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The Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/3220), United Kingdom

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Details Details Year of Version 1995 Dates Entry into force: January 13, 1995 Issued: December 14, 1994 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Plant Variety Protection Notes The notification by the United Kingdom to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'The Order specifies countries to be convention countries for the purposes of the Patents Act 1977.'

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GB081: Patents (Convention Countries), Order, 14/12/1994, No. 3220

1994 No. 3220
PATENTS

The Patents (Convention Countries)
Order 1994

Made

14th December 1994

Laid before Parliament

23rd December 1994

Coming into force

13th January 1995

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 1994
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 90(1) and section 124(3) of the Patents Act 19771, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 13th January 1995.
2. The countries specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977.
3. Insofar as they have effect in relation to patents the Orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.

R.P. Bulling
 Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1
CONVENTION COUNTRIES

Article 2

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Congo

Côte d'Ivorie

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark, including the Faroe Islands

Dominican Republic

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Finland

France, including all Overseas Departments and Territories

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Holy See

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iraq

Ireland, Republic of

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Korea, Republic of

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Netherlands, including Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

San Marino

Senegal

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania, United Republic of

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States of America, including all Territories and Possessions, including Puerto Rico

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yugoslavia

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

SCHEDULE 2
REVOCATIONS

Article 3

Order in Council applying the provisions of the Patents Etc. Act to the Republic of Honduras

S.R.&O. 1901/799

The Patents &c. (Convention Countries) (No.1) Order 1938

S.R.&O. 1938/767

The Patents &c. (Convention Countries) (No.2) Order 1938

S.R.&O. 1938/768

The Patents &c. (Luxembourg) Order 1946

S.R.&O. 1946/170

The Patents etc. (Union of South Africa) (Convention) Order 1948

S.I. 1948/104

The Patents etc. (Austria) (Convention) Order 1948

S.I. 1948/872

The Patents etc. (Spanish Colonies) (Convention) Order 1948

S.I. 1948/1006

The Patents Etc. (Singapore) Order 1949

S.I. 1949/2338

The Patents Etc. (Israel) (Convention) Order 1950

S.I. 1950/522

The Patents Etc. (Dominican Republic) (Convention) Order 1950

S.I. 1950/1653

The Patents Etc. (Indonesia) (Convention) Order 1952

S.I. 1952/2107

The Patents Etc. (Ceylon) (Convention) Order 1953

S.I. 1953/394

The Patents Etc. (Finland) (Convention) Order 1953

S.I. 1953/971

The Patents Etc. (Greece) (Convention) Order 1953

S.I. 1953/1899

The Patents Etc. (Monaco) (Convention) Order 1956

S.I. 1956/1003

The Patents Etc. (Vietnam) (Convention) Order 1957

S.I. 1957/600

The Patents Etc. (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) (Convention) Order 1958

S.I. 1958/263

The Patents Etc. (Republic of Haiti) (Convention) Order 1958

S.I. 1958/1053

The Patents Etc. (Republic of Ireland) (Convention) Order 1958

S.I. 1958/1054

The Patents Etc. (Iran) (Convention) Order 1960

S.I. 1960/201

The Patents Etc. (The Republic of San Marino) (Convention) Order 1960

S.I. 1960/437

The Patents Etc. (United Arab Republic) (Convention) Order 1960

S.I. 1960/1651

The Patents Etc. (Vatican City) (Convention) Order 1960

S.I. 1960/1958

The Patents Etc. (Iceland) (Convention) Order 1962

S.I. 1962/1083

The Patents Etc. (Cuba) (Convention) Order 1963

S.I. 1963/366

The Patents Etc. (U.S. Dependencies and Tanganyika) (Convention) Order 1963

S.I. 1963/1326

The Patents Etc. (Nigeria and Congo (Brazzaville)) (Convention) Order 1963

S.I. 1963/1487

The Patents Etc. (Ivory Coast) (Convention) Order 1963

S.I. 1963/1757

The Patents Etc. (Central African Republic, Chad, Laos, Upper Volta and Roumania) (Convention) Order 1963

S.I. 1963/1919

The Patents Etc. (Malagasy and Senegal) (Convention) Order 1963

S.I 1963/2082

The Patents Etc. (Gabon) (Convention) Order 1964

S.I. 1964/265

The Patents Etc. (Cameroon) (Convention) Order 1964

S.I. 1964/692

The Patents Etc. (Niger) (Convention) Order 1964

S.I. 1964/998

The Patents Etc. (Trinidad and Tobago) (Convention) Order 1964

S.I. 1964/1196

The Patents Etc. (Mauritania) (Convention) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/977

The Patents Etc. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (Convention) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/1123

The Patents Etc. (Uganda and Kenya) (Convention) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/1304

The Patents Etc. (Philippines) (Convention) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/1711

The Patents Etc. (Malawi) (Convention) Order 1965

S.I. 1965/2013

The Patents Etc. (Algeria) (Convention) Order 1966

S.I. 1966/80

The Patents Etc. (Cyprus) (Convention) Order 1966

S.I. 1966/81

The Patents Etc. (Bulgaria) (Convention) Order 1966

S.I. 1966/396

The Patents Etc. (Dahomey) (Convention) Order 1967

S.I. 1967/158

The Patents Etc. (Argentina and Uruguay) (Convention) Order 1967

S.I. 1967/481

The Patents Etc. (Togo) (Convention) Order 1967

S.I. 1967/1492

The Patents Etc. (Bahamas) (Convention) Order 1967

S.I. 1967/1681

The Patents Etc. (Malta) (Convention) Order 1967

S.I. 1967/1682

The Patents Etc. (Laos) (Convention) Order 1969

S.I. 1969/865

The Patents Etc. (Jordan) (Convention) Order 1972

S.I. 1972/972

The Patents Etc. (Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic) (Convention) Order 1973

S.I. 1973/773

The Patents Etc. (Zaire) (Convention) Order 1974

S.I. 1974/2146

The Patents Etc. (Iraq) (Convention) Order 1975

S.I. 1975/2195

The Patents Etc. (Ghana, Libya and Mauritius) (Convention) Order 1976

S.I. 1976/1785

The Patents Etc. (Burundi) (Convention) Order 1977

S.I. 1977/1633

The Patents Etc. (Hong Kong) (Convention) Order 1977

S.I. 1977/1634

The Patents Etc. (Bangladesh) (Convention) Order 1977

S.I. 1977/2161

The Patents Etc. (Republic of Korea) (Convention) Order 1978

S.I. 1978/187

The Patents Etc. (People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea) (Convention) Order 1982

S.I. 1982/162

The Patents Etc. (Republic of Mali) (Convention) Order 1983

S.I. 1983/1709

The Patents Etc. (Republic of Rwanda) (Convention) Order 1984

S.I. 1984/367

The Patents Etc. (Democratic Republic of the Sudan) (Convention) Order 1984

S.I. 1984/1694

The Patents Etc. (The People's Republic of China) (Convention) Order 1985

S.I. 1985/173

The Patents Etc. (Barbados) (Convention) Order 1985

S.I. 1985/456

The Patents Etc. (Mongolian People's Republic) (Convention) Order 1985

S.I. 1985/457

The Patents, Designs and Marks (Guinea-Bissau and Malaysia) (Convention and Relevant Countries) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1856

The Patents, Designs and Marks (Chile, Gambia, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Lesotho and Swaziland) (Convention and Relevant Countries) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/2672

The Patents and Marks (Convention and Relevant Countries) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/1258

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, pursuant to section 90(1) of the Patents Act 1977, declares the countries specified in Schedule 1 to be convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977. The majority of countries specified in this Order have acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ("the Paris Convention") (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431). Most of them have been declared to be convention countries pursuant to 67 separate orders, the earliest of which was made in 1901 and the last in 1993. All these orders, so far as they have effect in relation to patents, are made or treated as having been made under section 90(1) of the Patents Act 1977 for the purposes of section 5 of that Act. This Order revokes the orders making the earlier declarations in respect of patents and brings together all declarations in respect of such countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977 into one instrument.
Included in the Order are also the following countries which have acceded as such to the Paris Convention since the last order (S.I. 1993/1258) was made: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Guyana, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Paraguay, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

11977 c. 37.

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