Applicability of 75% Reduction in International Search Fee at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office

(status on 24 December 2009)  

In accordance with its Agreement with the International Bureau of WIPO, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office shall act as International Searching Authority and/or International Preliminary Examining Authority for any PCT Contracting State that specifies the Authority for that purpose (See PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C). 

The international search fee payable to the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office is reduced by 75% if the application is filed in Spanish and the applicant or, if there are two or more applicants, each applicant is a natural person or a legal entity and is a national of and resides in a State not party to the European Patent Convention and which is classified by the World Bank in the group of countries of "low income", "lower middle income" or "upper middle income".  The States concerned are indicated below:

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A

two-letter country code	STATE
AF1	Afghanistan
AL2	Albania
AM2	Armenia
AO2	Angola
AR1	Argentina
AZ2	Azerbaijan

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 B

two-letter country code	STATE
BA2	Bosnia & Herzegovina
BD1	Bangladesh
BF2	Burkina Faso
BI1	Burundi
BJ2	Benin
BO1	Bolivia
BR2	Brazil
BT1	Bhutan
BW2	Botswana
BY2	Belarus
BZ2	Belize

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 C

two-letter country code	STATE
CD1	Democratic Republic of the Congo
CF2	Central African Republic
CG2	Congo
CI2	Côte d’Ivoire
CL	Chile
CM2	Cameroon
CN2	China
CO	Colombia
CR	Costa Rica
CU	Cuba
CV1	Cape Verde

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 D

two-letter country code	STATE
DJ1	Djibouti
DM2	Dominica
DO	Dominican Republic
DZ2	Algeria

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 E

two-letter country code	STATE
EC	Ecuador
EG2	Egypt
ER1	Eritrea
ET1	Ethiopia

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 F

two-letter country code	STATE
FJ1	Fiji
FM1	Micronesia (Federated States of)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 G

two-letter country code	STATE
GA2	Gabon
GD2	Grenada
GE2	Georgia
GH2	Ghana
GM2	Gambia
GN2	Guinea
GT	Guatemala
GW2	Guinea-Bissau
GY1	Guyana

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 H

two-letter country code	STATE
HN	Honduras
HT1	Haiti

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 I

two-letter country code	STATE
ID2	Indonesia
IN2	India
IQ1	Iraq
IR1	Iran (Islamic Republic of)

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 J

two-letter country code	STATE
JM1	Jamaica
JO1	Jordan

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 K

two-letter country code	STATE
KE2	Kenya
KG2	Kyrgyzstan
KH1	Cambodia
KI1	Kiribati
KM2	Comoros
KN2	Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP2	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
KZ2	Kazakhstan

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 L

two-letter country code	STATE
LA2	Lao People’s Democratic Republic
LB1	Lebanon
LC2	Saint Lucia
LK2	Sri Lanka
LR2	Liberia
LS2	Lesotho
LY2	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 M

two-letter country code	STATE
MA2	Morocco
MD2	Moldova
ME2	Montenegro
MG2	Madagascar
MH1	Marshall Islands
ML2	Mali
MM1	Myanmar
MN2	Mongolia
MR2	Mauritania
MU1	Mauritius
MV1	Maldives
MW2	Malawi
MX	Mexico
MY2	Malaysia
MZ2	Mozambique

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 N

two-letter country code	STATE
NA2	Namibia
NE2	Niger
NG2	Nigeria
NI	Nicaragua
NP1	Nepal

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 P

two-letter country code	STATE
PA1	Panama
PE	Peru
PG2	Papua New Guinea
PH2	Philippines
PK1	Pakistan
PW1	Palau
PY1	Paraguay

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 R

two-letter country code	STATE
RS2	Serbia
RU2	Russian Federation
RW1	Rwanda

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 S

two-letter country code	STATE
SB1	Solomon Islands
SC2	Seychelles
SD2	Sudan
SL2	Sierra Leone
SN2	Senegal
SO1	Somalia
SR1	Suriname
ST2	Sao Tome and Principe
SV	El Salvador
SY2	Syrian Arab Republic
SZ2	Swaziland

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 T

two-letter country code	STATE
TD2	Chad
TG2	Togo
TH2	Thailand
TJ2	Tajikistan
TL1	Timor-Leste
TM2	Turkmenistan
TN2	Tunisia
TO1	Tonga
TZ2	United Republic of Tanzania

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 U

two-letter country code	STATE
UA2	Ukraine
UG2	Uganda
UY1	Uruguay
UZ2	Uzbekistan

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 V

two-letter country code	STATE
VC2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VE1	Venezuela
VN2	Viet Nam
VU1	Vanuatu

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

 W

two-letter country code	STATE
WS1	Samoa

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 Y

two-letter country code	STATE
YE1	Yemen
YT1	Mayotte

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 Z

two-letter country code	STATE
ZA2	South Africa
ZM2	Zambia
ZW2	Zimbabwe

 

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¹ Applicants from this State must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national of and/or resides in a PCT Contracting State that has specified the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office for the purposes of international search or international preliminary examination (see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C).

²  Applicants from this State must file the PCT application together with an applicant who is a national of or resides in a State that has specified the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office for the purposes of international search or international preliminary examination (see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annex C).