		       Notice Regarding Modification of 
		      Time Limits Fixed in Article 22(1)

   The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) has notified the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) that the following twenty-four (24) countries have
indicated that the change to PCT Article 22 is incompatible with their
national laws:

   AU Australia 		JP Japan 
   BG Bulgaria 			KR Republic of Korea 
   BR Brazil 			LU Luxembourg 
   CH Switzerland 		NO Norway 
   CN China 			SE Sweden 
   DK Denmark 			SG Singapore 
   EE Estonia 			SK Slovakia 
   FI Finland 			TZ United Republic of Tanzania 
   GB United Kingdom 		UG Uganda 
   HR Croatia 			YU Yugoslavia 
   HU Hungary 			ZA South Africa 
   IL Israel 			ZM Zambia

   Applicants are cautioned that a Demand for international
preliminary examination must be filed by nineteen (19) months from the
earliest claimed priority date in order to delay national stage entry
in these countries until thirty (30) months from the earliest claimed
priority date.

   For more information regarding these changes, applicant should
see the WIPO website at
http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/index.html under
"Notifications concerning non applicability (as of April 1, 2002) of
new (30-month) time limit under modified Article 22(1)" and "FAQ's
on the effect of the modification of PCT Article 22(1) time limit."

   Applicants merely interested in postponing national stage
entry until thirty (30) months from the earliest claimed priority date
in the above listed countries, may file with the Demand, a request to
waive both the written opinion and the international preliminary
examination report with the USPTO.

March 5, 2002 						   STEPHEN G. KUNIN 
						    Deputy Commissioner for
						  Patent Examination Policy
