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 Article 16(5) of the Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification of March 24, 1971, has the honor to notify him that the Government of Japan deposited on August 16, 1976, its instrument of ratification of the said Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 13(1)(b), the said Agreement will enter into force, with respect to Japan, one year after the date of this notification, that is, on August 18, 1977.
August 18, 1976