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3 July 2003 S-03/2003 (E) PCT GAZETTE SPECIAL ISSUE General Information (Contracting States, National and Regional Offices, International Authorities) CONTENTS Page Section IV Notices and Information of a General Character Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Index to Annexes......................................................................................................................................... 3 ANNEX A List of Contracting States ..................................................................................................... 8 ANNEX B1 Information on Contracting States ....................................................................................... 10 ANNEX B2 Information on Intergovernmental Organizations ................................................................ 221 ANNEX C Receiving Offices ................................................................................................................. 231 ANNEX D International Searching Authorities ...................................................................................... 342 ANNEX E International Preliminary Examining Authorities ................................................................. 353 ANNEX L Deposits of Microorganisms and Other Biologicial Material: Requirements of Designated and Elected Offices ........................................................... 363 List of Depositary Institutions ........................................................................................ 378 SUMMARY Designated (or Elected) Offices ........................................................................................... 381 © WIPO 2003 ISSN 0250-7757 S-03/2003 (E) 2 PCT Gazette – Section IV 3 July 2003 SECTION IV NOTICES AND INFORMATION OF A GENERAL CHARACTER _________________________________________________________ Introduction This Special Issue of the PCT Gazette compiles the essence of various notifications under the PCT received from the PCT Contracting States, from the PCT Authorities and from national Offices, as well as general information on those States, Authorities and Offices. It replaces the issue published on January 3, 2003 (PCT Gazette No. S-01/2003 (E)) and includes all information published after that date in Section IV of the PCT Gazette. The information concerning the international phase of the PCT procedure is presented in several parts called “ANNEXES” (Annexes A, B1, B2, C, D, E and L). Those parts are identical to the corresponding Annexes of the PCT Applicant’s Guide, Volume I, bearing the same letter. Therefore, the denomination “Annex” has been maintained for the publication in this Special Issue of the PCT Gazette since it has the advantage of uniformity of presentation of information in both the PCT Gazette and the Guide. This will facilitate the retrieval of information for the reader of both publications. The information concerning the national phase is presented in the last part of this issue of the PCT Gazette, called “SUMMARY.” For the reasons indicated above with respect to the Annexes, the “Summary” sheets are identical to the sheets with the same denomination contained in Volume II of the PCT Applicant’s Guide. They give, in summarized form, information on the requirements to be complied with by the applicant upon entry into the national phase before each designated (or elected) Office. Each of Annexes B1, B2, C, D and E as well as the “Summary” part is subdivided according to the alphabetical order of the two-letter country codes. The code used for a Contracting State is also used for the national Office of that State in its capacity as receiving Office, International Searching Authority, International Preliminary Examining Authority and designated (or elected) Office. The two-letter code for each Contracting State is indicated in the index which follows and in Annex A. For intergovernmental organizations, the following codes are used: “AP” for the African Regional Industrial Property Organization, “EA” for the Eurasian Patent Organization, “EP” for the European Patent Organisation, “OA” for the African Intellectual Property Organization and “IB” for the International Bureau of WIPO. Any reference to “Volume I” or to “Volume II” in the Annexes or in the “Summary” sheets is a reference to Volume I or Volume II, respectively, of the PCT Applicant’s Guide. S-03/2003 (E) 3 July 2003 PCT Gazette – Section IV 3 INDEX TO ANNEXES Contracting States or ANNEX B ANNEX C ANNEX D ANNEX E ANNEX L SUMMARY Intergovernmental Information on Receiving International International Deposits of National Phase Organizations Contracting States Offices Searching Preliminary Micro- in Designated (B1) and Authorities Examining organisms and (or Elected) Intergovernmental Authorities Other Offices Organizations (B2) Biological Material Code Name Page Page Page Page Page Page United Arab AE 10 231 – – – 381 Emirates Antigua and AG 12 232 – – – 382 Barbuda AL Albania 13 233 – – 363 383 AM Armenia 15 234 – – – 384 AT Austria 17 236 342 353 363 388 AU Australia 19 238 343 354 363 389 AZ Azerbaijan 21 240 – – – 390 Bosnia and BA 23 241 – – – 391 Herzegovina BBBarbados25––––392 BE Belgium 27 242 – – – – BFBurkina Faso29–––– – BG Bulgaria 30 243 – – 364 393 BJBenin32–––– – BR Brazil 33 244 – – – 395 BY Belarus 35 246 – – – 397 BZ Belize 37 247 – – – 399 CA Canada 39 248 – – 364 400 Central African CF 41–––– – Republic CGCongo42–––– – CH Switzerland 43 249 – – 374 402 CICôte d’Ivoire45–––– – CMCameroon46–––– – CN China 47 250 344 355 364 404 CO Colombia 49 251 – – 365 406 [Continued on next page] S-03/2003 (E) 4 PCT Gazette – Section IV 3 July 2003 INDEX TO ANNEXES [Cont’d] Contracting States or ANNEX B ANNEX C ANNEX D ANNEX E ANNEX L SUMMARY Intergovernmental Information on Receiving International International Deposits of National Phase Organizations Contracting States Offices Searching Preliminary Micro- in Designated (B1) and Authorities Examining organisms and (or Elected) Intergovernmental Authorities Other Offices Organizations (B2) Biological Material Code Name Page Page Page Page Page Page CR Costa Rica 51 252 – – – 408 CU Cuba 53 253 – – 365 409 CY Cyprus 55 254 – – – – CZ Czech Republic 56 255 – – 365 411 DE Germany 58 257 – – 366 412 DK Denmark 60 258 – – 365 414 DM Dominica 62 259 – – – 416 DZ Algeria 63 260 – – – 417 EC Ecuador 65 262 – – 366 420 EE Estonia 67 263 – – – 421 ES Spain 69 266 347 – 373 425 FI Finland 71 267 – – 366 426 FR France 73 268 – – – – GAGabon75–––– – GB United Kingdom 76 269 – – 376 428 GD Grenada 78 271 – – – 430 GE Georgia 79 272 – – 366 431 GH Ghana 81 273 – – – 433 GMGambia83––––435 GNGuinea85–––– – GQEquatorial Guinea86–––– – GR Greece 87 274 – – – – GWGuinea-Bissau89–––– – HR Croatia 90 275 – – 365 436 HU Hungary 92 276 – – 367 437 ID Indonesia 94 280 – – 367 439 [Continued on next page] S-03/2003 (E) 3 July 2003 PCT Gazette – Section IV 5 INDEX TO ANNEXES [Cont’d] Contracting States or ANNEX B ANNEX C ANNEX D ANNEX E ANNEX L SUMMARY Intergovernmental Information on Receiving International International Deposits of National Phase Organizations Contracting States Offices Searching Preliminary Micro- in Designated (B1) and Authorities Examining organisms and (or Elected) Intergovernmental Authorities Other Offices Organizations (B2) Biological Material Code Name Page Page Page Page Page Page IE Ireland 96 281 – – – – IL Israel 97 282 – – 368 440 IN India 99 284 – – – 441 IS Iceland 101 286 – – 367 442 IT Italy 103 287 – – – – JP Japan 105 289 348 358 368 444 KE Kenya 107 290 – – 368 446 KG Kyrgyzstan 109 291 – – – 447 KP D.P.R. Korea 111 292 – – – 448 KR Rep. of Korea 113 293 349 359 371 450 KZ Kazakhstan 115 294 – – 368 452 LCSaint Lucia117––––453 LILiechtenstein119–––– – LKSri Lanka121––––454 LR Liberia 123 295 – – – 455 LS Lesotho 125 296 – – – 456 LT Lithuania 127 297 – – 369 457 LU Luxembourg 129 298 – – 369 458 LV Latvia 131 299 – – 369 459 MA Morocco 133 300 – – – 460 MC Monaco 135 301 – – – – MD Rep. of Moldova 137 302 – – 371 462 MGMadagascar139––––464 The form. Yugoslav MK 141 303 – – 375 466 Rep. Macedonia MLMali143–––– – MN Mongolia 144 304 – – – 467 [Continued on next page] S-03/2003 (E) 6 PCT Gazette – Section IV 3 July 2003 INDEX TO ANNEXES [Cont’d] Contracting States or ANNEX B ANNEX C ANNEX D ANNEX E ANNEX L SUMMARY Intergovernmental Information on Receiving International International Deposits of National Phase Organizations Contracting States Offices Searching Preliminary Micro- in Designated (B1) and Authorities Examining organisms and (or Elected) Intergovernmental Authorities Other Offices Organizations (B2) Biological Material Code Name Page Page Page Page Page Page MRMauritania146–––– – MW Malawi 147 305 – – – 468 MX Mexico 149 306 – – 369 469 MZMozambique151––––471 NENiger153–––– – NI Nicaragua 154 307 – – – 472 NL Netherlands 155 308 – – – – NO Norway 157 309 – – 370 473 NZ New Zealand 159 310 – – – 475 OM Oman 161 312 – – – 479 PG Papua New Guinea 162 313 – – – 480 PH Philippines 163 314 – – 370 481 PL Poland 165 316 – – 370 483 PT Portugal 167 317 – – 371 484 RO Romania 169 318 – – 371 485 RU Russian Federation 171 319 350 360 372 487 SC Seychelles 173 320 – – – 488 SD Sudan 174 321 – – – 489 SE Sweden 176 322 351 361 374 490 SG Singapore 178 323 – – 372 492 SI Slovenia 180 324 – – 373 494 SK Slovakia 182 325 – – 372 495 SLSierra Leone184––––496 SNSenegal186–––– – Syrian Arab SY 187 327 – – – 497 Republic SZSwaziland188––––