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The PCT Applicant’s Guide

The PCT Applicant’s Guide is updated virtually every week with information received from PCT Contracting States and Offices. 

It contains two general parts entitled “Introduction to the International Phase” and “Introduction to the National Phase” respectively, and the various Annexes concerning all Contracting States and Offices divided according to the functions of the Offices. You may navigate through the table below and click the respective icon “X” to access information about a particular State or Office acting in a specific capacity.

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International Phase National Phase
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AE United Arab Emirates X X

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AG Antigua and Barbuda X X

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AL Albania X X X

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AM Armenia X X

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AO Angola X

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AP African Regional Intellectual Property Organization X

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AT Austria X

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AU Australia X

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AZ Azerbaijan X

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BA Bosnia & Herzegovina

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BB Barbados

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BE Belgium

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BF Burkina Faso

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BG Bulgaria

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BH Bahrain

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BJ Benin

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BN Brunei Darussalam

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BR Brazil

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BW Botswana

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BY Belarus

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BZ Belize

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CA Canada

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CF Central African Republic

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CG Congo

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CH Switzerland

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CI Côte d'Ivoire

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CL Chile

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CM Cameroon

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CN China

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CO Colombia

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CR Costa Rica

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CU Cuba

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CV Cabo Verde

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CY Cyprus

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CZ Czechia

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DE Germany

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DJ Djibouti

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DK Denmark

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DM Dominica

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DO Dominican Republic

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DZ Algeria

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EA Eurasian Patent Organization

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EC Ecuador

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EE Estonia

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EG Egypt

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EP European Patent Organisation

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ES Spain

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FI Finland

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FR France

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GA Gabon

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GB United Kingdom

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GD Grenada

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GE Georgia

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GH Ghana

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GM Gambia

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GN Guinea

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GQ Equatorial Guinea

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GR Greece

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GT Guatemala

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GW Guinea-Bissau

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HN Honduras

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HR Croatia

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HU Hungary

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IB World Intellectual Property Organization

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ID Indonesia

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IE Ireland

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IL Israel

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IN India

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IQ Iraq

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IR Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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IT Italy

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JM Jamaica

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JO Jordan

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JP Japan

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KE Kenya

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KG Kyrgyzstan

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KH Cambodia

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KM Comoros

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KN Saint Kitts and Nevis

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KP Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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KR Republic of Korea

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KW Kuwait

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KZ Kazakhstan

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LA Lao People's Democratic Republic

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LC Saint Lucia

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LI Liechtenstein

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LK Sri Lanka

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LR Liberia

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LS Lesotho

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LT Lithuania

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LU Luxembourg

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LV Latvia

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LY Libya

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MC Monaco

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MD Republic of Moldova

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ME Montenegro

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MG Madagascar

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MK North Macedonia

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ML Mali

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MN Mongolia

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MR Mauritania

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MT Malta

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MU Mauritius

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MW Malawi

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MX Mexico

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MY Malaysia

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MZ Mozambique

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NA Namibia

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NE Niger

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NG Nigeria

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NI Nicaragua

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NL Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

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NO Norway

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OA African Intellectual Property Organization

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OM Oman

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PA Panama

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PE Peru

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PG Papua New Guinea

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PH Philippines

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PL Poland

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PT Portugal

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QA Qatar

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RO Romania

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RS Serbia

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RU Russian Federation

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SA Saudi Arabia

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SC Seychelles

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SD Sudan

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SE Sweden

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SG Singapore

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SI Slovenia

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SK Slovakia

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SL Sierra Leone

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SM San Marino

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SN Senegal

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ST Sao Tome and Principe

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SV El Salvador

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SY Syrian Arab Republic

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SZ Eswatini

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TD Chad

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TG Togo

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TH Thailand

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TJ Tajikistan

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TM Turkmenistan

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TN Tunisia

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TR Türkiye

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TT Trinidad and Tobago

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TZ United Republic of Tanzania

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UA Ukraine

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UG Uganda

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US United States of America

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UZ Uzbekistan

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VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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VN Viet Nam

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WS Samoa

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XN Nordic Patent Institute

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XV Visegrad Patent Institute

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ZA South Africa

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ZM Zambia

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ZW Zimbabwe

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