PCT Article 62 – Becoming Party to the Treaty
Source: Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)BlueIron Update:
This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting PCT Article 62, including 0 rules from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Official MPEP § 62 — – Becoming Party to the Treaty
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Article 62 – Becoming Party to the Treaty
- (1) Any State member of the International Union for the Protection of
Industrial Property may become party to this Treaty by:
- (i) signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, or
- (ii) deposit of an instrument of accession.
- (2) Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General.
- (3) The provisions of Article 24 of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall apply to this Treaty.
- (4) Paragraph (3) shall in no way be understood as implying the recognition or tacit acceptance by a Contracting State of the factual situation concerning a territory to which this Treaty is made applicable by another Contracting State by virtue of the said paragraph.