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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT); Accession by Grenada Brings to 97 the Number of Contracting States of the PCT

Geneva, June 29, 1998
Press Updates UPD/1998/25



The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, announces that Grenada deposited its instrument of accession to the PCT on June 22, 1998. Grenada will become the 97th Contracting State of the PCT on September 22, 1998.

 

Consequently, in any international application filed on or after September 22, 1998, Grenada (country code: GD) may be designated and, because it is bound by Chapter II of the PCT, may also be elected for the purposes of international preliminary examination. Furthermore, nationals and residents of Grenada will be entitled from September 22, 1998, to file international applications under the PCT.

Detailed information on the advantages of the PCT for inventors and industry can be obtained from WIPO, in Geneva.

The PCT is a system which offers inventors and industry an advantageous route for obtaining patent protection worldwide. The present 97 Contracting States of the PCT are the following:

Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada (from September 22, 1998)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Lucia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Yugoslavia
Zimbabwe
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