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, done at Washington on June 19, 1970, amended on September 28, 1979, and modified on February 3, 1984, and on October 3, 2001, has the honor to transmit herewith a certified copy in English and a certified copy in French, of the amendments to the Regulations under the said Treaty, adopted by the Assembly of the International Patent Cooperation Union (PCT Union), on October 1, 2002, at its thirty-first (18th extraordinary) session, held in Geneva from September 23 to October 1, 2002, with effect from January 1, 2003.
November 22, 2002