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
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