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PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex A A PCT Contracting States1 Name of State followed by the two-letter code Date on which State became bound1 by the PCT Albania AL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Algeria DZ2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angola AO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antigua and Barbuda AG . . . Armenia AM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Australia AU . . . . . . . . . . . . Austria AT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Azerbaijan AZ . . . . . . . . . . . Bahrain BH2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbados BB . . . . . . . . . . . . Belarus BY2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belgium BE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belize BZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benin BJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bosnia and Herzegovina BA . Botswana BW . . . . . . . . . . . . Brazil BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brunei Darussalam BN . . . . . Bulgaria BG . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burkina Faso BF . . . . . . . . . . Cameroon CM . . . . . . . . . . . Canada CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central African Republic CF . Chad TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chile CL2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . China CN3, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colombia CO . . . . . . . . . . . . Comoros KM . . . . . . . . . . . . Congo CG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costa Rica CR . . . . . . . . . . . Côte d’Ivoire CI . . . . . . . . . . Croatia HR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cuba CU2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyprus CY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Czech Republic CZ . . . . . . . . Democratic People’s Republic of Korea KP . . . . Denmark DK . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominica DM . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominican Republic DO . . . . Ecuador EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egypt EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . El Salvador SV . . . . . . . . . . . Equatorial Guinea GQ. . . . . . Estonia EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finland FI5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 October 1995 . . . . 8 March 2000 27 December 2007 . . . 17 March 2000 25 December 1991 . . . 31 March 1980 . . . . 23 April 1979 25 December 1995 . . . 18 March 2007 . . . 12 March 1985 25 December 1991 14 December 1981 . . . . 17 June 2000 . 26 February 1987 . 7 September 1996 . . 30 October 2003 . . . . . 9 April 1978 . . . . . 24 July 2012 . . . . 21 May 1984 . . . 21 March 1989 . . 24 January 1978 . . . 2 January 1990 . . 24 January 1978 . . 24 January 1978 . . . . . 2 June 2009 . . . 1 January 1994 . 28 February 2001 . . . . . 3 April 2005 . . 24 January 1978 . . . 3 August 1999 . . . . 30 April 1991 . . . . . 1 July 1998 . . . . . 16 July 1996 . . . . . 1 April 1998 . . . 1 January 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 July 1980 1 December 1978 . . 7 August 1999 . . . 28 May 2007 . . . . 7 May 2001 6 September 2003 . 17 August 2006 . . . . 17 July 2001 . 24 August 1994 . . 1 October 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Name of State followed by the two-letter code Date on which State became bound1 by the PCT France FR2, 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabon GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gambia GM . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia GE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Germany DE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ghana GH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greece GR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grenada GD . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guatemala GT . . . . . . . . . . . Guinea GN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guinea-Bissau GW . . . . . . . . Honduras HN . . . . . . . . . . . . Hungary HU2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Iceland IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . India IN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indonesia ID2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR . Ireland IE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Israel IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Italy IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Japan JP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kazakhstan KZ2 . . . . . . . . . . Kenya KE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyrgyzstan KG2 . . . . . . . . . . Lao People’s Democratic Republic LA. . . . . . . . . . . . Latvia LV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lesotho LS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liberia LR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Libya LY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liechtenstein LI . . . . . . . . . . Lithuania LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luxembourg LU . . . . . . . . . . Madagascar MG . . . . . . . . . . Malawi MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malaysia MY2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Mali ML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malta MT2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mauritania MR . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico MX . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monaco MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mongolia MN . . . . . . . . . . . . Montenegro ME . . . . . . . . . . Morocco MA . . . . . . . . . . . . Mozambique MZ2 . . . . . . . . . Namibia NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 February 1978 . . 24 January 1978 . 9 December 1997 25 December 1991 . . 24 January 1978 . 26 February 1997 . . . 9 October 1990 22 September 1998 . . 14 October 2006 . . . . 27 May 1991 12 December 1997 . . . . 20 June 2006 . . . . 27 June 1980 . . . 23 March 1995 . 7 December 1998 . 5 September 1997 . . . 4 October 2013 . . . 1 August 1992 . . . . . 1 June 1996 . . . 28 March 1985 . . . 1 October 1978 25 December 1991 . . . . . 8 June 1994 25 December 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 June 2006 7 September 1993 . . 21 October 1995 . . 27 August 1994 15 September 2005 . . . 19 March 1980 . . . . . . 5 July 1994 . . . . 30 April 1978 . . 24 January 1978 . . 24 January 1978 . . 16 August 2006 . . 19 October 1984 . . . . 1 March 2007 . . . . 13 April 1983 . . . 1 January 1995 . . . . 22 June 1979 . . . . 27 May 1991 . . . . . 3 June 2006 . . . 8 October 1999 . . . . 18 May 2000 . . . 1 January 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Continued on next page] (4 October 2013) PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex A PCT Contracting States1 A A [Continued] Name of State followed by the two-letter code Netherlands NL7 . . . . . . . . New Zealand NZ . . . . . . . . Nicaragua NI. . . . . . . . . . . Niger NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nigeria NG . . . . . . . . . . . . Norway NO5 . . . . . . . . . . . Oman OM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Panama PA . . . . . . . . . . . . Papua New Guinea PG . . . Peru PE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philippines PH . . . . . . . . . Poland PL5 . . . . . . . . . . . . Portugal PT . . . . . . . . . . . . Qatar QA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Republic of Korea KR . . . . Republic of Moldova MD2 Romania RO2 . . . . . . . . . . Russian Federation RU2 . . Rwanda RW . . . . . . . . . . . Saint Kitts and Nevis KN . Saint Lucia LC2 . . . . . . . . . Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC2 . . . . San Marino SM . . . . . . . . . Sao Tome and Principe ST Saudi Arabia SA . . . . . . . . Senegal SN . . . . . . . . . . . . Serbia RS9. . . . . . . . . . . . . Seychelles SC . . . . . . . . . . Sierra Leone SL . . . . . . . . Singapore SG . . . . . . . . . . Date on which State became bound1 by the PCT 10 July 1979 1 December 1992 . . . . 6 March 2003 . . . 21 March 1993 . . . . . 8 May 2005 . . . 1 January 1980 . 26 October 2001 7 September 2012 . . . . 14 June 2003 . . . . . 6 June 2009 . . 17 August 2001 25 December 1990 24 November 1992 . . . 3 August 2011 . . 10 August 1984 25 December 1991 . . . . 23 July 1979 8 . . 29 March 1978 . . 31 August 2011 . 27 October 2005 . . 30 August 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 August 2002 14 December 2004 . . . . . 3 July 2008 . . . 3 August 2013 . . 24 January 1978 . . 1 February 1997 . 7 November 2002 . . . . 17 June 1997 . 23 February 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Name of State followed by the two-letter code Date on which State became bound1 by the PCT 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 US11, 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 All PCT Contracting States are bound by Chapter II of the PCT relating to the international preliminary examination. With the declaration provided for in PCT Article 64(5). Applies also to Hong Kong, China with effect from 1 July 1997. Not applicable to Macau, China. With the declaration provided for in PCT Article 64(2)(a)(ii). Including all Overseas Departments and Territories. 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. Date of ratification of the Soviet Union, continued by the Russian Federation as from 25 December 1991. Serbia is the continuing State from Serbia and Montenegro as from 3 June 2006. The United Kingdom extended the application of the PCT to the Isle of Man with effect from 29 October 1983. With the declarations provided for in PCT Articles 64(3)(a) and 64(4)(a). Extends to all areas for which the United States of America has international responsibility. (4 October 2013)
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