PCT Contracting States for which a Regional Patent can be Obtained via the PCT

(status on 1 July 2020)

	States for which only a regional patent can be obtained (and not a national patent):	States for which a regional patent can be obtained in addition to, or instead of, a national patent	States not included in regional designation but to which a regional patent can be extended or validated
AP    ARIPO patent	SZ    Eswatini	BW    Botswana GH    Ghana GM    Gambia KE    Kenya LR    Liberia LS    Lesotho MW   Malawi MZ    Mozambique NA    Namibia RW   Rwanda SD   Sudan SL    Sierra Leone ST    Sao Tome and Principe TZ    United Republic of Tanzania UG   Uganda ZM    Zambia ZW   Zimbabwe	Not applicable
EA    Eurasian patent	Not applicable	AM   Armenia AZ    Azerbaijan BY    Belarus KG   Kyrgyzstan KZ   Kazakhstan RU   Russian Federation TJ    Tajikistan TM   Turkmenistan	Not applicable
EP    European patent	BE   Belgium CY  Cyprus FR   France GR  Greece IE   Ireland LT   Lithuania LV   Latvia MC  Monaco МТ  Malta NL   Netherlands SI   Slovenia SM  San Marino	AL    Albania AT    Austria BG   Bulgaria CH   Switzerland CZ   Czechia DE   Germany DK   Denmark EE    Estonia ES    Spain FI     Finland GB   United Kingdom HR   Croatia HU   Hungary IS    Iceland IT    Italy4 LI    Liechtenstein LU   Luxembourg MK   North Macedonia NO   Norway PL    Poland PT    Portugal RO   Romania RS   Serbia SE   Sweden SK   Slovakia TR   Turkey	BA   Bosnia and Herzegovina1 KH   Cambodia2, 3 ME   Montenegro1 MA   Morocco3 MD   Republic of Moldova3 TN   Tunisia3
OA    OAPI patent	BF    Burkina Faso BJ    Benin CF   Central African Republic CG   Congo CI    Côte d’Ivoire CM   Cameroon GA   Gabon GN   Guinea GQ   Equatorial Guinea GW   Guinea-Bissau KM   Comoros ML    Mali MR   Mauritania NE    Niger SN   Senegal TD   Chad TG   Togo	Not applicable

1. For information about requesting the extension of a European patent to this State, see: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/extension-validation-system.html and the PCT Applicant’s Guide, National Chapter (EP).
2. A request for validation of a European patent in Cambodia may be made for any international application filed on or after 1 March 2018.
3. For information about requesting the validation of a European patent to this State, see: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/extension-validation-system.html and the PCT Applicant’s Guide, National Chapter (EP).
4. A national patent can be obtained for Italy in respect of international applications filed on or after 1 July 2020.