The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, pursuant to Article 68(4) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), done at Washington on June 19, 1970, amended on September 28, 1979, modified on February 3, 1984, and on October 3, 2001, has the honor to transmit herewith certified copies, in English and in French, of the amendments to the Regulations under the PCT, adopted on July 17, 2024, by the Assembly of the International Patent Cooperation Union (PCT Union), at its Fifty-Sixth (32nd Extraordinary) session, held in Geneva from July 9 to 17, 2024. The amendments to Rules 26, 89bis and 92, will enter into force on July 1, 2025 [English, French]. The amendments to Rules 33 and 64 will enter into force on January 1, 2026 [English, French].
December 3, 2024