100 items updated in the PCT Applicant's Guide
PCT Guide Updates
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
General Information – Annex B
QA:
Intellectual Property Center (Qatar)
Receiving Offices – Annex C
AM:
Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia
AP:
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
AU:
Australian Patent Office
AZ:
State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent of the Republic of Azerbaijan
BH:
National Patent Office (Bahrain)
BW:
Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) (Botswana)
BY:
National Center of Intellectual Property (Belarus)
BZ:
Belize Intellectual Property Office
CA:
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CL:
National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile)
CR:
Registry of Industrial Property (Costa Rica)
CU:
Cuban Industrial Property Office
DK:
Danish Patent and Trademark Office
DJ:
Office of Industrial Property and Commerce of Djibouti (ODPIC)
DO:
National Office of Industrial Property (Dominican Republic)
EA:
Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)
EC:
Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property
EG:
Egyptian Patent Office
GB:
Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)
GE:
National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (SAKPATENTI)
GH:
Registrar General's Department (Ghana)
GT:
Registry of Intellectual Property (Guatemala)
HN:
Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Honduras)
HU:
Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO)
IB:
International Bureau of WIPO
IL:
Israel Patent Office
IN:
Indian Patent Office
JP:
Japan Patent Office
KE:
Kenya Industrial Property Institute
KG:
State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
KZ:
National Institute of Intellectual Property (NIIP) (Kazakhstan)
LR:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bureau of Archives, Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright (Liberia)
MD:
State Agency on Intellectual Property (Republic of Moldova)
MW:
Ministry of Justice, Department of the Registrar General (Malawi)
MX:
Mexican Institute of Industrial Property
NI:
Registry of Intellectual Property (Nicaragua)
NO:
Norwegian Industrial Property Office
NZ:
Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
OM:
Intellectual Property Department, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Oman)
PA:
Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry (DIGERPI) (Panama)
PE:
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru)
PG:
Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea
PH:
Intellectual Property Office (Philippines)
QA:
Intellectual Property Center (Qatar)
RU:
Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)
SA:
Saudi Patent Office (SPO)
SC:
Registration Division, Department of Legal Affairs (Seychelles)
SE:
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
SG:
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
SV:
National Center of Registries (El Salvador)
SY:
Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property (Syrian Arab Republic)
TJ:
Tajik Patent Office
TM:
Patent Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Turkmenistan
TT:
Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs (Trinidad and Tobago)
UA:
State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPSU)
US:
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
UZ:
State Patent Office of Uzbekistan
ZA:
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) (South Africa)
ZM:
Patents and Companies Registration Office (Zambia)
ZW:
Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office
International Searching Authorities – Annex D
AT:
Austrian Patent Office
AU:
Australian Patent Office
BR:
National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)
CA:
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CL:
National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile)
CN:
State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China
EG:
Egyptian Patent Office
EP:
European Patent Office (EPO)
ES:
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
FI:
Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
IL:
Israel Patent Office
IN:
Indian Patent Office
JP:
Japan Patent Office
KR:
Korean Intellectual Property Office
RU:
Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)
SE:
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
SG:
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
UA:
State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPSU)
US:
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
XN:
Nordic Patent Institute
XV:
Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI)
ISA (Supplementary Search) – Annex SISA
RU:
Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)
SG:
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
UA:
State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (SIPSU)
International Preliminary Examining Authorities – Annex E
AU:
Australian Patent Office
CA:
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CL:
National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile)
EG:
Egyptian Patent Office
IL:
Israel Patent Office
IN:
Indian Patent Office
JP:
Japan Patent Office
KR:
Korean Intellectual Property Office
RU:
Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)
SE:
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
SG:
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
US:
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
XN:
Nordic Patent Institute
National Phase – National Chapters
DJ:
Office of Industrial Property and Commerce of Djibouti (ODPIC)
NO:
Norwegian Industrial Property Office
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