Patent Law Treaty

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The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a treaty signed on 1 June 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation (an intergovernmental organization). It entered into force on April 28, 2005. It aims at harmonizing and streamlining formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application, the form and content of a patent application, and representation. The treaty "does not establish a uniform procedure for all parties to the PLT but leaves parties free to require fewer or more user-friendly requirements than those provided in the PLT." [1] As of February 2023, the PLT had 43 contracting states. [2]

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History

Contracting States to the Patent Law Treaty and dates of entry into force [2]
DateState
28 April 2005 Republic of Moldova, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ukraine, Republic of Estonia, Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Croatia, Romania
15 December 2005 Bahrain
6 March 2006 Finland
22 March 2006 United Kingdom (including the Isle of Man)
19 July 2006 Uzbekistan
16 October 2007 Oman
27 December 2007 Sweden
12 March 2008 Hungary
1 July 2008 Switzerland
16 March 2009 Australia
12 August 2009 Russia
18 December 2009 Liechtenstein
5 January 2010 France
22 April 2010 North Macedonia
17 May 2010 Albania
12 June 2010 Latvia
20 August 2010 Serbia
27 December 2010 Netherlands (the whole Kingdom, except Aruba)
19 October 2011 Kazakhstan
3 February 2012 Lithuania
9 March 2012 Montenegro
9 May 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27 May 2012 Ireland
3 August 2013 Saudi Arabia
17 September 2013 Armenia
18 December 2013 United States
11 June 2016 Japan
21 October 2016 Belarus
4 January 2017 Liberia
22 August 2018 North Korea
25 June 2019 Antigua and Barbuda
30 October 2019 Canada
19 July 2021 Turkmenistan

France

Prior to the entry into force of the treaty in France, a bill was submitted on 14 January 2009 at the French Senate proposing the ratification of the PLT by France. [3] [4] In March 2009, a report from French Senator Rachel Mazuir recommended the ratification of the PLT, as soon as possible, by France. [5] [6] On 24 July 2009, the government was authorized to ratify the PLT. [7] The PLT then entered into force for France on 5 January 2010. [2]

United States

The Treaty was transmitted from the President to the Senate in 2006. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued its Executive Report 110-6 in November 2007. Non-self-executing portions of the PLT were implemented as statute by the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012, Pub. Law 112-211 (Dec. 12, 2012). The PLT was ratified by the United States on 18 September 2013, and the ratification instrument was forwarded to WIPO. The Patent Office's implementing regulations were proposed at 78 Fed. Reg. 21788 (Apr. 11, 2013) and issued as a Final Rule at 78 Fed. Reg. 62367 (Oct. 21, 2013).

Mexico

Article 20(7)(3) of the proposed new NAFTA, in December 2019, stated that "Each Party shall give due consideration to ratifying or acceding to the PLT, or, in the alternative, shall adopt or maintain procedural standards consistent with the objective of the PLT". [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Contracting Parties > Patent Law Treaty (Total Contracting Parties: 43)". WIPO. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. (in French) French Senate web site, Sénat, Session Ordinaire de 2008–2009, Annexe au procès-verbal de la séance du 14 janvier 2009, Projet de Loi autorisant la ratification du traité sur le droit des brevets, 14 January 2009. Consulted on 22 January 2009
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  5. (in French) French Senate web site, Annexe au procès-verbal de la séance du 17 mars 2009, Rapport fait au nom de la commission des Affaires étrangères, de la défense et des forces armées sur le projet de loi autorisant la ratification du traité sur le droit des brevets, Par M. Rachel Mazuir, Sénateur
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