GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced in a Thursday press release that Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Honduras became the 129th and 130th contracting states of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) when they deposited their instruments of accession at WIPO on March 14, 2006 and March 20, 2006, respectively. The Treaty will be entered into force for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on June 14, 2006, and for Honduras on June 20, 2006.
The accession by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and by Honduras means that in any international application filed on or after June 14, 2006, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic will automatically be designated, and in any international application filed on or after June 20, 2006, Honduras will automatically be designated, and as the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Honduras will be bound by Chapter II of the Treaty, they will automatically be elected in any demand for international preliminary examination filed in respect of an international application filed on or after June14, 2006 and June20, 2006, respectively.
Also, nationals and residents of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, as of June14, 2006, and Honduras, as of June 20, 2006, will themselves be able to file PCT applications.
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