The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, in accordance with the provisions of the above international instrument, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the United States of America deposited, on February 23, 1972, its instrument of ratification, dated January 26, 1972, of the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, signed at Locarno on October 8, 1968.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 9(3)(b), the said Agreement will enter into force, with respect to the United States of America, three months after the date of this notification, that is, on May 25, 1972.
February 25, 1972