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INTERNATIONAL PATENT CONVENTION (PCT) COUNTRIES

The following countries are members of the International Patent Convention and are designated in an International (PCT) patent application:

A

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia (EA), Australia, Austria (EP), Azerbaijan (EA)

B

Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus (EA), Belgium (EP)(2), Belize, Benin (OA)(2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Botswana (AP), Brazil, Bulgaria (EP), Burkina Faso (OA)((2)

C

Cameroon (OA)(2), Canada, Central African Republic (OA)(2), Chad (OA)(2), Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (OA)(2), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire (OA)(2), Croatia (EP), Cuba, Cyprus (EP)(2), Czech Republic (EP)

D

Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark (EP), Dominica, Dominican Republic

E

Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea (OA)(2), Estonia (EP)

F

Finland (EP), France (EP)(2)

G

Gabon (OA)(2), Gambia (AP), Georgia, Germany (EP), Ghana (AP), Greece (EP)(2), Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea (OA)(2), Guinea-Bissau (OA)(2)

H

Honduras, Hungary

I

Iceland (EP), India, Indonesia, Ireland (EP)(2), Israel, Italy (EP)(2)

J

Japan

K

Kazakhstan (EA), Kenya (AP), Kyrgyzstan (EA)

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia (EP)(2), Lesotho (AP), Liberia (AP), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (EP), Lithuania (EP), Luxembourg (EP)

M

Madagascar, Malawi (AP), Malaysia, Mali (OA)(2), Malta (EP)(2), Mauritania (OA)(2), Mexico, Monaco (EP)(2), Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique (AP)

N

Namibia (AP), Netherlands (EP)(2), New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger (OA)(2), Nigeria, Norway

O

Oman

P

Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland (EP), Portugal (EP)

R

Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova (EA), Romania (EP), Russian Federation (EA)

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino (EP), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal (OA)(2), Serbia (1), Seychelles, Sierra Leone (AP), Singapore, Slovakia (EP), Slovenia (EP)(2), South Africa, Spain (EP), Sri Lanka, Sudan (AP), Swaziland (AP)(2), Sweden (EP), Switzerland (EP), Syrian Arab Republic

T

Tajikistan (EA), Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EP), Togo (OA)(2), Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey (EP), Turkmenistan (EA)

U

Uganda (AP), Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (EP), United Republic of Tanzania (AP), United States of America, Uzbekistan

V

Viet Nam

Z

Zambia (AP), Zimbabwe (AP)

Key:

(1) Extension of European patent possible

(2) May only be designated as a regional patent

AP - ARIPO patent

EA - Eurasian patent

EP - European patent

OA - OAPI patent

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