Patent Office with any depositary institution.

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia State Office of Industrial Property (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

None



Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the State Office of Industrial Property (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) with any international depositary institution recognized by the Office (a list is published in the official journal of the Office). The furnishing of samples to a third party may be subject to the condition that that party: (a) has a right to demand that a sample of the viable biological or microbiological material be made available; (b) has undertaken to ensure that the applicant does not authorize access to the sample of the deposited viable biological or microbiological material to any third party before the expiry of the prescribed period of validity of the patent.

Turkey Turkish Patent Institute

None



Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Turkish Patent Institute with any depositary institution specialized for that purpose.

Turkmenistan Patent Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Turkmenistan

None

None


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Patent Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Turkmenistan, with any depositary institution.

Ukraine State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPSU)

None

None


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPSU), with any depositary institution.



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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office1 (United Kingdom)


None

None

Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Intellectual Property Office1 (United Kingdom) with “any depositary institution anywhere in the world.” It is the responsibility of the applicant to select the depositary institution with which he wishes to make his deposit and to ensure that samples of the culture deposited will be made available in accordance with Rule 13(1) and Schedule 1 of the UK Patents Rules 2007. The applicant may give notice in writing to the International Bureau before technical preparations for publication of the international application are completed that a sample should be made available only to an expert. WARNING: Where the invention involves the use of or concerns biological material which is not available to the public at the date of filing the application and which has been deposited by a person other than the applicant, the applicant must supply, earlier than 16 months from the priority date (or, if earlier, not later than a request for early publication), the name and address of the depositor and must file a statement by the depositor authorising the applicant to refer to the deposited material in the application and giving his unreserved and irrevocable authorisation to the deposited material being made available to the public in accordance with Schedule 1 to the UK Patents Rules 2007.

United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

None

At the time of filing

To the extent feasible, a description of the deposited biological material sufficient to specifically identify it and to permit examination

When the original deposit is made after the effective filing date of an application for a patent, the applicant must promptly submit a statement from a person in a position to corroborate the fact, stating that the biological material which is deposited is a biological material specifically identified in the application as filed (see 37 CFR 1.804(b)). Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the USPTO with any other depository institution recognized to be suitable by the Office (see 37 CFR 1.803).

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African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) ARIPO

None



Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before ARIPO with any depositary institution.

Eurasian Patent Organization Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)

None

None


Deposits may also be made for the purposes of patent procedure before the Eurasian Patent Office with any depositary institution.



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None



Deposits with CNCM can be made under the Budapest Treaty or, as far as the deposits of cell cultures, mycoplasma and rickettsiae are concerned, under a bilateral agreement with the EPO. If the applicant wishes that, until the publication of the mention of the grant of a European patent or for 20 years from the date of filing if the application is refused or withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn, the biological material shall be made available as provided in Rule 33(1) EPC only by the issue of a sample to an expert nominated by the requester (Rule 32(1) EPC), the applicant must, by a written statement, inform the International Bureau accordingly before completion of technical preparations for publication of the international application where such publication takes place in one of the EPO official languages (English, French or German). Such statement must be separate from the description and the claims of the international application and must preferably be made on Form PCT/RO/134, referred to in Section 209 of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and available on the WIPO website at www.wipo.int/pct/en/forms/ro/editable/ed_ro134.pdf. If the international application was not published in an official language of the EPO (English, French, German), the statement under Rule 32(1) EPC can still be submitted in the European phase until completion of the technical preparations for publication of the translation of the international application under Article 153(4) EPC. The fact that the expert option has been chosen will then be published on the front page of the published translation of the application. Information received under Rule 32(1) EPC after completion of the technical preparations for publication of the international application – or, where applicable, of the translation of the application pursuant to Article 153(4) EPC – cannot be taken into account with the consequence that the biological material will be available to any person as provided for in PCT Rule 13bis.6 and Rule 33(1) EPC without an expert acting as intermediary (see Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 July 2010 concerning inventions which involve the use of or concern biological material, OJ EPO 10/2010, page 498 et seq.). WARNING: Where the invention involves the use of or concerns biological material which is not available to the public at the date of filing the application and which has been deposited by a person other than the applicant, the reference to such a deposit must include the name and address of the depositor and a statement that the latter has authorized the applicant to refer to the deposited biological material in the application and has given his unreserved and irrevocable consent to the deposited material being made available to the public in accordance with Rule 31(1)(d) of the European Patent Convention (EPC). If any of these indications (the name and address of the depositor, and the statement) is not included in a reference to deposited biological material in the international application as filed, it may still be furnished to the International Bureau within a period of 16 months after the date of filing of the international patent application or, if priority is claimed, after the priority date; this time limit is deemed to have been met if the indication reaches the International Bureau before the technical preparations for international publication have been completed (PCT Rule 13bis.4(a)). Where the applicant makes a request for early publication under PCT Article 21(2)(b), the indications must be furnished to the International Bureau at the latest before the completion of the technical preparations for international publication (PCT Rule 13bis.4(c)). The failure to meet this time limit cannot be remedied upon entry into the European phase neither by re-establishment of rights nor by further processing. As a result, the application may have to be refused under Article 97(2) EPC in the course of examination proceedings for insufficient disclosure (Article 83 EPC).



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Note: This table does not indicate in relation to depositary institutions the kinds of microorganisms or other biological material which may be deposited with and the fees charged by them. This information may be obtained directly from the institutions. For information concerning depositary institutions which have acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, see the Guide to the Deposit of Microorganisms under the Budapest Treaty or consult www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/budapest/.

Advanced Biotechnology Center (ABC)2 Interlab Cell Line Collection (Biotechnology Dept) Largo Rossana Benzi, 10 16132 Genova Italy Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL)2 1815 North University Street Peoria, Illinois 61604 United States of America American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)2 10801 University Blvd. Manassas, Virginia 20110-2209 United States of America Banco Español de Algas (BEA) Marine Biotechnology Center University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Muelle de Tailiarte s/n 35214 Telde Las Palmas Spain Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms (BCCM™)2

Headquarters: BCCM™ Coordination Cell Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy 231, avenue Louise 1050 Brussels Belgium

Collections: BCCM™/IHEM2 Biomedical fungi and yeasts collection Scientific Institute of Public Health Service Mycology and Aerobiology Rue J. Wytsmanstraat, 14 1050 Brussels Belgium BCCM™/LMBP2 Plasmid and DNA Library collection Universiteit Gent Vakgroep Biomedische Moleculaire Biologie Technologiepark, 927 9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium

BCCM™/LMG2 Bacteria collection Universiteit Gent Laboratorium voor Microbiologie K.L. Ledeganckstraat, 35 9000 Gent Belgium BCCM™//MUCL2 Agro-industrial fungi, yeasts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi collection Université catholique de Louvain Mycothèque de l’Université catholique de Louvain Croix du Sud, 3 – box L7.05.06 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve Belgium

CABI BIOSCIENCE, UK Centre (IMI)2 Bakeham Lane Englefield Green Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY United Kingdom Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)2 Uppsalalaan 8 NL-3584 CT Utrecht or P.O. Box 85167 NL-3508 AD Utrecht Netherlands China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC)2 Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 China China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC)2 Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 1, West Beichen Road Chaoyang District Beijing 100101 China Colección Chilena de Recursos Genéticos Microbianos (CChRGM) Avenida Vicente Méndez 515 Chillán, Region VIII Chile Colección de Microorganismos del CNRG (CM-CNRG) Boulevard de la Biodiversidad No. 400 Col. Rancho las Cruces Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, C.P. 47600 Mexico

_______________ 2 Depositary institution having acquired the status of international depositary authority under the Budapest Treaty on the

International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.



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Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT)3 Edificio 3 CUE. Parc Cientific Universitat de Valencia Catedrático Agustín Escardino, 9 46980 Paterna (Valencia) Spain Collection nationale de cultures de micro-organismes (CNCM)3 Institut Pasteur 28, rue du Dr Roux 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France Collection of Industrial Microorganisms3 Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology (IAFB) Ul. Rakowiecka 36 02-532 Warsaw Poland Collection of Industrial Yeasts (DBVPG)3 Department of Applied Biology Borgo XX Giugno, 74 06121 Perugia Italy Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP)3 Scottish Association for Marine Science Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA Scotland United Kingdom Culture Collection of Yeasts (CCY)3 Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences Dúbravská cesta 9 842 38 Bratislava Slovakia Czech Collection of Microorganisms (CCM)3 Kamenice 5/building A25 625 00 Brno Czech Republic European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC)3 Health Protection Agency – Porton Down Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG United Kingdom International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC)3 National Microbiology Laboratory Public Health Agency of Canada 1015 Arlington Street Winnipeg, MB Canada R3E 3R2

International Patent Organism Depositary (IPOD)3

National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) #120, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari Kisarazu-shi Chiba 292-0818 Japan Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini” (IZSLER)3 IZSLER Biobank of Veterinary Resource (IZSLER BVR) Via Bianchi, 9 25124 Brescia Italy Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC)3 Agricultural Microbiology Division National Academy of Agricultural Science Rural Development Administration 166, Nongsaengmyeong-ro, Iseo-myeon Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 565-851 Republic of Korea Korean Cell Line Research Foundation (KCLRF)3 Cancer Research Institute Seoul National University College of Medicine 28 Yungon-dong, Chongno-gu Seoul 110-799 Republic of Korea Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC)3 125 Gwahak-ro Yuseong-gu Daejeon, 305-806 Republic of Korea Korean Culture Center of Microorganisms (KCCM)3 361-221, Yurim B/D Honje 1, Sodaemun Seoul 120-091 Republic of Korea Laboratorium voor Microbiologie (NLM) Julianalaan 67a Delft Netherlands Lady Mary Fairfax CellBank Australia (CBA) 214 Hawkesbury Rd Westmead, N.S.W., 2145 Australia Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures3 Inhoffenstr. 7B D-38124 Braunschweig Germany Microbial Culture Collection (MCC) National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind Pune—411007, Maharashtra India

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Microbial Strain Collection of Latvia (MSCL) Kronvalda Blvd. 4 Riga LV-1586 Latvia Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank (MTCC)4 Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) Sector 39 A Chandigarh 160 036 (Union Territory) India National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (NBIMCC)4 49 St Kliment Ohridski Blvd., Bldg. 3 1756 Sofia Bulgaria

National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM)4 Faculty of Food Sciences Corvinus University of Budapest Somlói út 14-16 1118 Budapest Hungary National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC)4 Culture Collections Public Health England Porton Down Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG United Kingdom National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC)4 Institute of Food Research Norwich Laboratory Norwich Research Park Colney Norwich NR4 7UA United Kingdom National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC)4 Blanche Lane South Mimms Potters Bar Herts., EN6 3QG United Kingdom Patent Microorganisms Depositary (NPMD)4 National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) #122, 2-5-8 Kazusakamatari Kisarazu-shi Chiba 292-0818 Japan

National Research Center of Antibiotics (NRCA)4 Nagatinskaya Street 3-a Moscow 113105 Russian Federation NCIMB Ltd.4 Ferguson Building Craibstone Estate Bucksburn Aberdeen AB21 9YA United Kingdom Phabagen Collection (PC) Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht Vakgroep Moleculaire Celbiologie Padualaan 8 3584 CH Utrecht Netherlands Polish Collection of Microorganisms (PCM)4 Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Polish Academy of Sciences Ul. Weigla 12 53-114 Wroclaw Poland Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) 60 Bigelow Drive East Boothbay, Maine 04544 United States of America Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM)4 G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms Russian Academy of Sciences Prospekt Nauki No. 5 Pushchino 142290 (Moscow Region) Russian Federation Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM)4 FGUP GosNII Genetika 1 Dorozhny proezd, 1 Moscow 117545 Russian Federation The National Measurement Institute (NMI)4 1/153, Bertie Street Port Melbourne, VIC 3207 Australia VTT Culture Collection (VTTCC)4 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Tietotie 2 FI-Espoo Finland

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1/12/2016 DAS Digital Access Service

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DAS Digital Access Service

The WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) is an electronic system allowing prioritydocuments and similar documents to be securely exchanged between participating intellectualproperty (IP) offices.

The system enables applicants and offices to meet the requirements of the Paris Convention forcertification in an electronic environment. Traditionally, applicants have been obliged to requestcertified paper copies of documents from one office and then submit those documents to other offices. DAS allows applicants to simply request the first office (known as the Depositing Office or Office of FirstFiling) to make priority documents available to the system and then to request other offices (known asthe Accessing Offices or Offices of Second Filing) to retrieve those documents via the service. Theexchange of documents then takes place electronically between the offices.

The service is intended for use with documents related to patents, utility models, industrial designs andtrademarks. At present, it is used for priority documents relating to patent applications. It will beextended to other IP rights, such as industrial designs and trademarks, once the participating officeshave made the necessary operational and technical changes.

The DAS web portal was replaced on December 19, 2014. The new version of the portal requires a WIPOaccount:

More about DAS

Participating offices

Service description

Documentation

Meetings

FAQs

Consultative Group WIKI

Why use this service?

Applicants

Easy

Simply ask the office of first filing to add the priority document into the system, and request offices ofsecond filing to use the service for obtaining access.

Secure

Use of an access code to authorize access;Documents exchanged via secure channels;


https://www3.wipo.int/dasapplicant

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http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/

https://webaccess.wipo.int/priority_documents/en/

http://www.wipo.int/myaccount/en/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/participating_offices.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/description.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/documentation.html

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/topic.jsp?group_id=235

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1/12/2016 DAS Digital Access Service

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Service hosted and administered by WIPO.

Quick

No need to provide a certified copy of a priority document separately to each office of second filing.

Inexpensive

No need to pay for multiple copies of paper priority documents;No charges by WIPO. Offices can charge, but it is expected that most will not.

Offices

Easy

No or reduced need to prepare, check or scan certified copies on paper;No need to deal with different transmission and document formats;No need to establish secure connections to multiple offices.

Secure

Documents exchanged via secure channels;Service hosted and administered by WIPO.

Valuable

Automate the exchange of documents with other offices;Offer a new service at low cost for local applicants wishing to file applications in other countries.

Inexpensive

Simple service delivered through channels already existing at most automated offices.

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Participating Offices

The digital libraries of the following offices are participating in the WIPO DigitalDocument Access Service (DAS), established under the Framework Provisions for the DigitalAccess Service.

There are two different types of notification possible:

Depositing Office (paragraph 10 of the Framework Provisions): The Office, which is usually actingas the Office of first filing, allows applications to be made available to the Service;

Accessing Office (paragraph 12 of the Framework Provisions): The Office, acting as an Office ofsecond filing, allows the applicant to request that a priority document be retrieved from the Serviceinstead of having to file a certified copy.

At present, the service is operational for patent documents only. One office is ready to deposit andretrieve patent and utility model documents. Documents relating to other IP rights, such as industrialDesigns and trademarks will be exchanged through the system once the participating offices have madethe necessary operational and technical changes.

The main effects of the notifications, as well as information on digital libraries which have beendesignated, are summarized in the table below. For more information, refer to the complete notifications.

Only offices where a service date is given are currently offering the exchange of documentsthrough the Service.

A status of "designated" in the table means that a digital library held by the office has beendesignated in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Framework Provisions, but that as yet nonotification has been given by that office as to when the digital library will be available for usethrough the Service.

Several other offices are working with the International Bureau to allow use of their digitallibraries with the Service but have not yet had their libraries designated.

New "Access Code" Procedure

As of July 1, 2012, a new procedure has been introduced for accessing offices to retrieve prioritydocuments from the service by using access codes. Applicants can provide the access code directly to theoffice of second filing, instead of giving that office access authorization to retrieve a priority documentvia the applicant portal.

The table below indicates offices which have implemented the necessary operational and technicalchanges to offer this new procedure.

The applicant portal can be used in parallel to authorize access to those DAS accessing offices thathave not yet implemented the new procedure.



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AU IP Australia December 12,2009

Nationalapplications andInternationalapplications filedwith RO/AU

December 12,2009

November 28,2012

Notifications

DK DanishPatent andTrademarkOffice

November 1,2011

Nationalapplications andInternationalapplications filedwith RO/DK

Notifications

CN StateIntellectualPropertyOffice of thePeople'sRepublic ofChina

March 1, 2012 Certified copiesof patent, utilitymodel andindustrial designapplications asprioritydocuments viaDAS, includingPCTapplications filedwith RO/CN

March 1, 2012 April 15, 2013 Notifications

ES SpanishPatent andTrademarkOffice

October 1, 2009 Certified copiesof patent, utilitymodel andindustrial designapplications asprioritydocuments viaDAS, includingPCTapplications filedwith RO/ES

October 1, 2009 September 1,2013

Notifications

FI NationalBoard ofPatents andRegistrationof Finland

April 15, 2011 Certified copiesof patent, andutility modelapplications asprioritydocuments via

DAS, includingPCTapplications filed

April 15, 2011 June 1, 2013 Notifications


http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/get-the-right-ip/patents/patent-application-process/das/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#australia

http://www.dkpto.dk/ansoeg-online/internationale-patentansoegninger-%28eppct%29.aspx

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#danmark

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/pdoc/das

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#china

https://sede.oepm.gob.es/eSede/es/invenciones/preguntasFrecuentesAccesoDigital.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#spain

http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#finland



applications filedwith RO/FI

GB UnitedKingdomIntellectualPropertyOffice

October 4, 2009 National patentapplications

October 4, 2009 November 19,2012

Notifications

IB InternationalBureau

April 1, 2009 Internationalapplications filedwith RO/IB

January 1, 2010 July 1, 2012 Notifications

JP JapanPatentOffice

April 1, 2009 National patentand utility modelapplications

April 1, 2009 March 17, 2013 Notifications

KR KoreanIntellectualPropertyOffice

July 1, 2009 Certified copiesof nationalpatent and utilitymodelapplications asprioritydocuments viaDAS

July 1, 2009 January 14,2014

Notifications

SE SwedishPatent andRegistrationOffice

November 1,2011

Nationalapplications andInternationalapplications filedwith RO/SE

July 1, 2014 July 1, 2014 Notifications

US UnitedStatesPatent andTrademarkOffice

April 20, 2009 National patentapplications



http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-apply-online-pdas.htm

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#uk

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#internationalbureau

http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/link.cgi?url=/tetuzuki/t_tokkyo/shutsugan/yuusennkenn_syouryaku.htm

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#japan

http://www.kiporo.go.kr/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#korea

http://www.prv.se/en/IP-Professional/Patents/Digital-Access-Service-DAS/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#sweden

http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pdx/pdx.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#us



Participating Offices

The digital libraries of the following offices are participating in the WIPO DigitalDocument Access Service (DAS), established under the Framework Provisions for the DigitalAccess Service.

There are two different types of notification possible:

Depositing Office (paragraph 10 of the Framework Provisions): The Office, which is usually actingas the Office of first filing, allows applications to be made available to the Service;

Accessing Office (paragraph 12 of the Framework Provisions): The Office, acting as an Office ofsecond filing, allows the applicant to request that a priority document be retrieved from the Serviceinstead of having to file a certified copy.

At present, the service is operational for patent documents only. One office is ready to deposit andretrieve patent and utility model documents. Documents relating to other IP rights, such as industrialDesigns and trademarks will be exchanged through the system once the participating offices have madethe necessary operational and technical changes.

The main effects of the notifications, as well as information on digital libraries which have beendesignated, are summarized in the table below. For more information, refer to the complete notifications.

Only offices where a service date is given are currently offering the exchange of documentsthrough the Service.

A status of "designated" in the table means that a digital library held by the office has beendesignated in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Framework Provisions, but that as yet nonotification has been given by that office as to when the digital library will be available for usethrough the Service.

Several other offices are working with the International Bureau to allow use of their digitallibraries with the Service but have not yet had their libraries designated.

New "Access Code" Procedure

As of July 1, 2012, a new procedure has been introduced for accessing offices to retrieve prioritydocuments from the service by using access codes. Applicants can provide the access code directly to theoffice of second filing, instead of giving that office access authorization to retrieve a priority documentvia the applicant portal.

The table below indicates offices which have implemented the necessary operational and technicalchanges to offer this new procedure.

The applicant portal can be used in parallel to authorize access to those DAS accessing offices thathave not yet implemented the new procedure.



http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/applicant_portal.html



Office

Depositing Office Accessing Office

FurtherInformation

Operationalsince Scope

Operationalsince

Offering thenew accesscodeproceduresince

AU IP Australia December 12,2009

Nationalapplications andInternationalapplications filedwith RO/AU

December 12,2009

November 28,2012

Notifications

DK DanishPatent andTrademarkOffice

November 1,2011

Nationalapplications andInternationalapplications filedwith RO/DK

Notifications

CN StateIntellectualPropertyOffice of thePeople'sRepublic ofChina

March 1, 2012 Certified copiesof patent, utilitymodel andindustrial designapplications asprioritydocuments viaDAS, includingPCTapplications filedwith RO/CN

March 1, 2012 April 15, 2013 Notifications

ES SpanishPatent andTrademarkOffice

October 1, 2009 Certified copiesof patent, utilitymodel andindustrial designapplications asprioritydocuments viaDAS, includingPCTapplications filedwith RO/ES

October 1, 2009 September 1,2013

Notifications

FI NationalBoard ofPatents andRegistrationof Finland

April 15, 2011 Certified copiesof patent, andutility modelapplications asprioritydocuments via

DAS, includingPCTapplications filed

April 15, 2011 June 1, 2013 Notifications


http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/get-the-right-ip/patents/patent-application-process/das/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#australia

http://www.dkpto.dk/ansoeg-online/internationale-patentansoegninger-%28eppct%29.aspx

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#danmark

http://www.sipo.gov.cn/pdoc/das

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#china

https://sede.oepm.gob.es/eSede/es/invenciones/preguntasFrecuentesAccesoDigital.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#spain

http://www.prh.fi/en/patentit.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#finland



applications filedwith RO/FI

GB UnitedKingdomIntellectualPropertyOffice

October 4, 2009 National patentapplications

October 4, 2009 November 19,2012

Notifications

IB InternationalBureau

April 1, 2009 Internationalapplications filedwith RO/IB

January 1, 2010 July 1, 2012 Notifications

JP JapanPatentOffice

April 1, 2009 National patentand utility modelapplications


KR KoreanIntellectualPropertyOffice

July 1, 2009 Certified copiesof nationalpatent and utilitymodelapplications asprioritydocuments viaDAS

July 1, 2009 January 14,2014

Notifications

SE SwedishPatent andRegistrationOffice

November 1,2011

Nationalapplications andInternationalapplications filedwith RO/SE

July 1, 2014 July 1, 2014 Notifications

US UnitedStatesPatent andTrademarkOffice

April 20, 2009 National patentapplications



http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-apply-online-pdas.htm

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#uk

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#internationalbureau

http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/link.cgi?url=/tetuzuki/t_tokkyo/shutsugan/yuusennkenn_syouryaku.htm

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#japan

http://www.kiporo.go.kr/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#korea

http://www.prv.se/en/IP-Professional/Patents/Digital-Access-Service-DAS/

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#sweden

http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/pdx/pdx.html

http://www.wipo.int/das/en/notifications.html#us

1/3/2016 International applications and national security considerations

http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/nat_sec.html 1/4

International applications and national security considerations

Some PCT Contracting States have national legislation which restricts the filing of internationalapplications with other Offices for reasons of national security where:

applications are filed by nationals of the relevant State;

applications are filed by residents of the relevant State; and/or

the invention was made in the relevant State.

In most cases, you are considered to have permission to file with another Office if either you have filed anapplication for the same invention at the relevant national Office a certain amount of time previously(which varies from Office to Office) and have not received a security notice stating that you should notfile elsewhere, or if you have explicitly requested and been granted permission.

For your international application, this means that if you need, but do not yet have the necessarypermission:

you should file directly with your national Office, and

you should not use ePCT to prepare your international application, since the draft details are held onservers operated by the International Bureau, rather than your computer or the servers of therelevant national Office.

Known filing restrictions

The International Bureau is aware of filing restrictions for reasons of national security in the followingPCT Contracting States (further details, where available, appear in Annex B of the PCT Applicant’sGuide).

State Restrictions Legislation and notes

AM Armenia Inventionsmade in thecountry

Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs, Article 77

AZ Azerbaijan ApplicationscontainingStatesecrets

Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Patents, Article 25

BE Belgium Applicationsby residents

Applies to applications which may be of interest for national defense.

BG Bulgaria Applicationsby residents

Applies to applications which have been classified by the defenseauthorities of Bulgaria as being of a confidential nature.

CN China Inventionsmade in the

country

Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, Articles 4 and 20,Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People's Republic

of China, Rules 8 and 9


http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/appguide/

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_am.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=178714

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_az.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/az/az010en.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_be.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_bg.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_cn.pdf



Pete

Text Box

19. *NEW* National security restrictions



country of China, Rules 8 and 9

CY Cyprus Inventionsmade in thecountry

DE Germany ApplicationscontainingStatesecrets

Patent Law, Section 52 and Law on International Patent Treaties, Art.III Sec. 2

DK Denmark Applicationsby residents

Applies to applications relating to war materials or themanufacture of war materials.

Patents Act, Section 70 and the Consolidate Secret Patents Act

ES Spain Applicationsby nationalsandresidents

Unless priority of an earlier application filed at the SPTO isclaimed.

Law No. 11/1986 of March 20, 1986 on Patents (as last amendedby Law No. 14/2011 of June 1, 2011), Art. 122 and Royal DecreeNo. 1123/1995, Art. 3.

FI Finland Applicationsby residents

Act on Inventions of Importance to the Defence of the Country(551/1967), Section 2

FR France Applicationsby natural orlegalpersonshaving aresidence orprincipalplace ofbusiness inFrance

Unless priority of an earlier application filed at the INPI is claimed.

Intellectual Property Code, Article L 61418.

GB UnitedKingdom

Applicationsby residents

Applies to applications relating to military technology or whosepublication might prejudice national security or safety of thepublic. For more details about applications relating to militarytechnology or whose publication might prejudice national security.

Patents Act 1977, Section 23

GR Greece Applicationsby nationals

Unless priority of an earlier application filed at the OBI is claimed.

Presidential Decree No. 16/1991 Implementing Regulations of thePatent Cooperation Treaty as ratified by Law No. 1883/1990,Article 3, par. 2 and Law No. 4325/1963 on the Inventions

Concerning the National Defence, Art. 1 and 2.



http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_cy.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_de.pdf



http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_dk.pdf



http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_es.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=1318

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_fi.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_fr.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/fr/fr467en.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_gb.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technology-prejudicial-to-national-security-or-public-safety

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354942/patentsact1977011014.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_gr.pdf





Concerning the National Defence, Art. 1 and 2.

IL Israel Applicationsby nationalsandresidents

Applies to applications the subject of which is weaponry orammunition, or which is otherwise of military value.

Patents Law, 57271967, Article 98

IN India Applicationsby residents

Unless a written permit has been granted following a request onForm 25 and payment of INR 4,000 (INR 1,000 for individuals) orunless an application for a patent for the same invention has beenmade in India and at least 6 weeks have elapsed without a noticefrom Controller prohibiting publication or communication of theapplication.

Patents Act, Section 39.

IT Italy Applicationsby residents

Unless the international application claims the priority of a nationalapplication filed in Italy more than 90 days previously and suchapplication has not been made subject of the official secretsregulation.

Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February10, 2005, Article 198(1))

LU Luxembourg Only applies to applications which may be of interest for nationaldefense.

MY Malaysia Applicationsby residents

Patents Act 1983 (Act 291), Section 23A

NO Norway Inventionsmade in thecountryApplicationsby residentsInventionsowned byresidents

Applies to applications relating to military technology or whosepublication might prejudice national security

Patents Act, Section 71

Act on Inventions of Importance to the Defence of the Realm (ActNo. 8 of June 26, 1953 as last amended on January 1, 2002)

PT Portugal Applicationsby residents

Industrial Property Code, Article 91

RU RussianFederation

Inventionsmade in thecountry

Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Article 1395

SE Sweden Inventionsmade in thecountryApplications

Applies to applications concerning defense inventions.

The Defense Inventions Act, Section 4



http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_il.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_in.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_it.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_lu.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_my.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_no.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_pt.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_ru.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_se.pdf




Applicationsby residentsInventionsowned bySwedishcompanies

The Defense Inventions Act, Section 4

SG Singapore Applicationsby residents

Patents Act, Section 34

TR Turkey Applicationsby residents

Applies to applications concerning a subject of significance for nationalsecurity.

US UnitedStates ofAmerica

Inventionsmade in thecountry

Title 35, United States Code, Patents, Sections 181 and 184188. Seealso 37 CFR 5.115.20. For more details about applications for foreignfiling licenses.

VN Vietnam Applicationsby residents

Unless written authorization from the National Office of IndustrialProperty (Viet Nam) has been obtained or unless an application for apatent for the same invention has been filed at that Office.



http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_sg.pdf


http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_tr.pdf

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_us.pdf


http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s140.html

http://www.wipo.int/pct/guide/en/gdvol1/annexes/annexb1/ax_b_vn.pdf

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