Patents (Convention Countries) Order

Patents Act

(Chapter 221, Section 89(1))

Patents (Convention Countries) Order

O 1

REVISED EDITION 1996

(23rd February 1995)

[23rd February 1995]

Citation

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

Convention countries

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

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo

Costa Rica

Cote d’lvoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia Belarus

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

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

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Lixembourg

Macau

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

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

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yugoslavia

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

[S 435/96 wef 10/04/1996]

[S 6/97]

[S 32/97]

[S 330/97]

[S 260/98]

[S 466/98]

[S 308/99]

[S 334/99]

[S 367/2000]

[S 376/2001]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Patents (Convention Countries) Order

 

This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Patents (Convention Countries) Order. It is not part of this Order.
1.	G. N. No. S 59/1995—Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1995
	Date of commencement	:	Date not available
2.	G. N. No. S 232/1995
	Date of commencement	:	Date not available
3.	G. N. No. S 247/1995
	Date of commencement	:	Date not available
4.	G. N. No. S 471/1995
	Date of commencement	:	Date not available
5.	G. N. No. S 558/1995
	Date of commencement	:	Date not available
6.	G. N. No. S 584/1995
	Date of commencement	:	Date not available
7.	1996 Revised Edition—Patents (Convention Countries) Order
	Date of operation	:	23 February 1995
8.	G. N. No. S 435/1996—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1996
	Date of commencement	:	27 September 1996
9.	G. N. No. S 6/1997—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1997
	Date of commencement	:	19 October 1996
10.	G. N. No. S 32/1997—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1997
	Date of commencement	:	23 November 1996
11.	G. N. No. S 330/1997—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment No. 3) Order 1997
	Date of commencement	:	26 June 1997
12.	G. N. No. S 260/1998—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1998
	Date of commencement	:	12 May 1998
13.	G. N. No. S 466/1998—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1998
	Date of commencement	:	22 September 1998
14.	G. N. No. S 308/1999—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1999
	Date of commencement	:	20 December 1998
15.	G. N. No. S 334/1999—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1999
	Date of commencement	:	14 July 1999
16.	G. N. No. S 367/2000—Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2000
	Date of commencement	:	4 August 2000