List of parties to international patent treaties

This is a list of parties to international patent treaties which are open to all states.

Paris
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Paris, 1883-03-20, came into force 1884-07-07[1]
PCT
Patent Cooperation Treaty, Washington, 1970-06-19, came into force 1978-01-24[2]
Budapest
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, Budapest, 1977-04-28, came into force 1980-08-19[3]
TRIPS
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Marrakech, 1994-04-15, came into force 1995-01-01[4]
PLT
Patent Law Treaty, Geneva, 2000-06-01, came into force 2005-04-28[5]

The list below was taken from details supplied by WIPO and the WTO. Dates quoted are the date on which the treaty came into effect for a given country.

Country Paris PCT Budapest TRIPS PLT
Afghanistan 2017-05-14[6] — — —
Albania 1995-10-04 1995-10-04 2003-09-19 2000-09-08 2010-05-17
Algeria 1966-03-01 2000-03-08 — —
Andorra 2004-06-02 — — —
Angola 2007-12-27 2007-12-27 — 1996-11-23 —
Antigua and Barbuda 2000-03-17 2000-03-17 — 1995-01-01 —
Argentina 1967-02-10 — — 1995-01-01 —
Armenia 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2005-03-06 2003-02-05 2013-09-17
Australia 1925-10-10 1980-03-31 1987-07-07 1995-01-01 2009-03-16
Austria 1909-01-01[lower-alpha 1] 1979-04-23 1984-04-26 1995-01-01 —
Azerbaijan 1995-12-25 1995-12-25 2003-10-14 —
Bahamas 1973-07-10 — — —
Bahrain 1997-10-29 2007-03-18 2012-11-20 1995-01-01 2005-12-15
Bangladesh 1991-03-03 — — 1995-01-01 —
Barbados 1985-03-12 1985-03-12 — 1995-01-01 —
Belarus 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2001-10-19 2016-10-21
Belgium 1884-07-07 1981-12-14 1983-12-15 1995-01-01 —
Belize 2000-06-17 2000-06-17 — 1995-01-01 —
Benin 1967-01-10 1987-02-26 — 1996-02-22 —
Bhutan 2000-08-04 — — —
Bolivia 1993-11-04 — — 1995-09-12 —
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992-03-01 1996-09-07 2009-01-27 2012-05-09
Botswana 1998-04-15 2003-10-30 — 1995-05-31 —
Brazil 1884-07-07 1978-04-09 — 1995-01-01 —
Brunei 2012-02-17 2012-07-24 2012-07-24 1995-01-01 —
Bulgaria 1921-06-13 1984-05-21 1980-08-19 1996-12-01 —
Burkina Faso 1963-11-19 1989-03-21 — 1995-06-03 —
Burundi 1977-09-03 — — 1995-07-23 —
Cambodia 1998-09-22 2016-12-08 — 2004-10-13 —
Cameroon 1964-05-10 1978-01-24 — 1995-12-13 —
Canada 1925-06-12 1990-01-02 1996-09-21 1995-01-01 —
Cape Verde — — — 2008-07-23 —
Central African Republic 1963-11-19 1978-01-24 — 1995-05-31 —
Chad 1963-11-19 1978-01-24 — 1996-10-19 —
Chile 1991-06-14 2009-06-02 2011-08-05 1995-01-01 —
China 1985-03-19 1994-01-01 1995-07-01 2001-12-11 —
Colombia 1996-09-03 2001-02-28 2016-07-26 1995-04-30 —
Comoros 2005-04-03 2005-04-03 — —
Congo, Democratic Republic 1975-01-31 — — 1997-01-01 —
Congo, Republic 1963-09-02 1978-01-24 — 1997-03-27 —
Costa Rica 1995-10-31 1999-08-03 2008-09-30 1995-01-01 —
Côte d'Ivoire 1963-10-23 1991-04-30 — 1995-01-01 —
Croatia 1991-10-08 1998-07-01 2000-02-25 2000-11-30 2005-04-28
Cuba 1904-11-17 1996-07-16 1994-02-19 1995-04-20 —
Cyprus 1966-01-17 1998-04-01 — 1995-07-30 —
Czech Republic 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 1995-01-01 —
Denmark 1894-10-01 1978-12-01 1985-07-01 1995-01-01 2005-04-28
Djibouti 2002-05-13 2016-09-23 — 1995-05-31 —
Dominica 1999-08-07 1999-08-07 — 1995-01-01 —
Dominican Republic 1890-07-11 2007-05-28 2007-07-03 1995-03-09 —
Ecuador 1999-06-22 2001-05-07 — 1996-01-21 —
Egypt 1951-07-01 2003-09-06 — 1995-06-30 —
El Salvador 1994-02-19 2006-08-17 2006-08-17 1995-05-07 —
Equatorial Guinea 1997-06-26 2001-07-17 — —
Eritrea — — — — —
Ethiopia — — — —
Estonia 1994-08-24[lower-alpha 2] 1994-08-24 1996-09-14 1999-11-13 2005-04-28
European Union — — — 1995-01-01 —
Fiji — — — 1996-01-14 —
Finland 1921-09-20 1980-10-01 1985-09-01 1995-01-01 2006-03-06
France 1884-07-07 1978-02-25 1980-08-19 1995-01-01 2010-01-05
Gabon 1964-02-29 1978-01-24 — 1995-01-01 —
Gambia 1992-01-21 1997-12-09 — 1996-10-23 —
Georgia 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2005-09-30 2000-06-14 —
Germany 1903-05-01 1978-01-24 1981-01-20 1995-01-01 —
Ghana 1976-09-28 1997-02-26 — 1995-01-01 —
Greece 1924-09-28 1990-10-09 1993-10-30 1995-01-01 —
Grenada 1998-09-22 1998-09-22 — 1996-02-22 —
Guatemala 1998-08-18 2006-10-14 2006-10-14 1995-07-21 —
Guinea 1982-02-05 1991-05-27 — 1995-10-25 —
Guinea-Bissau 1988-06-28 1997-12-12 — 1995-05-31 —
Guyana 1994-10-25 — — 1995-01-01 —
Haiti 1958-07-01 — — 1996-01-30 —
Honduras 1994-02-04 2006-06-20 2006-06-20 1995-01-01 —
Hong Kong, China 1997-07-01[lower-alpha 3] 1997-07-01[lower-alpha 3] — 1995-01-01 —
Hungary 1909-01-01[lower-alpha 1] 1980-06-27 1980-08-19 1995-01-01 2008-03-12
Iceland 1962-05-05 1995-03-23 1995-03-23 1995-01-01 —
India 1998-12-07 1998-12-07 2001-12-17 1995-01-01 —
Indonesia 1950-12-24 1997-09-05 — 1995-01-01 —
Iran 1959-12-16 2013-10-04 — —
Iraq 1976-12-24 — — —
Ireland 1925-12-04 1992-08-01 1999-12-15 1995-01-01 2012-05-27
Israel 1950-03-24 1996-06-01 1996-04-26 1995-04-21 —
Italy 1884-07-07 1985-03-28 1986-03-23 1995-01-01 —
Jamaica 1999-12-24 — — 1995-05-09 —
Japan 1899-07-15 1978-10-01 1980-08-19 1995-01-01 —
Jordan 1972-07-17 2017-06-09 2008-11-14 2000-04-11 —
Kazakhstan 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2002-04-24 2011-10-19
Kenya 1965-06-14 1994-06-08 — 1995-01-01 —
Kiribati — — — — —
Kuwait 2014-12-02 2016-09-09 — 1995-01-01 —
Kyrgyzstan 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2003-05-17 1998-12-20 2005-04-28
Laos 1998-10-08 2006-06-14 — 2013-02-02 —
Latvia 1993-09-07[lower-alpha 4] 1993-09-07 1994-12-29 1999-02-10 2010-06-12
Lebanon 1924-09-01 — — —
Lesotho 1989-09-28 1995-10-21 — 1995-05-31 —
Liberia 1994-08-27 1994-08-27 — 2017-01-04
Libya 1976-09-28 2005-09-15 — —
Liechtenstein 1933-07-14 1980-03-19 1981-08-19 1995-09-01 2009-12-18
Lithuania 1994-05-22 1994-07-05 1998-05-09 2001-05-31 2012-02-03
Luxembourg 1922-06-30 1978-04-30 2010-07-29 1995-01-01 —
Macau, China 1999-12-20[lower-alpha 5] — — 1995-01-01 —
Macedonia 1991-09-08 1995-08-10 2002-08-30 2003-04-04 2010-04-22
Madagascar 1963-12-21 1978-01-24 — 1995-11-17 —
Malawi 1964-07-06 1978-01-24 — 1995-05-31 —
Malaysia 1989-01-01 2006-08-16 — 1995-01-01 —
Maldives — — — 1995-05-31 —
Mali 1983-03-01 1984-10-19 — 1995-05-31 —
Malta 1967-10-20 2007-03-01 — 1995-01-01 —
Mauritania 1965-04-11 1983-04-13 — 1995-05-31 —
Mauritius 1976-09-24 — — 1995-01-01 —
Mexico 1903-09-07 1995-01-01 2001-03-21 1995-01-01 —
Federated States of Micronesia — — — — —
Moldova 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2001-07-26 2005-04-28
Monaco 1956-04-29 1979-06-22 1999-01-23 — —
Mongolia 1985-04-21 1991-05-27 — 1997-01-29 —
Montenegro 2006-06-03 2006-06-03 2006-06-03 2012-04-29 2012-03-09
Morocco 1917-07-30 1999-10-08 2011-07-20 1995-01-01 —
Mozambique 1998-07-09 2000-05-18 — 1995-08-26 —
Myanmar — — — 1995-01-01 —
Namibia 2004-01-01 2004-01-01 — 1995-01-01 —
Nauru — — — — —
Nepal 2001-06-22 — — 2004-04-23 —
Netherlands 1884-07-07[lower-alpha 6] 1979-07-10[lower-alpha 6] 1987-07-02[lower-alpha 6] 1995-01-01[lower-alpha 6] 2010-10-27[lower-alpha 7]
New Zealand 1931-07-29[lower-alpha 8] 1992-12-01 — 1995-01-01 —
Nicaragua 1996-07-03 2003-03-06 2006-08-10 1995-09-03 —
Niger 1964-07-05 1993-03-21 — 1996-12-13 —
Nigeria 1963-09-02 2005-05-08 — 1995-01-01 2005-04-28
Korea, Democratic People's Republic 1980-06-10 1980-07-08 2002-02-21 — —
Norway 1885-07-01 1980-01-01 1986-01-01 1995-01-01 —
Oman 1999-07-14 2001-10-26 2007-10-16 2000-11-09 2007-10-16
Pakistan 2004-07-22 — — 1995-01-01 —
Palau — — — — —
Panama 1996-10-19 2012-09-07 2012-09-07 1997-09-06 —
Papua New Guinea 1999-06-15 2003-06-14 — 1996-06-09 —
Paraguay 1994-05-28 — — 1995-01-01 —
Peru 1995-04-11 2009-06-06 2009-01-20 1995-01-01 —
Philippines 1965-09-27 2001-08-17 1981-10-21 1995-01-01 —
Poland 1919-11-10 1990-12-25 1993-09-22 1995-07-01 —
Portugal 1884-07-07 1992-11-24 1997-10-16 1995-01-01 —
Qatar 2000-07-05 2011-08-03 2014-03-06 1996-01-13 —
Romania 1920-10-06 1979-07-23 1999-09-25 1995-01-01 2005-04-28
Russian Federation 1965-07-01[lower-alpha 9] 1978-03-29[lower-alpha 9] 1981-04-22[lower-alpha 9] 2012-08-22 2009-08-12
Rwanda 1984-03-01 2011-08-31 — 1996-05-22 —
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1995-04-09 2005-10-27 — 1996-02-21 —
Saint Lucia 1995-06-09 1996-10-30 — 1995-01-01 —
St. Vincent & Grenadines 1995-08-29 2002-08-06 — 1995-01-01 —
Samoa 2013-09-21 2020-01-02 — 2012-05-10 —
San Marino 1960-03-04 2004-12-14 — — —
São Tomé and Príncipe 1998-05-12 2008-07-03 — —
Saudi Arabia 2004-03-11 2013-08-03 — 2005-12-11 2013-08-03
Senegal 1963-12-21 1978-01-24 — 1995-01-01 —
Serbia 1992-04-27[lower-alpha 10] 1997-01-02[lower-alpha 10] 1994-02-25[lower-alpha 10] 2010-10-20
Seychelles 2002-11-07 2002-11-07 — —
Sierra Leone 1997-06-17 1997-06-17 — 1995-07-23 —
Singapore 1995-02-23 1995-02-23 1995-02-23 1995-01-01 —
Slovakia 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 1995-01-01 2005-04-28
Slovenia 1991-06-25 1994-03-01 1998-03-12 1995-07-30 2005-04-28
Solomon Islands — — — 1996-07-26 —
Somalia — — — — —
South Africa 1947-12-01 1999-03-16 1997-07-14 1995-01-01 —
Korea, Republic 1980-05-04 1984-08-10 1988-03-28 1995-01-01 —
South Sudan — — — — —
Spain 1884-07-07 1989-11-16 1981-03-19 1995-01-01 2013-11-06
Sri Lanka 1952-12-29 1982-02-26 — 1995-01-01 —
Sudan 1984-04-16 1984-04-16 — —
Suriname 1975-11-25 — — 1995-01-01 —
Swaziland 1991-05-12 1994-09-20 — 1995-01-01 —
Sweden 1885-07-01 1978-05-17 1983-10-01 1995-01-01 2007-12-27
Switzerland 1884-07-07 1978-01-24 1981-08-09 1995-07-01 2008-07-01
Syria 1924-09-01 2003-06-26 — —
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) — — — 2002-01-01 —
Tajikistan 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2013-03-02 —
Tanzania 1963-06-16 1999-09-14 — 1995-01-01 —
Thailand 2008-05-02 2009-09-24 — 1995-01-01 —
Timor Leste — — — — —
Togo 1967-09-10 1978-01-24 — 1995-05-31 —
Tonga 2001-06-14 — — 2007-07-27 —
Trinidad and Tobago 1964-08-01 1994-03-10 1994-03-10 1995-03-01 —
Tunisia 1884-07-07 2001-12-10 2004-05-23 1995-03-29 —
Turkey 1925-10-10 1996-01-01 1998-11-30 1995-03-26 —
Turkmenistan 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 — — —
Tuvalu — — — — —
Uganda 1965-06-14 1995-02-09 — 1995-01-01 —
Ukraine 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 1997-07-02 2008-05-16 2005-04-28
United Arab Emirates 1996-09-19 1999-03-10 — 1996-04-10 —
United Kingdom 1884-07-07[lower-alpha 11] 1978-01-24[lower-alpha 12] 1980-12-29[lower-alpha 13] 1995-01-01[lower-alpha 14] 2006-03-22[lower-alpha 14]
United States of America 1887-05-30 1978-01-24 1980-08-19 1995-01-01 2013-12-18
Uruguay 1967-03-18 — — 1995-01-01 —
Uzbekistan 1991-12-25 1991-12-25 2002-01-12 2006-07-19
Vanuatu — — — 2012-08-24 —
Holy See (Vatican City) 1960-09-29 — — —
Venezuela 1995-09-12 — — 1995-01-01 —
Vietnam 1949-03-08 1993-03-10 — 2007-01-11 —
Yemen 2007-02-15 — — —
Zambia 1965-04-06 2001-11-15 — 1995-01-01 —
Zimbabwe 1980-04-18 1997-06-11 — 1995-03-05 —
Notes
  1. Ratification as Austria-Hungary
  2. Estonia was a member of the Paris Convention from 1924-02-12. However, it lost its independence on 1940-08-06.
  3. Ratification of China extended to Hong Kong
  4. Latvia was a member of the Paris Convention from 1925-08-20. However, it lost its independence on 1940-07-21.
  5. Ratification of China extended to Macao
  6. Valid in all countries in the Kingdom: Aruba, Curaçao, Netherlands and Sint Maarten
  7. Valid in all countries in the Kingdom, except Aruba
  8. Extended to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau
  9. Ratification as the Soviet Union
  10. Ratification as Serbia and Montenegro
  11. Extended to the Isle of Man (1983), Guernsey (from November 2020), Bailiwick of Jersey (from November 2020) and Gibraltar (from January 2021).[7]
  12. Extended to the Isle of Man (from 29 October 1983[8]), Hong Kong (1981-1997), Gibraltar (from 1 January 2021)[9] and Guernsey (from 23 March 2021)
  13. Extended to Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar from 1 January 2021.
  14. Extended to the Isle of Man

See also

References
  1. Parties to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
  2. Parties to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
  3. Parties to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure.
  4. Members of the World Trade Organization as of 2005-12-11.
  5. Parties to the Patent Law Treaty
  6. "Paris Notification No. 221 - Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property - Accession by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan". WIPO. February 14, 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. "Paris Notification No. 223 - Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property - Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". WIPO. August 13, 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. "PCT Contracting States" (PDF). wipo.int. WIPO. Retrieved 30 October 2020. The United Kingdom extended the application of the PCT to the Isle of Man with effect from 29 October 1983.
  9. "PCT Contracting States" (PDF). wipo.int. WIPO. Retrieved 30 October 2020. With effect from 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom will extend the application of the PCT to the territory of Gibraltar
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