PCT Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Incompatibilities
(status on 13 December 2012)
| States | |
|---|---|
| PCT Articles | |
| 22(1) Decision of the Assembly of the PCT Union of October 3, 2001 (PCT/A/30/7, Annex IV) | Luxembourg, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania |
| 64(2)(a)(ii) | Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden |
| 64(3)(a) | United States of America |
| 64(4)(a) | United States of America |
| 64(5) | Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, Chile, Cuba, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Malta, Mozambique, Oman, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
| Offices and INTERGOVERNMENTALOrganizations | ||
|---|---|---|
| PCT Rules | ||
| 4.9(b) | DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
| JP | Japan Patent Office | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| 20.1(d) | US | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| 20.8(a) | BE | Intellectual Property Office (Belgium) |
| CU | Cuban Industrial Property Office | |
| CZ | Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic) | |
| DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| ID | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) | |
| IT | Italian Patent and Trademark Office | |
| JP | Japan Patent Office1 | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| MX | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | |
| PH | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines2 | |
| 20.8(b) | CN | State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China |
| CU | Cuban Industrial Property Office | |
| CZ | Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic) | |
| DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| ID | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) | |
| JP | Japan Patent Office1 | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| LT | Lithuanian Patent Office | |
| MX | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | |
| PH | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines2 | |
| TR | Turkish Patent Institute | |
| 26.3ter(b) | US | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| 26.3ter(d) | US | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| 26bis.3(j) | BE | Intellectual Property Office (Belgium) |
| BR | National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) | |
| CO | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia) | |
| CU | Cuban Industrial Property Office | |
| CZ | Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic) | |
| DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| DZ | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property | |
| ES | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office | |
| GR | Industrial Property Organization (OBI) (Greece) | |
| ID | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) | |
| IN | Patent Office (India) | |
| IT | Italian Patent and Trademark Office | |
| JP | Japan Patent Office | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| NO | Norwegian Patent Office | |
| PH | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | |
| 49.5(l) | re. 49.5(c-bis): | |
| BR | National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) | |
| US | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
| re. 49.5(k): | ||
| US | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
| 49.6(f) | CA | Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
| CN | State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China | |
| DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| IN | Patent Office (India) | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| LV | Latvian Patent Office | |
| MX | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | |
| NZ | Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand | |
| PH | Intellectual Property Office (Philippines) | |
| PL | Patent Office of the Republic of Poland | |
| 49ter.1(g) | BR | National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) |
| CA | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | |
| CN | State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China | |
| CO | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia) | |
| CU | Cuban Industrial Property Office | |
| CZ | Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic) | |
| DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| DZ | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property | |
| ES | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office | |
| ID | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) | |
| IN | Patent Office (India) | |
| JP | Japan Patent Office | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| LT | Lithuanian Patent Office | |
| MX | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | |
| NO | Norwegian Patent Office | |
| PH | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | |
| TR | Turkish Patent Institute | |
| US | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
| 49ter.2(h) | BR | National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) |
| CA | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | |
| CN | State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China | |
| CO | Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia) | |
| CU | Cuban Industrial Property Office | |
| CZ | Industrial Property Office (Czech Republic) | |
| DE | German Patent and Trade Mark Office | |
| DZ | Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property | |
| ES | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office | |
| ID | Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia) | |
| IN | Patent Office (India) | |
| JP | Japan Patent Office | |
| KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office | |
| LT | Lithuanian Patent Office3 | |
| MX | Mexican Institute of Industrial Property | |
| NO | Norwegian Patent Office | |
| PH | Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines | |
| TR | Turkish Patent Institute | |
| US | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
| 51bis.1(f) | ES | Spanish Patent and Trademark Office |
| 51bis.3(c) | KR | Korean Intellectual Property Office |
| SG | Intellectual Property Office of Singapore | |
| 66.1bis(b) | EP | European Patent Office |
| Administrative Instructions under the PCT (AI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 703(f) | re. Section 703(b)(ii) to (iv) and relevant Sections of Annex F of AI: | |
| CA | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | |
| US | United States Patent and Trademark Office | |
| re. Section 703(b)(ii) to (iv) insofar as those provisions relate to Section 5.1 of Annex F of AI and Section 2(d) of Appendix III of Annex F of AI: | ||
| AU | Australian Patent Office | |
| re. Section 703(b)(ii) to (iv) insofar as those provisions relate to Sections 5.1 and 5.2.1 of Annex F of AI and Sections 2(d) to (g) of Appendix III of Annex F of AI: | ||
| JP | Japan Patent Office | |
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1 The Office has withdrawn its notification of incompatibility with its national law under PCT Rule 20.8(a) and (b) as from 1 October 2012.
2 The Office has withdrawn its notification of incompatibility with its national law under PCT Rule 20.8(a) and (b) as from 1 April 2007.
3 The Office has withdrawn its notification of incompatibility with its national law under PCT Rule 49ter.2(h) as from 3 February 2012.
