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 14, 2023, by the Assembly of the International Patent Cooperation Union (PCT Union), at its Fifty-Fifth (24th ordinary) session, held in Geneva from July 6 to 14, 2023. The amendments to Rules 26 and 29, and to the French text of Rule 82quater.3(c), will enter into force on July 1, 2024 [English, French]. The amendments to Rules 34, 36 and 63 will enter into force on January 1, 2026 [English, French].
November 9, 2023