FOREIGN PATENT FILING CHECKLIST

Inventor(s): Title of Invention:

Docket No.:

ODURF No.:

Filing Date:Signature of Designated Inventor: ______

Note: Filing in non-convention countries should be completed as soon as possible before the invention becomes publicly accessible.

PURPOSE: Based on your knowledge of the market, check the countries in which you would like to apply for foreign patent coverage.

PCT Countries:

All PCT Countries,

File PCT Designating the Countries checked below, or

File Directly in the Countries checked below

 AE United Arab Emirates /  DE Germany /  KG Kyrgyzstan /  PL Poland /  UG Uganda
 AG Antigua & Barbuda /  DK Denmark /  KP N. Korea /  PT Portugal /  US United States
 AL Albania /  DM Dominica /  KR S. Korea /  RO Romania /  UZ Uzbekistan
 AM Armenia /  DZ Algeria /  KZ Kazakhstan /  RU Russian Federation /  VN Vietnam
 AT Austria /  EE Estonia /  LC Saint Lucia /  SD Sudan /  YU Yugoslavia
 AU Australia /  ES Spain /  LK Sri Lanka / SE Sweden /  ZA South Africa
 AZ Azerbaijan /  FI Finland /  LR Liberia /  SL Sierra Leone /  ZW Zimbabwe
 BA Bosnia & Herzegovina /  GB United Kingdom /  LS Lesotho /  SG Singapore
 BB Barbados /  GD Grenada /  LT Lithuania /  SI Slovenia
 BG Bulgaria /  GE Georgia /  LU Luxembourg /  SK Slovakia
 BR Brazil /  GH Ghana / LVLatvia /  TJ Tajikistan
 BY Belarus /  GM Gambia /  MA Morocco /  TM Turkmenistan
 BZ Belize /  HR Croatia /  MD Rep of Moldova / TR Turkey
 CA Canada /  HU Hungary /  MG Madagascar /  TT Trinidad & Tobago
 CH & LI Switzerland & Liechtenstein /  ID Indonesia /  MK Former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia /  TZ Tanzania
 CO Columbia /  IN India /  MN Mongolia /  UA Ukraine
 CN China /  IS Iceland /  MW Malawi
 CR Costa Rica /  IL Israel /  MZ Mozambique
 CU Cuba /  JP Japan /  NO Norway
 CZ Czech Rep. /  KE Kenya /  NZ New Zealand

PCT Regional Patents:

 ARIPO:Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

 EURASIAN:Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Rep. of Moldova

 EP: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Switzerland & Liechtenstein, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey

 OAPI: Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad, Congo, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Non-PCT Countries:

 AR Argentina /  EG Egypt /  PE Peru /  TW Taiwan**
 BL Bolivia /  IR Iran /  PH Philippines /  UY Uruguay
 CL Chile /  MY Malaysia /  SA Saudi Arabia* /  VE Venezuela
 EC Ecuador /  PY Paraguay /  TH Thailand / *non-convention, ** non-convention, but priority may be claimed

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