ePCT External

ISA and IPEA Agreements

Agreements with the International Bureau of WIPO in relation to the functioning of the following Authorities as International Searching and International Preliminary Examining Authorities under the PCT.

Office Code	Start Date	Office Name
AT	23 Apr 1979	Austrian Patent Office
AU	31 Mar 1980	Australian Patent Office
BR	07 Aug 2009	National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)
CA	26 Jul 2004	Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CL	22 Oct 2014	National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile)
CN	01 Jan 1994	China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)
EA	01 Jul 2022	Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO)
EG	01 Apr 2013	Egyptian Patent Office
EP	11 Apr 1978	European Patent Office (EPO)
ES	01 Jan 1995	Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
FI	01 Apr 2005	Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
IL	01 Jun 2012	Israel Patent Office
IN	15 Oct 2013	Indian Patent Office
JP	01 Oct 1978	Japan Patent Office (JPO)
KR	01 Dec 1999	Korean Intellectual Property Office
PH	20 May 2019	Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
RU	25 Dec 1991	Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation)
SA	28 Dec 2023	Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP)
SE	17 May 1978	Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SG	01 Sep 2015	Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
TR	08 Mar 2017	Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (Turkpatent)
UA	05 Feb 2016	State Organization "Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations" (UANIPIO)
US	11 Apr 1978	United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
XN	01 Jan 2008	Nordic Patent Institute
XV	01 Jul 2016	Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI)

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