The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, in accordance with Article 69 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) adopted at Washington on June 19, 1970, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany deposited, on July 19, 1976, its instrument of ratification of the said Treaty.
The said instrument was accompanied by the following declaration: "the Treaty shall also apply to Berlin (West) with effect from the date on which it enters into force for the Federal Republic of Germany."
The date of the entry into force of the said Treaty will be notified when the required number of ratifications or accessions is reached in accordance with Article 63.
July 20, 1976