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K
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K
Country Names and Two-Letter Codes
Annex K includes a list of short names and two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating
States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations (and their Offices) in documents
relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is as set out in WIPO Standard ST.3
(see List of WIPO Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines on the web site at:
www.wipo.int/standards/en/pdf/03-03-01.pdf).
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STANDARD ST.3
RECOMMENDED STANDARD ON TWO-LETTER CODES FOR THE REPRESENTATION
OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Revision adopted by the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS)
at its reconvened fourth session on March 24, 2016 and by correspondence on March 26, 2016
INTRODUCTION
1.
This Recommended Standard provides two-letter alphabetic codes which, for the purpose of improving the
access to industrial property information, represent, in particular, the names of States, other entities and
intergovernmental organizations the legislation of which provides for the protection of industrial property rights or which
organizations are acting in the framework of a treaty in the field of industrial property.
2.
The designation of States or other entities in this Recommended Standard does not imply the expression of any
opinion whatsoever concerning the legal status of any State or territory, or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers.
3.
This Recommended Standard is aligned with the universally recognized ISO Alpha-2 Codes listed in International
Standard ISO 3166-1, “Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions – Part 1: Country
Codes”, which are available on the Online Browsing Platform of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
RECOMMENDED STANDARD CODE
4.
This Recommended Standard is intended to be implemented for any use by industrial property offices requiring
the identification of States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations, in coded form.
5.
The recommended codes are contained in Annex A in two sections, organized as follows:
(i)
Section 1 presents a list of States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations, in alphabetic
sequence of their short names and their corresponding codes;
(ii)
Section 2 presents the codes referred to in (i) in alphabetic order and the corresponding (short) names of
States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations.
6.
In addition to the said recommended codes, the two-letter alphabetic code “XX” is recommended to refer to
unknown states, other entities or organizations.
MAINTENANCE
7.
ISO has entrusted a Maintenance Agency with the management of International Standard ISO 3166.
8.
WIPO has been granted associate-member status in the Maintenance Agency and is therefore closely
associated with its work. The International Bureau updates this Recommended Standard at intervals following the
decisions of the Maintenance Agency and of the respective WIPO body with regard to the inclusion of new two-letter
alphabetic codes or the amending of existing two-letter alphabetic codes.
IMPLEMENTATION AND GUIDELINES FOR USERS
9.
To assist users of documents relating to industrial property titles and/or applications therefor, Annex B, Section 1,
to this Recommended Standard lists those States for which the code in force prior to January 1, 1978, was subsequently
replaced by a new code. A list of States or organizations, with their respective codes, that ceased to exist is given in
Annex B, Section 2.
10.
The codes contained in Annex A to this Recommended Standard should be used in all documents relating to
industrial property titles and/or applications therefor, even when referring to documents for which a different code existed
before January 1, 1978.
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11.
The letter combinations AA, QM to QY, XA to XM, XO to XT, XW, XY, XZ and ZZ are available for individual use
and for provisional codes.
[Annexes follow]
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ANNEX A, SECTION 1
LIST OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES, AND THEIR CODES
LIST OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,
IN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE OF THEIR SHORT NAMES,
AND THEIR CORRESPONDING CODES
AFGHANISTAN ...............................................
AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(1)
ORGANIZATION (OAPI) ...........................
AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL
(1)
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) ....
ALBANIA .........................................................
ALGERIA .........................................................
ANDORRA ......................................................
ANGOLA .........................................................
ANGUILLA .......................................................
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ..............................
ARGENTINA ...................................................
ARMENIA ........................................................
ARUBA ............................................................
AUSTRALIA ....................................................
AUSTRIA .........................................................
AZERBAIJAN ..................................................
BAHAMAS .......................................................
BAHRAIN ........................................................
BANGLADESH ................................................
BARBADOS ....................................................
BELARUS ........................................................
BELGIUM ........................................................
BELIZE ............................................................
BENELUX OFFICE FOR INTELLECTUAL
(2)
PROPERTY (BOIP) ...................................
BENIN .............................................................
BERMUDA ......................................................
BHUTAN .........................................................
BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF ..........
BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA .......
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA .......................
BOTSWANA ....................................................
BOUVET ISLAND ............................................
BRAZIL ............................................................
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM .................................
BULGARIA ......................................................
BURKINA FASO ..............................................
BURUNDI ........................................................
CAMBODIA .....................................................
CAMEROON ...................................................
CANADA .........................................................
CABO VERDE .................................................
CAYMAN ISLANDS .........................................
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ....................
CHAD ..............................................................
CHILE ..............................................................
CHINA .............................................................
COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY OFFICE
(EUROPEAN UNION) (CPVO) ......................
COLOMBIA .....................................................
COMOROS .....................................................
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AF
OA
AP
AL
DZ
AD
AO
AI
AG
AR
AM
AW
AU
AT
AZ
BS
BH
BD
BB
BY
BE
BZ
BX
BJ
BM
BT
BO
BQ
BA
BW
BV
BR
BN
BG
BF
BI
KH
CM
CA
CV
KY
CF
TD
CL
CN
QZ
CO
KM
CONGO (see Congo, below; Democratic
Republic of the Congo)
CONGO ...........................................................
COOK ISLANDS ..............................................
COSTA RICA ...................................................
CÔTE D’IVOIRE ..............................................
CROATIA ........................................................
CUBA ..............................................................
CURAÇAO........................................................
CYPRUS .........................................................
CZECH REPUBLIC .........................................
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
OF KOREA ...................................................
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO ................................................
DENMARK .......................................................
DJIBOUTI ........................................................
DOMINICA ......................................................
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC .................................
CG
CK
CR
CI
HR
CU
CW
CY
CZ
KP
CD
DK
DJ
DM
DO
ECUADOR ....................................................... EC
EGYPT ............................................................ EG
EL SALVADOR ................................................ SV
EQUATORIAL GUINEA ................................... GQ
ERITREA ......................................................... ER
ESTONIA ......................................................... EE
ETHIOPIA ........................................................ ET
EURASIAN PATENT ORGANIZATION
(1)
(EAPO) ...................................................... EA
EUROPEAN UNION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
OFFICE (EUIPO) ........................................... EM
(1)
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) .......... EP
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) .................
FAROE ISLANDS ............................................
FIJI ..................................................................
FINLAND .........................................................
FRANCE ..........................................................
FK
FO
FJ
FI
FR
GABON ...........................................................
GAMBIA ..........................................................
GEORGIA ........................................................
(3)
GERMANY ....................................................
GHANA ............................................................
GIBRALTAR ....................................................
GREECE .........................................................
GREENLAND ..................................................
GRENADA .......................................................
GUATEMALA ..................................................
GUERNSEY .....................................................
GUINEA ...........................................................
GUINEA–BISSAU ............................................
GA
GM
GE
DE
GH
GI
GR
GL
GD
GT
GG
GN
GW
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GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (see Patent
Office of the Cooperation Council for
the Arab States of the Gulf)
GUYANA .........................................................
HAITI ...............................................................
HOLY SEE ......................................................
HONDURAS ....................................................
HONG KONG (See The Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People’s
Republic of China)
HUNGARY ......................................................
ICELAND .........................................................
INDIA ...............................................................
INDONESIA .....................................................
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(4)
ORGANIZATION (WIPO) ..........................
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE
PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES
OF PLANTS (UPOV) ....................................
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF .......................
IRAQ ...............................................................
IRELAND .........................................................
ISLE OF MAN...................................................
ISRAEL ...........................................................
ITALY ..............................................................
GY
HT
VA
HN
HU
IS
IN
ID
IB, WO
XU
IR
IQ
IE
IM
IL
IT
JAMAICA .........................................................
JAPAN .............................................................
JERSEY ...........................................................
JORDAN .........................................................
JM
JP
JE
JO
KAZAKHSTAN ................................................
KENYA ............................................................
KIRIBATI .........................................................
KOREA (see Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea; Republic of Korea)
KUWAIT ..........................................................
KYRGYZSTAN ................................................
KZ
KE
KI
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ...
LATVIA ............................................................
LEBANON .......................................................
LESOTHO .......................................................
LIBERIA ..........................................................
LIBYA ..............................................................
LIECHTENSTEIN ............................................
LITHUANIA ......................................................
LUXEMBOURG ...............................................
LA
LV
LB
LS
LR
LY
LI
LT
LU
MACAO ...........................................................
MACEDONIA (see The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia)
MADAGASCAR ...............................................
MALAWI ..........................................................
MALAYSIA ......................................................
MALDIVES ......................................................
MALI ................................................................
MALTA ............................................................
MAURITANIA ..................................................
MO
KW
KG
MG
MW
MY
MV
ML
MT
MR
MAURITIUS .....................................................
MEXICO ..........................................................
MOLDOVA (see Republic of Moldova)
MONACO ........................................................
MONGOLIA .....................................................
MONTENEGRO ...............................................
MONTSERRAT ...............................................
MOROCCO .....................................................
MOZAMBIQUE ................................................
MYANMAR ......................................................
MC
MN
ME
MS
MA
MZ
MM
NAMIBIA ..........................................................
NAURU ............................................................
NEPAL .............................................................
NETHERLANDS ..............................................
NEW ZEALAND ...............................................
NICARAGUA ...................................................
NIGER .............................................................
NIGERIA ..........................................................
(1)
NORDIC PATENT INSTITUTE (NPI) ............
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ...................
NORWAY ........................................................
NA
NR
NP
NL
NZ
NI
NE
NG
XN
MP
NO
OMAN ..............................................................
OM
PAKISTAN .......................................................
PALAU .............................................................
PANAMA .........................................................
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ....................................
PARAGUAY .....................................................
PATENT OFFICE OF THE COOPERATION
COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF
THE GULF (GCC)..........................................
PERU ..............................................................
PHILIPPINES ..................................................
POLAND ..........................................................
PORTUGAL .....................................................
PK
PW
PA
PG
PY
QATAR ............................................................
QA
REPUBLIC OF KOREA ...................................
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ..............................
ROMANIA ........................................................
RUSSIAN FEDERATION .................................
RWANDA ........................................................
KR
MD
RO
RU
RW
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND
TRISTAN DA CUNHA ...................................
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ...............................
SAINT LUCIA ..................................................
SAINT VINCENT AND
THE GRENADINES ......................................
SAMOA ...........................................................
SAN MARINO ..................................................
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ...........................
SAUDI ARABIA ...............................................
SENEGAL ........................................................
SERBIA ...........................................................
SEYCHELLES .................................................
SIERRA LEONE ..............................................
SINGAPORE ...................................................
SINT MAARTEN (Dutch part) ...........................
MU
MX
GC
PE
PH
PL
PT
SH
KN
LC
VC
WS
SM
ST
SA
SN
RS
SC
SL
SG
SX
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SLOVAKIA .......................................................
SLOVENIA ......................................................
SOLOMON ISLANDS ......................................
SOMALIA ........................................................
SOUTH AFRICA ..............................................
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH
SANDWICH ISLANDS ..................................
SOUTH SUDAN ...............................................
SPAIN .............................................................
SRI LANKA ......................................................
SUDAN ............................................................
SURINAME .....................................................
SWAZILAND ...................................................
SWEDEN ........................................................
SWITZERLAND ...............................................
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ..............................
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA ....................
TAJIKISTAN ....................................................
TANZANIA (see United Republic of Tanzania)
THAILAND .......................................................
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC
OF MACEDONIA ..........................................
THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ........
TIMOR–LESTE ................................................
TOGO ..............................................................
TONGA ...........................................................
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ...............................
TUNISIA ..........................................................
TURKEY ..........................................................
SK
SI
SB
SO
ZA
GS
SS
ES
LK
SD
SR
SZ
SE
CH
SY
TW
TJ
TURKMENISTAN ............................................
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS .....................
TUVALU ..........................................................
TM
TC
TV
UGANDA .........................................................
UKRAINE ........................................................
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES .............................
UNITED KINGDOM .........................................
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ................
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .....................
URUGUAY .......................................................
UZBEKISTAN ..................................................
UG
UA
AE
GB
TZ
US
UY
UZ
VANUATU .......................................................
VATICAN CITY STATE (See Holy See)
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF ...
VIET NAM .......................................................
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH ............................
VU
(1)
TH
MK
HK
TL
TG
TO
TT
TN
TR
VISEGRAD PATENT INSTITUTE (VPI)
VE
VN
VG
…….. XV
(5)
WESTERN SAHARA .....................................
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
(4)
(INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF) ..............
EH
WO, IB
YEMEN ............................................................
YE
ZAMBIA ...........................................................
ZIMBABWE .....................................................
ZM
ZW
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ANNEX A, SECTION 2
LIST OF CODES AND NAMES OF STATES AND OTHER ENTITIES
LIST OF CODES, IN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE, AND THE CORRESPONDING (SHORT) NAMES
OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
AD
AE
AF
AG
AI
AL
AM
AO
AP
AR
AT
AU
AW
AZ
BA
BB
BD
BE
BF
BG
BH
BI
BJ
BM
BN
BO
BQ
BR
BS
BT
BV
BW
BX
Andorra
United Arab Emirates
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Anguilla
Albania
Armenia
Angola
African Regional Intellectual Property
(1)
Organization (ARIPO)
Argentina
Austria
Australia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
BY
BZ
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Barbados
Bangladesh
Belgium
Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
Bahrain
Burundi
Benin
Bermuda
Brunei Darussalam
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Brazil
Bahamas
Bhutan
Bouvet Island
Botswana
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
(2)
(BOIP)
Belarus
Belize
CA
CD
CF
CG
CH
CI
CK
CL
CM
CN
CO
CR
CU
CV
CW
CY
CZ
Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Congo
Switzerland
Côte d’Ivoire
Cook Islands
Chile
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cabo Verde
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
(3)
DE
DJ
DK
DM
DO
DZ
Germany
Djibouti
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Algeria
EA
EC
EE
EG
EH
EM
EP
ER
ES
ET
Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
Ecuador
Estonia
Egypt
(5)
Western Sahara
European Union Intellectual Property Office
(EUIPO)
(1)
European Patent Office (EPO)
Eritrea
Spain
Ethiopia
FI
FJ
FK
FO
FR
Finland
Fiji
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
France
GA
GB
GC
Gabon
United Kingdom
Patent Office of the Cooperation Council
for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Grenada
Georgia
Guernsey
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Gambia
Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Greece
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
GD
GE
GG
GH
GI
GL
GM
GN
GQ
GR
GS
GT
GW
GY
HK
HN
HR
HT
HU
IB
ID
IE
IL
IM
(1)
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People’s Republic of China
Honduras
Croatia
Haiti
Hungary
International Bureau of the World Intellectual
(4)
Property Organization (WIPO)
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Isle of Man
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IN
IQ
IR
IS
IT
India
Iraq
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iceland
Italy
NP
NR
NZ
Nepal
Nauru
New Zealand
OA
JE
JM
JO
JP
Jersey
Jamaica
Jordan
Japan
OM
African Intellectual Property
(1)
Organization (OAPI)
Oman
KE
KG
KH
KI
KM
KN
KP
KR
KW
KY
KZ
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Cambodia
Kiribati
Comoros
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea
Kuwait
Cayman Islands
Kazakhstan
PA
PE
PG
PH
PK
PL
PT
PW
PY
Panama
Peru
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Palau
Paraguay
QA
QZ
Qatar
Community Plant Variety Office
(European Union) (CPVO)
LA
LB
LC
LI
LK
LR
LS
LT
LU
LV
LY
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Saint Lucia
Liechtenstein
Sri Lanka
Liberia
Lesotho
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Libya
RO
RS
RU
RW
Romania
Serbia
Russian Federation
Rwanda
MA
MC
MD
ME
MG
MK
ML
MM
MN
MO
MP
MR
MS
MT
MU
MV
MW
MX
MY
MZ
Morocco
Monaco
Republic of Moldova
Montenegro
Madagascar
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mali
Myanmar
Mongolia
Macao
Northern Mariana Islands
Mauritania
Montserrat
Malta
Mauritius
Maldives
Malawi
Mexico
Malaysia
Mozambique
SA
SB
SC
SD
SE
SG
SH
SI
SK
SL
SM
SN
SO
SR
SS
ST
SV
SX
SY
SZ
Saudi Arabia
Solomon Islands
Seychelles
Sudan
Sweden
Singapore
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Slovenia
Slovakia
Sierra Leone
San Marino
Senegal
Somalia
Suriname
South Sudan
Sao Tome and Principe
El Salvador
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Syrian Arab Republic
Swaziland
NA
NE
NG
NI
NL
NO
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Nicaragua
Netherlands
Norway
TC
TD
TG
TH
TJ
TL
TM
TN
TO
TR
TT
TV
TW
TZ
Turks and Caicos Islands
Chad
Togo
Thailand
Tajikistan
Timor–Leste
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Tonga
Turkey
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Taiwan, Province of China
United Republic of Tanzania
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UA
UG
US
UY
UZ
Ukraine
Uganda
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
VA
VC
VE
VG
VN
VU
Holy See
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Virgin Islands (British)
Viet Nam
Vanuatu
WO
World Intellectual Property Organization
(4)
(WIPO) (International Bureau of)
WS
Samoa
XN
XU
XV
Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)
International Union for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
(1)
Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI)
YE
Yemen
ZA
ZM
ZW
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
(1)
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ANNEX B, SECTION 1
STATES FOR WHICH CODES HAVE CHANGED
LIST OF STATES IN RESPECT OF WHICH CODES HAVE CHANGED
Code used
before
1.1.1978
New Code
used from
1.1.1978
Albania
Algeria
Austria
AN
AG
OE
AL
DZ
AT
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burma (see Myanmar)
BB
BA
BD
DA
BH
BT
UV
BH
BD
BB
BJ
BT
BW
(6)
HV/BF
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Congo
CD
KA
ZR
TS
CE
RC
CF
KH
CM
CF
TD
CL
CN
CG
Country
Democratic Kampuchea
(see Cambodia)
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Dominican Republic
KN
CB
KP
(7)
ZR/CD
DR
DO
East Timor
(see Timor–Leste)
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
–
–
ET
SL
EA
EG
SV
ET
Finland
SF
FI
Gambia
Germany
Guatemala
Guinea
GE
DT
GU
GI
GM
DE
GT
GN
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
HI
CV
HO
HT
VA
HN
Ireland
EI
IE
Code used
before
1.1.1978
New Code
used from
1.1.1978
Japan
JA
JP
Kuwait
KU
KW
Liechtenstein
FL
LI
Madagascar
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mongolia
Myanmar
MD
MJ
ML
MT
MS
MO
BU
MG
ML
MT
MR
MU
MN
(8)
MM
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
NA
NI
WN
NI
NE
NG
Oman
MU
OM
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Poland
PM
PP
PG
PO
PA
PG
PY
PL
Republic of Korea
Romania
KS
RU
KR
RO
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Syrian Arab Republic
WL
CL
SW
SR
SL
LK
SE
SY
Timor–Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
TP
TO
TI
TD
TL
TG
TO
TT
United Republic of
Tanzania
TA
TZ
ZB
ZM
Country
Zaire (see Democratic
Republic of the
Congo)
Zambia
(9)
[Section 2 follows]
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PCT Applicant’s Guide – International Phase – Annex K
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Country Names and Two-Letter Codes
ANNEX B, SECTION 2
STATES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT NO LONGER EXIST
LIST OF STATES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXISTED ON JANUARY 1, 1978,
BUT THAT NO LONGER EXIST
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Yemen
German Democratic Republic
International Patent Institute
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
CS
(10)
SY/YD
(11)
DL/DD
IB
SU
(12)
YU
[End of Annex B and of Standard]
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
Intergovernmental organizations (regional patent offices) acting for certain Contracting States under the PCT
(Patent Cooperation Treaty).
The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) (former Benelux Trademark and Designs Offices) have
replaced the national Offices of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands with regard to actions relating to
marks and industrial designs.
In the electronic database of the International Register of Marks, the International Bureau of WIPO uses the
following additional codes, not part of the active codes of Standard ST.3: “DD” to designate Germany without the
territory that, prior to October 3, 1990, constituted the Federal Republic of Germany; “DT” to designate Germany
without the territory that, prior to October 3, 1990, constituted the German Democratic Republic.
The code “WO” is used in relation to the international publication under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
of international applications filed with any PCT receiving Office, as well as in the publication of international
deposits of industrial designs under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial
Designs. In this regard, reference is made to INID code (33) given in WIPO Standards ST.9 and ST.80. The
code “WO” is also the appropriate code to be used with respect to international registrations of marks under the
Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks. The code “IB” is
used in relation to the receipt of international applications under the PCT filed with the International Bureau of
WIPO in its capacity as a PCT receiving Office.
Provisional name.
Code BF adopted in 1984.
Code CD adopted in 1997.
Code MM adopted in 1989.
Code TL adopted on May 20, 2002.
Code SY used before 1.1.1978.
Code DL used before 1.1.1978.
Subsequent to the country name change of “Yugoslavia” to “Serbia and Montenegro”, that took effect on
February 4, 2003, and to the decision by the ISO 3166/MA to use the new country name and new two-letter code
“CS” (to replace “YU”), which was announced on July 23, 2003, the SCIT Standards and Documentation Working
Group agreed, at its fifth session, in November 11, 2004, to recommend that the two-letter code “YU” continue to
be used for “Serbia and Montenegro” in the industrial property field because code “CS” raised certain problems
due to its former use to represent “Czechoslovakia” until 1993.
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