|
|||||||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
AF |
A, F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AL |
A |
Wednesday, 4 October 1995 |
Friday, 19 September 2003 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
DZ |
A |
Wednesday, 8 March 2000 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AD |
L |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AO |
A, g |
Saturday, 27 December 2007 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AI |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AG |
L, B |
Friday, 17 March 2000 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AR |
A, G |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
AP |
A |
Friday, 1 July 1994 |
Tuesday, 10 November 1998 |
— |
|||||||||||||
AM |
A, G |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Sunday, 6 March 2005 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
AW |
A |
✔ |
see NL |
— |
|||||||||||||
AU |
A, G |
Monday, 31 March 1980 |
Tuesday, 7 July 1987 |
— |
|||||||||||||
AT |
A |
Monday, 23 April 1979 |
Thursday, 26 April 1984 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
AZ |
A |
Monday, 25 December 1995 |
Tuesday, 14 October 2003 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
BS |
A |
Sunday, 18 March 2007 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BH |
F |
Friday, 18 May 2007 |
Tuesday, 20 November 2012 |
GC |
|||||||||||||
BD |
R |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BB |
A, G |
Tuesday, 12 March 1985 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BY |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Friday, 19 October 2001 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
BE |
A |
Monday, 14 December 1981 |
Thursday, 15 December 1983 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
BZ |
A |
Saturday, 17 June 2000 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BJ |
O |
Sunday, 26 February 1987 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
BT |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BO |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BA |
A |
Saturday, 7 September 1996 |
Tuesday, 27 January 2009 |
— |
|||||||||||||
BW |
A, G |
Thursday, 30 October 2003 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
BR |
A |
Sunday, 9 April 1978 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
BN |
L, B |
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 |
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 |
— |
|||||||||||||
BG |
A |
Monday, 21 May 1984 |
Tuesday, 19 August 1980 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
BF |
O |
Tuesday, 21 March 1989 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
BI |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
KH |
A, G |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
CM |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
CA |
A, G |
Tuesday, 2 January 1990 |
Saturday, 21 September 1996 |
— |
|||||||||||||
CV |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
CF |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
TD |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
CL |
A |
Tuesday, 2 June 2009 |
Friday, 5 August 2011 |
— |
|||||||||||||
CN |
R |
Saturday, 1 January 1994 |
Saturday, 1 July 1995 |
— |
|||||||||||||
CO |
A |
Wednesday, 28 February 2001 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
KM |
O |
Sunday, 3 April 2005 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
CG |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
CD |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
CR |
A, F |
Tuesday, 3 August 1999 |
Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
— |
|||||||||||||
CI |
O |
Tuesday, 30 April 1991 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
HR |
A |
Wednesday, 1 July 1998 |
Friday, 25 February 2000 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
CU |
A |
Tuesday, 16 July 1996 |
Saturday, 19 February 1994 |
— |
|||||||||||||
CY |
A |
Wednesday, 1 April 1998 |
✗ |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
CZ |
A |
Friday, 1 January 1993 |
Friday, 1 January 1993 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
DK |
A |
Friday, 1 December 1978 |
Monday, 1 July 1985 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
DJ |
A, G |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
DM |
A |
Saturday, 7 August 1999 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
DO |
A, F |
Monday, 28 May 2007 |
Tuesday, 3 July 2007 |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
EA |
A |
Monday, 1 January 1996 |
Wednesday, 5 April 2000 |
— |
|||||||||||||
EC |
A, G |
Monday, 7 May 2001 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
EG |
L |
Saturday, 6 September 2003 |
Saturday, 6 September 2003 |
— |
|||||||||||||
SV |
A, F |
Thursday, 17 August 2006 |
Thursday, 17 August 2006 |
— |
|||||||||||||
EP |
A |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
Wednesday, 26 November 1980 |
— |
|||||||||||||
GQ |
A |
Tuesday, 17 July 2001 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
ER |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
EE |
A |
Wednesday, 24 August 1994 |
Saturday, 14 September 1996 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
ET |
A, G |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
FJ |
L, B |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
FI |
A |
Wednesday, 1 October 1980 |
Sunday, 1 September 1985 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
FR |
A |
Saturday, 25 February 1978 |
Tuesday, 19 August 1980 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W a href="#Y">Y Z |
|||||||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
GA |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
GM |
B |
Tuesday, 9 December 1997 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
WB |
L |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
GC |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
GE |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Friday, 30 September 2005 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
DE |
A |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
Tuesday, 20 January 1981 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
GH |
B |
Wednesday, 26 February 1997 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
GR |
A |
Tuesday, 9 October 1990 |
Saturday, 30 October 1993 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
GD |
L, B |
Tuesday, 22 September 1998 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
GT |
A, G |
Saturday, 14 October 2006 |
Saturday, 14 October 2006 |
— |
|||||||||||||
GN |
O |
Monday, 27 May 1991 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
GW |
O |
Friday, 12 December 1997 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
GY |
L, B |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
HT |
A, G |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
HN |
A, F |
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
— |
|||||||||||||
HK |
F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
HU |
A |
Friday, 27 June 1980 |
Tuesday, 19 August 1980 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
IS |
L |
Thursday, 23 March 1995 |
Thursday, 23 March 1995 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
IN |
A |
Monday, 7 December 1998 |
Monday, 17 December 2001 |
— |
|||||||||||||
ID |
A, g |
Friday, 5 September 1997 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
IR |
A, g |
Thursday, 4 July 2013 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
IQ |
A, F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
IE |
A |
Saturday, 1 August 1992 |
Wednesday, 15 December 1999 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
IL |
A |
Saturday, 1 June 1996 |
Friday, 26 April 1996 |
— |
|||||||||||||
IT |
A |
Thursday, 28 March 1985 |
Sunday, 23 March 1986 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
JM |
L |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
JP |
R, G |
Sunday, 1 October 1978 |
Tuesday, 19 August 1980 |
— |
|||||||||||||
JO |
A, G |
✗ |
Friday, 14 November 2008 |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
KZ |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Wednesday, 24 April 2002 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
KE |
L |
Wednesday, 8 June 1994 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
KI |
B |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
KP |
R, G |
Tuesday, 08 July 1980 |
Thursday, 21 February 2002 |
— |
|||||||||||||
KR |
A |
Friday, 10 August 1984 |
Monday, 28 March 1988 |
— |
|||||||||||||
KS |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
KW |
L |
✗ |
✗ |
GC |
|||||||||||||
KG |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Saturday, 17 May 2003 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
LA |
A |
Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
LV |
A |
Tuesday, 7 September 1993 |
Thursday, 29 December 1994 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
LB |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
LS |
A, G |
Saturday, 21 October 1995 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
LR |
L |
Saturday, 27 August 1994 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
LY |
L |
Thursday, 15 September 2005 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
LI |
A |
Wednesday, 19 March 1980 |
Wednesday, 19 August 1981 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
LT |
A |
Tuesday, 5 July 1994 |
Saturday, 9 May 1998 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
LU |
A |
Sunday, 30 April 1978 |
Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
MO |
F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
MK |
A, G |
Thursday, 10 August 1995 |
Thursday, 30 May 2002 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
MG |
A |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
MW |
R |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
MY |
R, G |
Wednesday, 16 August 2006 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
MV |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
ML |
O |
Friday, 19 October 1984 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
MT |
A |
Thursday, 1 March 2007 |
✗ |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
MH |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
MR |
O |
Wednesday, 13 April 1983 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
MU |
L, G |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
MX |
A, G |
Sunday, 1 January 1995 |
Wednesday, 21 March 2001 |
— |
|||||||||||||
FM |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
MD |
A, G |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
— |
|||||||||||||
MC |
A |
Friday, 22 June 1979 |
Saturday, 23 January 1999 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
MN |
A |
Monday, 27 May 1991 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
ME |
A |
Saturday, 3 June 2006 |
Saturday, 3 June 2006 |
||||||||||||||
MA |
S |
Friday, 8 October 1999 |
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 |
— |
|||||||||||||
XM |
A, S |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
XT |
A, S |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
MZ |
A |
Thursday, 18 May 2000 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
MM |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
NA |
L |
Thursday, 1 January 2004 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
NR |
F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
NP |
L, F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
NL |
A |
Tuesday, 10 July 1979 |
Thursday, 2 July 1987 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
NZ |
A |
Tuesday, 1 December 1992 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
NI |
L |
Thursday, 6 March 2003 |
Thursday, 10 August 2006 |
— |
|||||||||||||
NE |
O |
Sunday, 21 March 1993 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
NG |
A |
Sunday, 8 May 2005 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
NO |
A |
Tuesday, 1 January 1980 |
Wednesday, 1 January 1986 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
OA |
A |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
Tusaday, 16 October 2007 |
— |
|||||||||||||
OM |
A |
Friday, 26 October 2001 |
Monday, 16 October 2007 |
GC |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
PK |
L |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
PW |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
PA |
A, G |
Friday, 7 September 2012 |
Friday, 7 September 2012 |
— |
|||||||||||||
PG |
A, G |
Saturday, 14 June 2003 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
PY |
L, F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
PE |
A, G |
Saturday, 6 June 2009 |
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 |
— |
|||||||||||||
PH |
R, G |
Friday, 17 August 2001 |
Wednesday, 21 October 1981 |
— |
|||||||||||||
PL |
A |
Tuesday, 25 December 1990 |
Wednesday, 22 September 1993 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
PT |
A |
Tuesday, 24 November 1992 |
Thursday, 16 October 1997 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
QA |
A |
Wednesday, 3 August 2011 |
Thursday, 6 March 2014 |
GC |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
RO |
A, G, F |
Monday, 23 July 1979 |
Saturday, 25 September 1999 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
RU |
A, G |
Wednesday, 29 March 1978 |
Wednesday, 22 April 1981 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
RW |
R |
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
KN |
B |
Thursday, 27 October 2005 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
LC |
L, B |
Friday, 30 August 1996 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
VC |
L, B |
Tuesday, 6 August 2002 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
WS |
L, F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
SM |
I |
Tuesday, 14 December 2004 |
✗ |
EP |
|||||||||||||
ST |
A, G |
Sunday, 3 July 2008 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
SA |
A |
Saturday, 3 August 2013 |
✗ |
GC |
|||||||||||||
SN |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
RS |
A |
Saturday, 1 February 1997 |
Thursday, 25 August 1994 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
SC |
L, B |
Thursday, 7 November 2002 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
SL |
B |
Tuesday, 17 June 1997 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
SG |
A |
Thursday, 23 February 1995 |
Thursday, 23 February 1995 |
— |
|||||||||||||
SK |
A |
Friday, 1 January 1993 |
Friday, 1 January 1993 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
SI |
A, G |
Tuesday, 1 March 1994 |
Thursday, 12 March 1998 |
EP(6) |
|||||||||||||
SB |
B |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
SO |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
ZA |
A |
Tuesday, 16 March 1999 |
Monday, 14 July 1997 |
— |
|||||||||||||
ES |
A |
Sunday, 16 November 1980 |
Thursday, 19 March 1981 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
LK |
R, G |
Friday, 26 February 1982 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
SD |
A |
Monday, 16 April 1984 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
SR |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
SZ |
F |
Tuesday, 20 September 1994 |
✗ |
AP(6) |
|||||||||||||
SE |
A |
Wednesday, 17 May 1978 |
Saturday, 01 October 1983 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
CH |
A |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
Monday, 19 August 1991 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
SY |
A |
Thursday, 26 June 2003 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
TW |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
TJ |
A |
Friday, 25 January 1991 |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
EA |
|||||||||||||
XY |
B, S |
See TZ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
TZ |
S |
Tuesday, 14 September 1999 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
TH |
A |
Thursday, 24 December 2009 |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
TL |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
TG |
O |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
✗ |
OA(6) |
|||||||||||||
TO |
R |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
TT |
A |
Thursday, 10 March 1994 |
Thursday, 10 March 1994 |
— |
|||||||||||||
TN |
A |
Monday, 10 December 2001 |
Sunday, 23 May 2004 |
— |
|||||||||||||
TR |
A, G |
Monday, 1 January 1996 |
Monday, 30 November 1998 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
TM |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
✗ |
EA |
|||||||||||||
TV |
B |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
UG |
B |
Thursday, 9 February 1995 |
✗ |
AP |
|||||||||||||
UA |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Wednesday, 2 July 1997 |
— |
|||||||||||||
AE |
A |
Wednesday, 10 March 1999 |
✗ |
GC |
|||||||||||||
GB |
A |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
Monday, 29 December 1980 |
EP |
|||||||||||||
US |
R, G |
Tuesday, 24 January 1978 |
Tuesday, 19 August 1980 |
— |
|||||||||||||
UY |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
UZ |
A |
Wednesday, 25 December 1991 |
Saturday, 12 January 2002 |
— |
|||||||||||||
Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
||||||||||||||
VU |
B, F |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
VA |
No patent laws |
||||||||||||||||
VE |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
|||||||||||||
VN |
A |
Wednesday, 10 March 1993 |
✗ |
— |
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PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
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WB |
L |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
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EH |
No patent laws |
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Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
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YE |
A |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
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Geonym |
PCT (3) |
Budapest Treaty (4) |
Region (5) |
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ZM |
R |
Thursday, 15 November 2001 |
✗ |
— |
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XZ |
B, S |
✗ |
✗ |
— |
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ZW |
R |
Wednesday, 11 June 1997 |
✗ |
AP |
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Legend for Novelty A = absolute novelty B = British patent registrable F = foreign patent registrable G = grace period - 12 months g = grace period - 6 months I = Italian intellectual property laws apply L = local novelty O = see OA R = relative novelty |
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The primary sources for the entries in this column were the Manual Industrial Property (now called the Manual for the handling of applications for patents, designs and trade marks throughout the world, Kluwer Law International) and Katzarov’s Manual to accord with the Legend for Novelty as interpreted by the webmaster in late 1996. Many entries have since been updated — see the update pages for the individual geonyms for details. |
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013: WIPO website – http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/treaties/en/documents/pdf/pct.pdf (Friday, 3 May 2013); |
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014: WIPO website – http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/treaties/en/documents/pdf/budapest.pdf (Accessed: Wednesday, 7 May 2014) |
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Thursday, 28 February 2013: PCT Newsletter, February 2013. See also EPO website. |
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The national route to these countries through the PCT is closed. Coverage may be obtained only through the relevant regional entity. |
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Extension of a European patent application possible. |
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