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Patents (Convention Countries) Order


Patents Act (Chapter 221, Section 89 (1))

Patents (Convention Countries) Order S 59/95 S 232/95 S 247/95 S 471/95 S 558/95 S 584/95 S 435/96 S 6/97 S 32/97 S 330/97 S 260/98 S 308/99 S 334/99

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Article

Citation.................................................................................................. 1

Convention Countries............................................................................ 2

The Schedule

[23rd February 1995]

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) Order.

2. The countries set out in the Schedule are hereby declared to be convention countries for the purposes of section 17 of the Act.

THE SCHEDULE

Albania

Algeria

Angola

S 32/97 wef 23.11.96.

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

S 435/96 wef 21.1.96.

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia Belarus

Fiji

S 435/96 wef 14.1.96.

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

S 435/96 wef 22.2.96.

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea, Republic of

Guyana

Haiti

Holy See

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

S 6/97 wef 19.10.96.

Papua New Guinea

S 435/96 wef 9.6.96.

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

S 435/96 wef 13.1.96.

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

San Marino

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Slovak Republic

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

S 435/96 wef 26.7.96.

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

S 435/96 wef 10.4.96.

United Kingdom

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yugoslavia

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe