Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - Accession by Costa Rica Brings to 101 the Number of Contracting States of the PCT

Geneva, May 11, 1999
Press Updates UPD/1999/57

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, announces that Costa Rica deposited its instrument of accession to the PCT on May 3, 1999, and will become bound by the PCT on August 3, 1999. Costa Rica becomes the 101^st Contracting State of the PCT.

Consequently, in any international application filed on or after August 3, 1999, Costa Rica (country code: CR) may be designated and, because it is bound by Chapter II of the PCT, may also be elected for the purposes of international preliminary examination. Furthermore, nationals and residents of Costa Rica will be entitled from August 3, 1999, to file international applications under the PCT.

The PCT is a system which offers inventors and industry an advantageous route for obtaining patent protection worldwide. The present 101 Contracting States of the PCT are the following:

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