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PCT Contracting States*
Taken
from the PCT Applicant's Guide - Volume I - Annex A
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Name of State followed
by Country Code |
Date on which State became
bound by the PCT* |
| Albania AL |
4 October 1995 |
| Algeria DZ 1 |
8 March 2000 |
| Antigua and Barbuda AG |
17 March 2000 |
| Armenia AM 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| Australia AU |
31 March 1980 |
| Austria AT |
23 April 1979 |
| Azerbaijan AZ |
25 December 1995 |
| Barbados BB |
12 March 1985 |
| Belarus BY 1 |
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 |
| 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 |
| China CN |
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 CU 1 |
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 |
| 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 FI 2 |
1 October 1980 |
| France FR 1, 3 |
25 February 1978 |
| Gabon GA |
24 January 1978 |
| Gambia GM |
9 December 1997 |
| Georgia GE 1 |
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 |
(will become bound on 14 October 2006) |
| Guinea GN |
27 May 1991 |
| Guinea-Bissau GW |
12 December 1997 |
| Honduras HN |
20 June 2006 |
| Hungary HU 1 |
27 June 1980 |
| Iceland IS |
23 March 1995 |
| India IN 1 |
7 December 1998 |
| Indonesia ID 1 |
5 September 1997 |
| Ireland IE |
1 August 1992 |
| Israel IL |
1 June 1996 |
| Italy IT |
28 March 1985 |
| Japan JP |
1 October 1978 |
| Kazakhstan KZ 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| Kenya KE |
8 June 1994 |
| Kyrgyzstan KG 1 |
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 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 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 MY1 |
16 August 2006 |
| Mali ML |
19 October 1984 |
| Mauritania MR |
13 April 1983 |
| Mexico MX |
1 January 1995 |
| Monaco MC |
22 June 1979 |
| Mongolia MN |
27 May 1991 |
| Morocco MA |
8 October 1999 |
| Mozambique MZ 1 |
18 May 2000 |
| Namibia NA |
1 January 2004 |
| Netherlands NL 4 |
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 NO 2 |
1 January 1980 |
| Oman OM 1 |
26 October 2001 |
| Papua New Guinea PG |
14 June 2003 |
| Philippines PH |
17 August 2001 |
| Poland PL 2 |
25 December 1990 |
| Portugal PT |
24 November 1992 |
| Republic of Korea KR |
10 August 1984 |
| Republic of Moldova MD 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| Romania RO 1 |
23 July 1979 |
| Russian Federation RU 1 |
29 March 1978 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis KN |
27 October 2005 |
| Saint Lucia LC 1 |
30 August 1996 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC1 |
6 August 2002 |
| San Marino SM |
14 December 2004 |
| Senegal SN |
24 January 1978 |
| Serbia and Montenegro YU |
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 ZA 1 |
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 SE 2 |
17 May 1978 |
| Switzerland CH |
24 January 1978 |
| Syrian Arab Republic SY |
26 June 2003 |
| Tajikistan TJ 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK |
10 August 1995 |
| Togo TG |
24 January 1978 |
| Trinidad and Tobago TT |
10 March 1994 |
| Tunisia TN 1 |
10 December 2001 |
| Turkey TR |
1 January 1996 |
| Turkmenistan TM 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| Uganda UG |
9 February 1995 |
| Ukraine UA 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| United Arab Emirates AE |
10 March 1999 |
| United Kingdon GB 5 |
24 January 1978 |
| United Republic of Tanzania TZ |
14 September 1999 |
| United States of America US 6, 7 |
24 January 1978 |
| Uzebekistan UZ 1 |
25 December 1991 |
| Viet Nam VN |
10 March 1993 |
| Zambia ZM |
15 November 2001 |
| Zimbabwe ZW |
11 June 1997 |
| * |
All PCT Contracting States are bound
by Chapter II of the PCT relating to the international
preliminary examination. |
| 1 |
With the declaration provided for in Article
64(5) |
| 2 |
With the declaration provided for in Article
64(2)(a)(ii) |
| 3 |
Including all Overseas Departments and
Territories. |
| 4 |
Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe, the
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. |
| 5 |
Extends to the Isle of Man. |
| 6 |
With the declarations provided for in Articles
64(3)(a) and 64(4)(a). |
| 7 |
Extends to all areas for which the United States
of America has international responsibility. |
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