		    Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update 

			     Accession by Angola 

   The United States Patent and Trademark Office received notification from 
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that Angola, on 
September 27, 2007, deposited its instrument of	accession to the PCT, and 
on December 27, 2007, will become bound by the PCT. Consequently, any 
international application filed on or after December 27, 2007, will 
automatically include the designation of Angola	(country code: AO). 
Nationals and residents of Angola will be entitled, as from December 27, 
2007 to file international applications under the PCT. 

   Also, because Angola will be bound by Chapter II of the PCT, it will 
automatically be elected in any demand for international preliminary 
examination filed in respect of an international application filed on or 
after December 27, 2007. 

			Listing of PCT Member Countries

				      Date of Deposit  	  Entry into
Country 		Instrument    of Instrument 	  Force1

(1)  Central African 	Accession     15 September 1971	  24 January 1978 
     Republic2
(2)  Senegal2 		Ratification  08 March 1972 	  24 January 1978 
(3)  Madagascar        	Ratification  27 March 1972 	  24 January 1978 
(4)  Malawi5 		Accession     16 May 1972         24 January 1978 
(5)  Cameroon2 		Accession     15 March 1973 	  24 January 1978 
(6)  Chad2 		Accession     12 February 1974 	  24 January 1978 
(7)  Togo2		Ratification  28 January 1975     24 January 1978 
(8)  Gabon2 		Accession     06 March 1975 	  24 January 1978
(9)  United States of   Ratification  26 November 1975    24 January 1978 
     America
(10) Germany3   	Ratification  19 July 1976 	  24 January 1978 
(11) Congo2		Accession     08 August 1977 	  24 January 1978 
(12) Switzerland3 	Ratification  14 September 1977   24 January 1978 
(13) United Kingdom3 	Ratification  24 October 1977     24 January 1978 
(14) France3		Ratification  25 November 1977    25 February 1978 
(15) Russian 		Ratification  29 December 1977	  29 March 1978
     Federation6 
(16) Brazil 		Ratification  09 January 1978	  09 April 1978 
(17) Luxembourg3 	Ratification  31 January 1978 	  30 April 1978 
(18) Sweden3 		Ratification  17 February 1978    17 May 1978 
(19) Japan 		Ratification  01 July 1978 	  01 October 1978 
(20) Denmark3 		Ratification  01 September 1978   01 December 1978 
(21) Austria3		Ratification  23 January 1979     23 April 1979 
(22) Monaco3 		Ratification  22 March 1979 	  22 June 1979
(23) Netherlands3 	Ratification  10 April 1979       10 July 1979 
(24) Romania3 		Ratification  23 April 1979 	  23 July 1979 
(25) Norway 		Ratification  01 October 1979 	  01 January 1980 
(26) Liechtenstein3 	Accession     19 December 1979 	  19 March 1980 
(27) Australia 		Accession     31 December 1979 	  31 March 1980 
(28) Hungary3 		Ratification  27 March 1980 	  27 June 1980 
(29) Democratic 	Accession     08 April 1980       08 July 1980 
     People's Republic 
     of Korea (North Korea) 
(30) Finland3 		Ratification  01 July 1980        01 October 1980 
(31) Belgium3 		Ratification  14 September 1981   14 December 1981 
(32) Sri Lanka 		Accession     26 November 1981 	  26 February 1982 
(33) Mauritania2 	Accession     13 January 1983 	  13 April 1983 
(34) Sudan5 		Accession     16 January 1984 	  16 April 1984
(35) Bulgaria3 		Accession     21 February 1984 	  21 May 1984 
(36) Republic of Korea  Accession     10 May 1984 	  10 August 1984 
     (South Korea)
(37) Mali2 		Accession     19 July 1984 	  19 October 1984 
(38) Barbados 		Accession     12 December 1984    12 March 1985 
(39) Italy3 		Ratification  28 December 1984    28 March 1985 
(40) Benin2 		Accession     26 November 1986 	  26 February 1987 
(41) Burkina Faso2 	Accession     21 December 1988    21 March 1989 
(42) Spain3 		Accession     16 August 1989 	  16 November 1989 
(43) Canada 		Ratification  02 October 1989 	  02 January 1990 
(44) Greece3 		Accession     09 July 1990 	  09 October 1990
(45) Poland 		Accession     25 September 1990   25 December 1990 
(46) Cote d'Ivoire2     Ratification  31 January 1991 	  30 April 1991 
(47) Guinea2 		Accession     27 February 1991 	  27 May 1991
(48) Mongolia 		Accession     27 February 1991 	  27 May 1991
(49) Czech Republic3 	Declaration4  18 December 1992 	  01 January 1993 
(50) Ireland3 		Ratification  01 May 1992 	  01 August 1992 
(51) Portugal3 		Accession     24 August 1992 	  24 November 1992 
(52) New Zealand 	Accession     01 September 1992   01 December 1992
(53) Ukraine 		Declaration4  21 September 1992   25 December 1991
(54) Viet Nam 		Accession     10 December 1992    10 March 1993 
(55) Slovakia3 		Declaration4  30 December 1992 	  01 January 1993 
(56) Niger2 		Accession     21 December 1992    21 March 1993 
(57) Kazakhstan6 	Declaration4  16 February 1993    25 December 1991 
(58) Belarus6 		Declaration4  14 April 1993 	  25 December 1991 
(59) Latvia 		Accession     07 June 1993 	  07 September 1993 
(60) Uzbekistan 	Declaration4  18 August 1993 	  25 December 1991 
(61) China 		Accession     01 October 1993 	  01 January 1994 
(62) Slovenia3 		Accession     01 December 1993 	  01 March 1994 
(63) Trinidad and  	Accession     10 December 1993 	  10 March 1994 
     Tobago
(64) Georgia 		Declaration4  18 January 1994 	  25 December 1991 
(65) Kyrgyzstan6 	Declaration4  14 February 1994 	  25 December 1991 
(66) Republic of  	Declaration4  14 February 1994 	  25 December 1991 
     Moldova6
(67) Tajikistan6 	Declaration4  14 February 1994 	  25 December 1991 
(68) Kenya5 		Accession     08 March 1994 	  08 June 1994 
(69) Lithuania3 	Accession     05 April 1994 	  05 July 1994 
(70) Armenia6 		Declaration4  17 May 1994 	  25 December 1991 
(71) Estonia3 		Accession     24 May 1994 	  24 August 1994 
(72) Liberia 		Accession     27 May 1994 	  27 August 1994
(73) Swaziland5 	Accession     20 June 1994 	  20 September 1994 
(74) Mexico 		Accession     01 October 1994 	  01 January 1995 
(75) Uganda5 		Accession     09 November 1994    09 February 1995 
(76) Singapore 		Accession     23 November 1994 	  23 February 1995 
(77) Iceland3 		Accession     23 December 1994    23 March 1995 
(78) Turkmenistan6 	Declaration4  01 March 1995 	  25 December 1991 
(79) The former 	Accession     10 May 1995 	  10 August 1995 
     Yugoslav Republic 
     of Macedonia 
(80) Albania 		Accession     04 July 1995 	  04 October 1995 
(81) Lesotho5 		Accession     21 July 1995 	  21 October 1995
(82) Azerbaijan6 	Accession     25 September 1995   25 December 1995 
(83) Turkey3 		Accession     01 October 1995 	  01 January 1996 
(84) Israel 		Ratification  01 March 1996 	  01 June 1996 
(85) Cuba 		Accession     16 April 1996 	  16 July 1996 
(86) Saint Lucia 	Accession     30 May 1996 	  30 August 1996 
(87) Bosnia and  	Accession     07 June 1996 	  07 September 1996
     Herzegovina					  
(88) Serbia 		Declaration4  19 September 2006   01 February 1997 
(89) Ghana5 		Accession     26 November 1996    26 February 1997 
(90) Zimbabwe5 		Accession     11 March 1997 	  11 June 1997 
(91) Sierra Leone5 	Accession     17 March 1997 	  17 June 1997 
(92) Indonesia 		Accession     05 June 1997 	  05 September 1997 
(93) Gambia5 		Accession     09 September 1997   09 December 1997 
(94) Guinea-Bissau2 	Accession     12 September 1997   12 December 1997 
(95) Cyprus3 		Accession     01 January 1998 	  01 April 1998 
(96) Croatia 		Accession     01 April 1998 	  01 July 1998 
(97) Grenada 		Accession     22 June 1998 	  22 September 1998
(98) India 		Accession     07 September 1998   07 December 1998 
(99) United Arab  	Accession     10 December 1998 	  10 March 1999 
     Emirates
(100) South Africa 	Accession     16 December 1998    16 March 1999 
(101) Costa Rica 	Accession     03 May 1999 	  03 August 1999 
(102) Dominica 		Accession     07 May 1999 	  07 August 1999 
(103) United Republic 	Accession     14 June 1999        14 September 1999
      of Tanzania5 					   
(104) Morocco 		Accession     08 July 1999 	  08 October 1999 
(105) Algeria 		Ratification  08 December 1999    08 March 2000 
(106) Antigua and  	Accession     17 December 1999    17 March 2000
      Barbuda 
(107) Mozambique5 	Accession     18 February 2000 	  18 May 2000 
(108) Belize 		Accession     17 March 2000 	  17 June 2000 
(109) Colombia 		Accession     29 November 2000    28 February 2001 
(110) Ecuador 		Accession     07 February 2001    07 May 2001 
(111) Equatorial  	Accession     17 April 2001 	  17 July 2001 
      Guinea2
(112) Philippines 	Accession     17 May 2001 	  17 August 2001 
(113) Oman 		Accession     26 July 2001        26 October 2001 
(114) Zambia5 		Accession     15 August 2001      15 November 2001 
(115) Tunisia 		Accession     10 September 2001   10 December 2001 
(116) Saint Vincent  	Accession      6 May 2002 	   6 August 2002 
      and Grenadines
(117) Seychelles 	Accession      7 August 2002 	   7 November 2002
(118) Nicaragua 	Accession      6 December 2002 	   6 March 2003
(119) Papua New Guinea  Accession     14 March 2003 	  14 June 2003 
(120) Syrian Arab  	Accession     26 March 2003 	  26 June 2003 
      Republic
(121) Egypt 		Ratification   6 June 2003 	   6 September 2003
(122) Botswana5 	Accession     30 July 2003 	  30 October 2003 
(123) Namibia5 		Accession      1 October 2003 	   1 January 2004 
(124) San Marino 	Accession     14 September 2004   14 December 2004
(125) Comoros 		Accession      3 January 2005 	   3 April 2005
(126) Nigeria 		Accession      8 February 2005 	   8 May 2005
(127) Libyan Arab  	Accession     15 June 2005 	  15 September 2005
      Jamahiriya					   
(128) Saint Kitts and  	Accession     27 July 2005 	  27 October 2005
      Nevis 
(129) Lao People's  	Accession     14 March 2006 	  14 June 2006
      Democratic Republic
(130) Honduras 		Accession     20 March 2006 	  20 June 2006
(131) Malaysia 		Accession     16 May 2006 	  16 August 2006
(132) El Salvador 	Accession     17 May 2006 	  17 August 2006
(133) Guatemala 	Accession     14 July 2006        14 October 2006
(134) Malta3 		Accession      1 December 2006     1 March 2007 
(135) Montenegro 	Declaration4   4 December 2006 	   3 June 2006 
(136) Bahrain 		Accession     18 December 2006 	  18 March 2007 
(137) Dominican  	Accession     28 February 2007 	  28 May 2007 
      Republic
(138) Angola 		Accession     27 September        27 December 2007 

November 7, 2007 					       JON W. DUDAS 
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for 
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the 
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office 

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 Member of African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) regional 
patent system. 

3 Member of European Patent Convention (EPC) regional patent system. 

4 Declaration of continued application. 

5 Member of African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) 
regional patent system. 

6 Member of Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) regional patent system. 

