Patent Cooperation Treaty
                          Update Accession by Iceland

  The United States Patent and Trademark Office received notification from
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that Iceland deposited
its instrument of accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on
December 23, 1994. Iceland will become the 77th Contracting State of the
PCT on March 23, 1995. Consequently, nationals and residents of Iceland
are entitled to file international applications under the PCT on and after
March 23, 1995, and from the same date it is possible to file
international applications designating and electing Iceland (country code:
IS).
                Listing of PCT Member Countries


        Country                                 Instrument

(1)    Central African Republic[2]              Accession
(2)    Senegal[2]                               Ratification
(3)    Madagascar                               Ratification
(4)    Malawi                                   Accession
(5)    Cameroon[2]                              Accession
(6)    Chad[2]                                  Accession
(7)    Togo[2]                                  Ratification
(8)    Gabon[2]                                 Accession
(9)    United States of America                 Ratification
(10)   Germany[3]                               Ratification
(11)   Congo[2]                                 Accession
(12)   Switzerland[3]                           Ratification
(13)   United Kingdom[3]                        Ratification
(14)   France[3]                                Ratification
(15)   Russian Federation                       Ratification
(16)   Brazil                                   Ratification
(17)   Luxembourg[3]                            Ratification
(18)   Sweden[3]                                Ratification
(19)   Japan                                    Ratification
(20)   Denmark[3]                               Ratification
(21)   Austria[3]                               Ratification
(22)   Monaco[3]                                Ratification
(23)   Netherlands[3]                           Ratification
(24)   Romania                                  Ratification
(25)   Norway                                   Ratification
(26)   Liechtenstein[3]                         Accession
(27)   Australia                                Accession
(28)   Hungary                                  Ratification
(29)   Democratic People's Republic of
       Korea (North Korea)                      Accession
(30)   Finland                                  Ratification
(31)   Belgium[3]                               Ratification
(32)   Sri Lanka                                Accession
(33)   Mauritania[2]                            Accession
(34)   Sudan                                    Accession
(35)   Bulgaria                                 Accession
(36)   Republic of Korea (South Korea)          Accession
(37)   Mali[2]                                  Accession
(38)   Barbados                                 Accession
(39)   Italy[3]                                 Ratification
(40)   Benin[2]                                 Accession
(41)   Burkina Faso[2]                          Accession
(42)   Spain[3]                                 Accession
(43)   Canada                                   Ratification
(44)   Greece[3]                                Accession
(45)   Poland                                   Accession
(46)   Cote d'Ivoire[2]                         Ratification
(47)   Guinea[2]                                Accession
(48)   Mongolia                                 Accession
(49)   Czech Republic                           Declaration[4]
(50)   Ireland[3]                               Ratification
(51)   Portugal[3]                              Accession
(52)   New Zealand                              Accession
(53)   Ukraine                                  Declaration[4]
(54)   Viet Nam                                 Accession
(55)   Slovakia                                 Declaration[4]
(56)   Niger[2]                                 Accession
(57)   Kazakhstan                               Declaration
(58)   Belarus                                  Declaration[4]
(59)   Latvia                                   Accession
(60)   Uzbekistan                               Declaration[4]
(61)   China                                    Accession
(62)   Slovenia                                 Accession
(63)   Trinidad and Tobago                      Accession
(64)   Georgia                                  Declaration[4]
(65)   Kyrgyzstan                               Declaration[4]
(66)   Republic of Moldova                      Declaration[4]
(67)   Tajikistan                               Declaration[4]
(68)   Kenya                                    Accession
(69)   Lithuania                                Accession
(70)   Armenia                                  Declaration[4]
(71)   Estonia                                  Accession
(72)   Liberia                                  Accession
(73)   Swaziland                                Accession
(74)   Mexico                                   Accession
(75)   Uganda                                   Accession
(76)   Singapore                                Accession
(77)   Iceland                                  Accession
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Deposit of                              Entry into
Instrument                              Force[1]

15      September 1971                  24      January 1978
08      March 1972                      24      January 1978
27      March 1972                      24      January 1978
16      May 1972                        24      January 1978
15      March 1973                      24      January 1978
12      February 1974                   24      January 1978
28      January 1975                    24      January 1978
06      March 1975                      24      January 1978
26      November 1975                   24      January 1978
19      July 1976                       24      January 1978
08      August 1977                     24      January 1978
14      September 1977                  24      January 1978
24      October 1977                    24      January 1978
25      November 1977                   25      February 1978
29      December 1977                   29      March 1978
09      January 1978                    09      April 1978
31      January 1978                    30      April 1978
17      February 1978                   17      May 1978
01      July 1978                       01      October 1978
01      September 1978                  01      December 1978
23      January 1979                    23      April 1979
22      March 1979                      22      June 1979
10      April 1979                      10      July 1979
23      April 1979                      23      July 1979
01      October 1979                    01      January 1980
19      December 1979                   19      March 1980
31      December 1979                   31      March 1980
27      March 1980                      27      June 1980
08      April 1980                      08      July 1980
01      July 1980                       01      October 1980
14      September 1981                  14      December 1981
26      November 1981                   26      February 1982
13      January 1983                    13      April 1983
16      January 1984                    16      April 1984
21      February 1984                   21      May 1984
10      May 1984                        10      August 1984
19      July 1984                       19      October 1984
12      December 1984                   12      March 1985
28      December 1984                   28      March 1985
26      November 1986                   26      February 1987
21      December 1988                   21      March 1989
16      August 1989                     16      November 1989
02      October  1989                   02      January 1990
09      July 1990                       09      October 1990
25      September 1990                  25      December 1990
31      January 1991                    30      April 1991
27      February 1991                   27      May 1991
27      February 1991                   27      May 1991
18      December 1992                   01      January 1993
01      May 1992                        01      August 1992
24      August 1992                     24      November 1992
01      September 1992                  01      December 1992
21      September 1992                  25      August 1991
10      December 1992                   10      March 1993
30      December 1992                   01      January 1993
21      December 1992                   21      March 1993
16      February 1993                   25      December 1991
14      April 1993                      25      December 1991
07      June 1993                       07      September 1993
18      August 1993                     25      December 1993
01      October 1993                    01      January 1994
01      December 1993                   01      March 1994
10      December 1993                   10      March 1994
18      January 1994                    25      December 1991
14      February 1994                   25      December 1991
14      February 1994                   25      December 1991
14      February 1994                   25      December 1991
08      March 1994                      08      June 1994
05      April 1994                      05      July 1994
17      May 1994                        25      December 1991
24      May 1994                        24      August 1994
27      May 1994                        27      August 1994
20      June 1994                       20      September 1994
01      October 1994                    01      January 1995
09      November 1994                   09      February 1995
23      November 1994                   23      February 1995
23      December 1994                   23      March 1995



   [1]Although the PCT entered into force on January 24, 1978, the Assembly of
the PCT Union fixed June 1, 1978, as the date from which international
applications could be filed and demands for international preliminary
examination could be submitted.
   [2]Members of African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) regional
patent system. Only regional patent protection is available for OAPI countries.
A designation of any country is an indication that all OAPI countries have been
designated. Only one designation fee is due regardless of the number of OAPI
member countries designated.
   [3]Member of European Patent Convention (EPC) regional patent system. Either
national or European patents for member countries are available through PCT,
except for France, Monaco, Belgium, Italy, Greece and Ireland for which only
European patents are available if PCT is used. Note: Only one designation fee
is due if European regional patent protection is sought
for one, several or all EPC member countries under the PCT.
   [4]Declaration of continued application.

February 23, 1995
                                                                BRUCE A. LEHMAN
                                           Assistant Secretary  of Commerce and
                                         Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks