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PCT Contracting States*
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Name of State followed
by Country Code |
Date on which State became
bound by the PCT* |
Albania AL |
4 October 1995 |
Algeria DZ 1 |
8 March 2000 |
Antigua and Barbuda AG |
17 March 2000 |
Armenia AM 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Australia AU |
31 March 1980 |
Austria AT |
23 April 1979 |
Azerbaijan AZ |
25 December 1995 |
Barbados BB |
12 March 1985 |
Belarus BY 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Belgium BE |
14 December 1981 |
Belize BZ |
17 June 2000 |
Benin BJ |
26 February 1987 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA |
7 September 1996 |
Botswana BW |
30 October 2003 |
Brazil BR |
9 April 1978 |
Bulgaria BG |
21 May 1984 |
Burkina Faso BF |
21 March 1989 |
Cameroon CM |
24 January 1978 |
Canada CA |
2 January 1990 |
Central African Republic CF |
24 January 1978 |
Chad TD |
24 January 1978 |
China CN |
1 January 1994 |
Colombia CO |
28 February 2001 |
Comoros KM |
3 April 2005 |
Congo CG |
24 January 1978 |
Costa Rica CR |
3 August 1999 |
Côte d'Ivoire CI |
30 April 1991 |
Croatia HR |
1 July 1998 |
Cuba CU 1 |
16 July 1996 |
Cyprus CY |
1 April 1998 |
Czech Republic CZ |
1 January 1993 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea KP |
8 July 1980 |
Denmark DK |
1 December 1978 |
Dominica DM |
7 August 1999 |
Ecuador EC |
7 May 2001 |
Egypt EG |
6 September 2003 |
El Salvador SV |
17 August 2006 |
Equatorial Guinea GQ |
17 July 2001 |
Estonia EE |
24 August 1994 |
Finland FI 2 |
1 October 1980 |
France FR 1, 3 |
25 February 1978 |
Gabon GA |
24 January 1978 |
Gambia GM |
9 December 1997 |
Georgia GE 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Germany DE |
24 January 1978 |
Ghana GH |
26 February 1997 |
Greece GR |
9 October 1990 |
Grenada GD |
22 September 1998 |
Guatemala GT |
(will become bound on 14 October 2006) |
Guinea GN |
27 May 1991 |
Guinea-Bissau GW |
12 December 1997 |
Honduras HN |
20 June 2006 |
Hungary HU 1 |
27 June 1980 |
Iceland IS |
23 March 1995 |
India IN 1 |
7 December 1998 |
Indonesia ID 1 |
5 September 1997 |
Ireland IE |
1 August 1992 |
Israel IL |
1 June 1996 |
Italy IT |
28 March 1985 |
Japan JP |
1 October 1978 |
Kazakhstan KZ 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Kenya KE |
8 June 1994 |
Kyrgyzstan KG 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic LA |
14 June 2006 |
Latvia LV |
7 September 1993 |
Lesotho LS |
21 October 1995 |
Liberia LR |
27 August 1994 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LY |
15 September 2005 |
Liechtenstein LI |
19 March 1980 |
Lithuania LT |
5 July 1994 |
Luxembourg LU |
30 April 1978 |
Madagascar MG |
24 January 1978 |
Malawi MW |
24 January 1978 |
Malaysia MY1 |
16 August 2006 |
Mali ML |
19 October 1984 |
Mauritania MR |
13 April 1983 |
Mexico MX |
1 January 1995 |
Monaco MC |
22 June 1979 |
Mongolia MN |
27 May 1991 |
Morocco MA |
8 October 1999 |
Mozambique MZ 1 |
18 May 2000 |
Namibia NA |
1 January 2004 |
Netherlands NL 4 |
10 July 1979 |
New Zealand NZ |
1 December 1992 |
Nicaragua NI |
6 March 2003 |
Niger NE |
21 March 1993 |
Nigeria NG |
8 May 2005 |
Norway NO 2 |
1 January 1980 |
Oman OM 1 |
26 October 2001 |
Papua New Guinea PG |
14 June 2003 |
Philippines PH |
17 August 2001 |
Poland PL 2 |
25 December 1990 |
Portugal PT |
24 November 1992 |
Republic of Korea KR |
10 August 1984 |
Republic of Moldova MD 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Romania RO 1 |
23 July 1979 |
Russian Federation RU 1 |
29 March 1978 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN |
27 October 2005 |
Saint Lucia LC 1 |
30 August 1996 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC1 |
6 August 2002 |
San Marino SM |
14 December 2004 |
Senegal SN |
24 January 1978 |
Serbia and Montenegro YU |
1 February 1997 |
Seychelles SC |
7 November 2002 |
Sierra Leone SL |
17 June 1997 |
Singapore SG |
23 February 1995 |
Slovakia SK |
1 January 1993 |
Slovenia SI |
1 March 1994 |
South Africa ZA 1 |
16 March 1999 |
Spain ES |
16 November 1989 |
Sri Lanka LK |
26 February 1982 |
Sudan SD |
16 April 1984 |
Swaziland SZ |
20 September 1994 |
Sweden SE 2 |
17 May 1978 |
Switzerland CH |
24 January 1978 |
Syrian Arab Republic SY |
26 June 2003 |
Tajikistan TJ 1 |
25 December 1991 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK |
10 August 1995 |
Togo TG |
24 January 1978 |
Trinidad and Tobago TT |
10 March 1994 |
Tunisia TN 1 |
10 December 2001 |
Turkey TR |
1 January 1996 |
Turkmenistan TM 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Uganda UG |
9 February 1995 |
Ukraine UA 1 |
25 December 1991 |
United Arab Emirates AE |
10 March 1999 |
United Kingdon GB 5 |
24 January 1978 |
United Republic of Tanzania TZ |
14 September 1999 |
United States of America US 6, 7 |
24 January 1978 |
Uzebekistan UZ 1 |
25 December 1991 |
Viet Nam VN |
10 March 1993 |
Zambia ZM |
15 November 2001 |
Zimbabwe ZW |
11 June 1997 |
* |
All PCT Contracting States are bound
by Chapter II of the PCT relating to the international
preliminary examination. |
1 |
With the declaration provided for in Article
64(5) |
2 |
With the declaration provided for in Article
64(2)(a)(ii) |
3 |
Including all Overseas Departments and
Territories. |
4 |
Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe, the
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. |
5 |
Extends to the Isle of Man. |
6 |
With the declarations provided for in Articles
64(3)(a) and 64(4)(a). |
7 |
Extends to all areas for which the United States
of America has international responsibility. |
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