PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex A

A PCT Contracting States1 A

Name of State Date on which State Name of State Date on which State
followed by the became bound1 followed by the became bound1
two-letter code by the PCT two-letter code by the PCT
Albania AL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 October 1995 Estonia EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 August 1994
Algeria DZ2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 March 2000 Eswatini SZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 September 1994
Angola AO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 December 2007 Finland FI5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 October 1980

Antigua and Barbuda AG . . . . . . . . 17 March 2000 France FR2, 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 February 1978

Armenia AM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991 Gabon GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Australia AU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 March 1980 Gambia GM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 December 1997

Austria AT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 April 1979 Georgia GE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Azerbaijan AZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1995 Germany DE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Bahrain BH2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 March 2007 Ghana GH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 February 1997

Barbados BB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 March 1985 Greece GR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 October 1990

Belarus BY2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991 Grenada GD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 September 1998

Belgium BE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 December 1981 Guatemala GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 October 2006

Belize BZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 June 2000 Guinea GN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 May 1991

Benin BJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 February 1987 Guinea-Bissau GW . . . . . . . . . . 12 December 1997

Bosnia and Herzegovina BA . . . . 7 September 1996 Honduras HN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 June 2006

Botswana BW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 October 2003 Hungary HU2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 June 1980

Brazil BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 April 1978 Iceland IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 March 1995

Brunei Darussalam BN . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 July 2012 India IN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 December 1998

Bulgaria BG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 May 1984 Indonesia ID2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 September 1997

Burkina Faso BF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 March 1989 Iran (Islamic Republic of) IR . . . . . . 4 October 2013

Cambodia KH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 December 2016 Ireland IE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 August 1992

Cameroon CM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978 Israel IL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 June 1996

Canada CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 January 1990 Italy IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 March 1985

Central African Republic CF . . . . . 24 January 1978 Japan JP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 October 1978

Chad TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978 Jordan JO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 June 2017

Chile CL2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 June 2009 Kazakhstan KZ2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

China CN3, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1994 Kenya KE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 June 1994

Colombia CO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 February 2001 Kuwait KW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 September 2016

Comoros KM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 April 2005 Kyrgyzstan KG2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991

Congo CG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978 Lao People’s Democratic
Costa Rica CR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 August 1999 Republic LA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 June 2006
Côte d’Ivoire CI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 April 1991 Latvia LV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 September 1993

Croatia HR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 July 1998 Lesotho LS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 October 1995

Cuba CU2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 July 1996 Liberia LR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 August 1994

Cyprus CY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 April 1998 Libya LY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 September 2005

Czechia CZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1993 Liechtenstein LI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 March 1980

Democratic People’s Lithuania LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 July 1994

Republic of Korea KP . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 July 1980 Luxembourg LU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 April 1978

Denmark DK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 December 1978 Madagascar MG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Djibouti DJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 September 2016 Malawi MW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978

Dominica DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 August 1999 Malaysia MY2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 August 2006

Dominican Republic DO . . . . . . . . . . 28 May 2007 Mali ML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 October 1984

Ecuador EC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 May 2001 Malta MT2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 March 2007

Egypt EG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 September 2003 Mauritania MR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 April 1983

El Salvador SV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 August 2006 Mexico MX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1995

Equatorial Guinea GQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 July 2001 Monaco MC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 June 1979

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Name of State Date on which State Name of State Date on which State
followed by the became bound1 followed by the became bound1
two-letter code by the PCT two-letter code by the PCT
Mongolia MN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 May 1991 Seychelles SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 November 2002
Montenegro ME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 June 2006 Sierra Leone SL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 June 1997
Morocco MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 October 1999 Singapore SG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 February 1995
Mozambique MZ2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 May 2000 Slovakia SK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1993
Namibia NA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 2004 Slovenia SI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 March 1994
Netherlands NL7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 July 1979 South Africa ZA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 March 1999
New Zealand NZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 December 1992 Spain ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 November 1989
Nicaragua NI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 March 2003 Sri Lanka LK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 February 1982
Niger NE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 March 1993 Sudan SD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 April 1984
Nigeria NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 May 2005 Sweden SE5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 May 1978
Norway NO5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1980 Switzerland CH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978
Oman OM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 October 2001 Syrian Arab Republic SY . . . . . . . . . 26 June 2003
Panama PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 September 2012 Tajikistan TJ2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991
Papua New Guinea PG . . . . . . . . . . . 14 June 2003 Thailand TH2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 December 2009
Peru PE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 June 2009 The former Yugoslav Republic
Philippines PH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 August 2001 of Macedonia MK . . . . . . . . . . . 10 August 1995
Poland PL5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1990 Togo TG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978
Portugal PT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 November 1992 Trinidad and Tobago TT . . . . . . . . . 10 March 1994
Qatar QA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 August 2011 Tunisia TN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 December 2001
Republic of Korea KR . . . . . . . . . . 10 August 1984 Turkey TR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 January 1996
Republic of Moldova MD2 . . . . 25 December 1991 Turkmenistan TM2 . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991
Romania RO2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 July 1979 Uganda UG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 February 1995
Russian Federation RU2 . . . . . . . . 29 March 1978
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Ukraine UA2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991
Rwanda RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 August 2011 United Arab Emirates AE . . . . . . . . . 10 March 1999
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN . . . . . . 27 October 2005 United Kingdom GB10 . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978
Saint Lucia LC2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 August 1996 United Republic of
Saint Vincent and Tanzania TZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 September 1999
the Grenadines VC2 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 August 2002 United States of America US11, 12 . . 24 January 1978
San Marino SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 December 2004 Uzbekistan UZ2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 December 1991
Sao Tome and Principe ST . . . . . . . . . 3 July 2008 Viet Nam VN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 March 1993
Saudi Arabia SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 August 2013 Zambia ZM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 November 2001
Senegal SN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 January 1978 Zimbabwe ZW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 June 1997
Serbia RS9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 February 1997

(Total: 152 States)

1
All PCT Contracting States are bound by Chapter II of the PCT relating to the international preliminary examination.
2
With the declaration provided for in PCT Article 64(5).
3
Applies also to Hong Kong, China with effect from 1 July 1997.
4
Not applicable to Macau, China.
5
With the declaration provided for in PCT Article 64(2)(a)(ii).
6
Including all Overseas Departments and Territories.
7
Ratification for the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist on
10 October 2010. As from that date, the PCT continues to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The PCT also continues to apply to
the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba which, with effect from 10 October 2010, have become part of the territory of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe.
8
Date of ratification of the Soviet Union, continued by the Russian Federation as from 25 December 1991.
9
Serbia is the continuing State from Serbia and Montenegro as from 3 June 2006.
10
The United Kingdom extended the application of the PCT to the Isle of Man with effect from 29 October 1983.
11
With the declarations provided for in PCT Articles 64(3)(a) and 64(4)(a).
12
Extends to all areas for which the United States of America has international responsibility.
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