| AE | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic
English |
| AG | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| AL | Albanian |
| AM | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Armenian |
| AO | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Portuguese |
| AP | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| AT | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
German |
| AU | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| AZ | Azerbaijani |
| BA | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian |
| BB | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| BG | If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to furnish a complete translation within three months from the date of the invitation.
Bulgarian |
| BH | Arabic
English |
| BN | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| BR | A translation of at least the claims must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). The missing parts must be furnished within a time limit fixed in the invitation.
Portuguese |
| BW | English |
| BY | Must be furnished within two months from the expiration of the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Belarussian
Russian |
| BZ | English |
| CA | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English
French |
| CH | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
French
German
Italian |
| CL | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| CN | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Chinese |
| CO | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). The Office or the agent should be consulted for the latest applicable fee amount.
Spanish |
| CR | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| CU | If not already furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit of 60 days. If the translation of the amended application is not furnished, the Office will proceed on the basis of the translation of the application as originally filed. If the translation of the application as originally filed is not furnished, the application will be considered abandoned.
Spanish |
| CV | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English
Portuguese |
| CZ | Czech |
| DE | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). A translation of the abstract is not required in case of a utility model application.
German |
| DJ | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic
English
French |
| DK | Where the filing fee has been paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation is also paid within those two months.
Danish
English |
| DO | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| DZ | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| EA | Must be furnished or paid within two months from the expiration of the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1) or within two months from the date on which the applicant files a special request for early entry into the national phase.
Russian |
| EC | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| EE | Where the basic fee has been paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation has been paid within those two months.
Estonian |
| EG | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| EP | English
French
German |
| ES | Shall be furnished within 30 months from the priority date. If not furnished within that time limit, the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within two months from the date of the invitation
Spanish |
| FI | Where the basic fee has been paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation or copy may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation or copy has been paid within the above-mentioned time limit.
English
Finnish
Swedish |
| GB | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), or at the time of any earlier express request by the applicant to proceed earlier with the national phase.
English |
| GE | Must be furnished within two months from the date of request for entry into the national phase.
Georgian |
| GH | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| GM | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| GT | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| HN | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| HR | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Croatian |
| HU | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Hungarian |
| ID | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Indonesian |
| IL | Where the translation of the application as filed or the translation of the application as amended is not furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to furnish the missing translation within a time limit of three months fixed in the invitation
English |
| IN | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), or at the time of any earlier express request by the applicant to proceed earlier with the national phase.
English |
| IQ | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| IR | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Must be furnished in electronic form.
Farsi |
| IS | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). However, where a language other than Icelandic was used the Office will, before the application is made available to the public, invite the applicant to furnish a translation into Icelandic of the abstract, claims and text matter of the drawing which will appear with the abstract.
Danish
English
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish |
| IT | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1) or at the latest within two months from entry into the national phase. This deadline cannot be extended. For further details, refer to paragraph IT.02.
Italian |
| JM | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| JO | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| JP | The time limit for submission of the Japanese translation of the international application is 30 months from the priority date (under PCT Article 22(1) or 39(1)(a)). This time limit may be extended under certain circumstances (refer to paragraph JP.03).
Where the international application was filed in Japanese, a copy of any amendments under PCT Articles 19 and 34 may be required, if the communication under Article 20 has not taken place within the time limit applicable under Article 22(1) or 39(1)(a) or if an express request for early processing was filed under Article 23(2).
Japanese |
| KE | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| KG | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Kyrgyz
Russian |
| KH | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Khmer |
| KN | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| KP | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation has been paid
Korean |
| KR | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Korean |
| KW | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| KZ | Must be furnished within two months from the expiration of the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). This time limit can be extended by no more than two months if the applicant has paid additional fees.
Kazakh
Russian |
| LA | Must be furnished within 90 days after entry into the national phase.
Lao |
| LK | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1)
English |
| LR | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| LS | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| LU | Must be furnished or paid within one month after the expiration of the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English
However, a translation of the claims into German or French is required where the application is submitted in English.
French
German |
| MA | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic
French |
| MD | Must be furnished within three months from the expiration of the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Moldovan |
| MG | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
French |
| MK | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Macedonian |
| MN | If not already complied with within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the Office will invite the applicant to furnish a complete translation within two months from the date of the invitation.
Mongolian |
| MW | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| MX | Where the filing fee has been paid and a copy of the international application has been provided to the Office within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit.
Spanish |
| MY | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| MZ | Portuguese |
| NA | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| NG | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| NI | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| NO | Where a request for entry into the national phase has been made within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that an additional fee for late furnishing of the translation is paid within 30 days from the date of the invitation to pay that fee.
For further details, refer to paragraph NO.02.
English
Norwegian |
| NZ | English |
| OA | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English
French |
| OM | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| PA | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| PE | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| PG | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| PH | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1)
English |
| PL | Polish |
| PT | Portuguese |
| QA | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). The applicant may still furnish the translation within six months after the expiration of the applicable time limit.
Arabic |
| RO | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Romanian |
| RS | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Serbian |
| RU | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). If not already complied with within this time limit, the Office will invite the applicant to comply with the requirement within a time limit fixed in the invitation.
Russian |
| SA | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| SC | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| SD | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic
English |
| SE | Where the filing fee has been paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), the translation of the international application may be filed within two months from the expiration of that time limit, provided that the additional fee for late furnishing of the translation has been paid within those two months.
For further details, refer to paragraph SE.02.
English
Swedish |
| SG | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1), or at the time of any earlier express request by the applicant to proceed earlier with the national phase
English |
| SK | Slovak |
| SL | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| SV | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Spanish |
| SY | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic |
| TH | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Thai |
| TJ | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1)
Tajik (Farsi)
Russian |
| TM | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Turkmen |
| TN | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Arabic
English
French |
| TR | Must be furnished within two months from the date of entry into the national phase.
Turkish |
| TT | English |
| TZ | English |
| UA | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). The applicant may still furnish the translation and pay the fee within two months after the expiration of the applicable time limit, provided that a written request for extension of the applicable time limit has been made and the fee for filing such request has been paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Ukrainian |
| UG | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| US | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1). The requirement may still be complied with in response to a notice sent to the applicant, provided that a processing fee is paid for furnishing the translation later.
English |
| UY | Spanish |
| UZ | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Russian
Uzbek |
| VC | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| VN | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
Vietnamese |
| WS | Must be furnished within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| ZA | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| ZM | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |
| ZW | Must be furnished or paid within the time limit applicable under PCT Article 22 or 39(1).
English |