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(275)		    Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Update

		     Accession by Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

   The United States Patent and Trademark Office received notification
from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that the Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya deposited its instrument of accession to the PCT on
June 15, 2005. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya will become a Contracting State
of the PCT on September 15, 2005. Consequently, nationals and residents of
the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya are entitled to file international applications
under the PCT on and after September 15, 2005, and from the same date any
international applications filed will automatically include the designation
of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (country code: LY). If a demand is filed in
respect of any international application filed on or after September 15,
2005, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya will automatically be elected.


			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 	Ratification	26 November 1975  24 January 1978
      of 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)  Romania		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)  Hungary 		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)  Bulgaria		Accession	21 February 1984  21 May 1984
(36)  Republic of Korea Accession	10 May 1984	  10 August 1984
      (South Korea)
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(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 Republic	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)  Slovakia		Declaration4	30 December 1992  01 January 1993
(56)  Niger2		Accession	21 December 1992  21 March 1993
(57)  Kazakstan6	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)  Slovenia		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)  Lithuania		Accession	05 April 1994	  05 July 1994
(70)  Armenia6		Declaration4	17 May 1994	  25 December 1991
(71)  Estonia		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)  Iceland		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)  Turkey		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)  Federal Republic 	Ratification	01 November 1996  01 February 1997
      of Yugoslavia7
(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
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(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	06 May 2002	  06 August 2002
      and Grenadines
(117) Seychelles	Accession	07 August 2002	  07 November 2002
(118) Nicaragua		Accession	06 December 2002  06 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	06 June 2003  	  06 September 2003
(122) Botswana	        Accession	30 July 2003  	  30 October 2003
(123) Namibia		Accession	01 October 2003	  01 January 2004
(124) San Marino	Accession       14 September 2004 14 December 2004
(125) Comoros		Accession       03 January 2005   03 April 2005
(126) Nigeria		Accession       08 February 2005  08 May 2005
(127) Libyan Arab 	Accession	15 June 2005	  15 September 2005
      Jamahiriya

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.

7 The World Intellectual Property Organization has utilized the two-letter
code "YU" to refer to Serbia and Montenegro formerly the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia, becoming a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

July 15, 2005					               JON W. DUDAS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
			          Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office

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