šcp8,8ËPatent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update Accession by Republic of Mozambique The United States Patent and Trademark Office received notification from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that the Government of the Republic of Mozambique deposited its instrument of accession to the PCT on February 18, 2000. The instrument of accession notes a reservation regarding Article 59 of the treaty. The Republic of Mozambique will become a Contracting State of the PCT on May 18, 2000. Consequently, nationals and residents of the Republic of Mozambique are entitled to file international applications under the PCT on and after May 18, 2000, and from the same date it is possible to file international applications designating and electing Mozambique (country code: MZ). šmc2,2Ëšcc34p6Ëšcf3ËListing of PCT Member Countries šdt16p6,6p,6p,6pËšftšabCountryšntšabInstrumentšntDate of Deposit of InstrumentšntEntry into Force1šet šft(1)Central African Republic2 šntAccession šnt15 September 1971 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(2)Senegal2 šntRatification šnt08 March 1972 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(3)Madagascar šntRatification šnt27 March 1972 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(4)Malawi5 šntAccession šnt16 May 1972 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(5)Cameroon2 šntAccession šnt15 March 1973 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(6)Chad2 šntAccession šnt12 February 1974 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(7)Togo2 šntRatification šnt28 January 1975 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(8)Gabon2 šntAccession šnt06 March 1975 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(9)United States of America šntRatification šnt26 November 1975 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(10)Germany3 šntRatification šnt19 July 1976 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(11)Congo2 šntAccession šnt08 August 1977 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(12)Switzerland3 šntRatification šnt14 September 1977 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(13)United Kingdom3 šntRatification šnt24 October 1977 šnt24 January 1978šet šft(14)France3 šntRatification šnt25 November 1977 šnt25 February 1978šet šft(15)Russian Federation6 šntRatification šnt29 December 1977 šnt29 March 1978šet šft(16)Brazil šntRatification šnt09 January 1978 šnt09 April 1978šet šft(17)Luxembourg3 šntRatification šnt31 January 1978 šnt30 April 1978šet šft(18)Sweden3 šntRatification šnt17 February 1978 šnt17 May 1978šet šft(19)Japan šntRatification šnt01 July 1978 šnt01 October 1978šetšft(20)Denmark3 šntRatification šnt01 September 1978 šnt01 December 1978šet šft(21)Austria3 šntRatification šnt23 January 1979 šnt23 April 1979šet šft(22)Monaco3 šntRatification šnt22 March 1979 šnt22 June 1979šet šft(23)Netherlands3 šntRatification šnt10 April 1979 šnt10 July 1979šet šft(24)Romania šntRatification šnt23 April 1979 šnt23 July 1979šet šft(25)Norway šntRatification šnt01 October 1979 šnt01 January 1980šet šft(26)Liechtenstein3 šntAccession šnt19 December 1979 šnt19 March 1980šet šft(27)Australia šntAccession šnt31 December 1979 šnt31 March 1980šet šft(28)Hungary šntRatification šnt27 March 1980 šnt27 June 1980šet šft(29)Democratic People's Republic of šis2p6ËKorea (North Korea) šntAccession šntšab08 April 1980 šntšab08 July 1980šet šft(30)Finland šntRatification šnt01 July 1980 šnt01 October 1980šet šft(31)Belgium3 šntRatification šnt14 September 1981 šnt14 December 1981šet šft(32)Sri Lanka šntAccession šnt26 November 1981 šnt26 February 1982šet šft(33)Mauritania2 šntAccession šnt13 January 1983 šnt13 April 1983šet šft(34)Sudan5 šntAccession šnt16 January 1984 šnt16 April 1984šet šft(35)Bulgaria šntAccession šnt21 February 1984 šnt21 May 1984šet šft(36)Republic of Korea (South Korea) šntAccession šnt10 May 1984 šnt10 August 1984šet šft(37)Mali2 šntAccession šnt19 July 1984 šnt19 October 1984šet šft(38)Barbados šntAccession šnt12 December 1984 šnt12 March 1985šet šft(39)Italy3 šntRatification šnt28 December 1984 šnt28 March 1985šet šft(40)Benin2 šntAccession šnt26 November 1986 šnt26 February 1987šet šft(41)Burkina Faso2 šntAccession šnt21 December 1988 šnt21 March 1989šet šft(42)Spain3 šntAccession šnt16 August 1989 šnt16 November 1989šet šft(43)Canada šntRatification šnt02 October 1989 šnt02 January 1990šet šft(44)Greece3 šntAccession šnt09 July 1990 šnt09 October 1990šet šft(45)Poland šntAccession šnt25 September 1990 šnt25 December 1990šet šft(46)Cošsm¦te d'Ivoire2 šntRatification šnt31 January 1991 šnt30 April 1991šet šft(47)Guinea2 šntAccession šnt27 February 1991 šnt27 May 1991šet šft(48)Mongolia šntAccession šnt27 February 1991 šnt27 May 1991šet šft(49)Czech Republic šntDeclaration4 šnt18 December 1992 šnt01 January 1993šet šft(50)Ireland3 šntRatification šnt01 May 1992 šnt01 August 1992šet šft(51)Portugal3 šntAccession šnt24 August 1992 šnt24 November 1992šet šft(52)New Zealand šntAccession šnt01 September 1992 šnt01 December 1992šet šft(53)Ukraine šntDeclaration4 šnt21 September 1992 šnt25 December 1991šetšft(54)Viet Nam šntAccession šnt10 December 1992 šnt10 March 1993šet šft(55)Slovakia šntDeclaration4 šnt30 December 1992 šnt01 January 1993šet šft(56)Niger2 šntAccession šnt21 December 1992 šnt21 March 1993šet šft(57)Kazakstan6 šntDeclaration4 šnt16 February 1993 šnt25 December 1991šet šft(58)Belarus6 šntDeclaration4 šnt14 April 1993 šnt25 December 1991šet šft(59)Latvia šntAccession šnt07 June 1993 šnt07 September 1993šet šft(60)Uzbekistan šntDeclaration4 šnt18 August 1993 šnt25 December 1991šet šft(61)China šntAccession šnt01 October 1993 šnt01 January 1994šet šft(62)Slovenia šntAccession šnt01 December 1993 šnt01 March 1994šet šft(63)Trinidad and Tobago šntAccession šnt10 December 1993 šnt10 March 1994šet šft(64)Georgia šntDeclaration4 šnt18 January 1994 šnt25 December 1991šet šft(65)Kyrgyzstan6 šntDeclaration4 šnt14 February 1994 šnt25 December 1991šet šft(66)Republic of Moldova6 šntDeclaration4 šnt14 February 1994 šnt25 December 1991šet šft(67)Tajikistan šntDeclaration4 šnt14 February 1994 šnt25 December 1991šetšft(68)Kenya5 šntAccession šnt08 March 1994 šnt08 June 1994šetšft(69)Lithuania šntAccession šnt05 April 1994 šnt05 July 1994šetšft(70)Armenia6 šntDeclaration4 šnt17 May 1994 šnt25 December 1991šetšft(71)Estonia šntAccession šnt24 May 1994 šnt24 August 1994šetšft(72)Liberia šntAccession šnt27 May 1994 šnt27 August 1994šetšft(73)Swaziland5 šntAccession šnt20 June 1994 šnt20 September 1994šet šdt16p6,6p,6p,6pËšftšabCountryšntšabInstrumentšntDate of Deposit of InstrumentšntEntry into Force1šet šft(74)Mexico šntAccession šnt01 October 1994 šnt01 January 1995šetšft(75)Uganda5 šntAccession šnt09 November 1994 šnt09 February 1995šetšft(76)Singapore šntAccession šnt23 November 1994 šnt23 February 1995šetšft(77)Iceland šntAccession šnt23 December 1994 šnt23 March 1995šetšft(78)Turkmenistan6 šntDeclaration4 šnt01 March 1995 šnt25 December 1991šetšft(79)The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia šntAccession šnt10 May 1995 šnt10 August 1995šetšft(80)Albania šntAccession šnt04 July 1995 šnt04 October 1995šetšft(81)Lesotho5 šntAccession šnt21 July 1995 šnt21 October 1995šetšft(82)Azerbaijan6 šntAccession šnt25 September 1995 šnt25 December 1995šetšft(83)Turkey šntAccession šnt01 October 1995 šnt01 January 1996šetšft(84)Israel šntRatification šnt01 March 1996 šnt01 June 1996šetšft(85)Cuba šntAccession šnt16 April 1996 šnt16 July 1996šetšft(86)Saint Lucia šntAccession šnt30 May 1996 šnt30 August 1996šetšft(87)Bosnia and Herzegovina šntAccession šnt7 June 1996 šnt7 September 1996šetšft(88)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia7 šntRatification šnt01 November 1996 šnt01 February 1997šetšft(89)Ghana5 šntAccession šnt26 November 1996 šnt26 February 1997šetšft(90)Zimbabwe5 šntAccession šnt11 March 1997 šnt11 June 1997šetšft(91)Sierra Leone šntAccession šnt17 March 1997 šnt17 June 1997šetšft(92)Indonesia šntAccession šnt05 June 1997 šnt05 September 1997šetšft(93)Gambia5 šntAccession šnt09 September 1997 šnt09 December 1997šetšft(94)Guinea-Bissau šntAccession šnt12 September 1997 šnt12 December 1997šetšft(95)Cyprus šntAccession šnt01 January 1998 šnt01 April 1998šetšft(96)Croatia šntAccession šnt01 April 1998 šnt01 July 1998šetšft(97)Grenada šntAccession šnt22 June 1998 šnt22 September 1998šetšft(98)India šntAccession šnt07 September 1998 šnt07 December 1998šetšft(99)United Arab Emirates šntAccession šnt10 December 1998 šnt10 March 1999šetšft(100)Republic of South Africa šntAccession šnt16 December 1998 šnt16 March 1999šetšft(101)Republic of Costa Rica šntAccession šnt03 May 1999 šnt03 August 1999šetšft(102)Commonwealth of Dominica šntAccession šnt07 May 1999 šnt07 August 1999šetšft(103)United Republic of Tanzania šntAccession šnt14 June 1999 šnt14 September 1999šetšft(104)Morocco šntAccession šnt08 July 1999 šnt08 October 1999šetšft(105)Algeria šntRatification šnt08 December 1999 šnt08 March 2000šetšft(106)Antigua and Barbuda šntAccession šnt17 December 1999 šnt17 March 2000šetšft(107)Mozambique šntAccession šnt18 February 2000 šnt18 May 2000šet 1Although 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. 2Member of African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) regional patent system. 3Member of European Patent Convention (EPC) regional patent system. 4Declaration of continued application. 5Member of African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) regional patent system. 6Member of Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) regional patent system. 7The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is comprised of the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro. The World Intellectual Property Organization has utilized the two-letter code "YU" to refer to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia becoming a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The United States understands that the scope of the territory covered by the designation encompasses only the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro. March 1, 2000 Q. TODD DICKINSON Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks šcc16p9Ë