Ratification by Algeria Brings to 105 theNumber of Contracting States of the PCT
Geneva, December 17, 1999
Press Updates UPD/1999/79
RATIFICATION BY ALGERIA BRINGS TO 105 THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTING STATES OF THE PCT
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, announces that Algeria deposited its instrument of ratification of the PCT on December 8, 1999, and will become bound by the PCT on March 8, 2000. Algeria becomes the 105th Contracting State of the PCT.
Consequently, in any international application filed on or after March 8, 2000, Algeria (country code: DZ) may be designated and, because it will be bound by Chapter II of the PCT, may also be elected for the purposes of international preliminary examination. Furthermore, nationals and residents of Algeria will be entitled from March 8, 2000, to file international applications under the PCT.
The PCT is a system which offers inventors and industry an advantageous route for obtaining patent protection worldwide. The present 105 Contracting States of the PCT are the following:
Albania Algeria (from Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominica Estonia Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lesotho |
Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mexico Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Niger Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa |
Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan The former Togo Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Viet Nam Yugoslavia Zimbabwe |
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