Qatar Accedes to PCT
16-May-2011 GENEVA - Qatar deposited its instrument of accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on May 3, 2011. The treaty will enter into force for Qatar on August 3, 2011, according to a press release by the Organization.
The accession by Qatar means that in any international application filed on or after August 3, 2011, Qatar will automatically be designated, and as it will be bound by Chapter II of the treaty, will automatically be elected in any demand for international preliminary examination filed in respect of an international application filed on or after August 3, 2011.