The ''PCT Gazette'' is a
week
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publication
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of the
World Intellectual Property Organization
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(WIPO). It is published by the International Bureau of WIPO pursuant to Article 55 of the
Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...
(PCT),
which provides a system for filing international (
patent
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)
application
Application may refer to:
Mathematics and computing
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s. The ''Gazette'' contains among other things bibliographic data of international applications when published and notices concerning changes to fees, legal provisions and Office procedures relating to the PCT.
The first issue of the ''PCT Gazette'' (No 01/1978) was published on May 11, 1978.
[World Intellectual Property Organization, ''The First Twenty-five Years of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 1970-1995'', 1995, , page 142.] The ''PCT Gazette'' was available both in paper and electronic form (at least during a period) before April 1, 2006.
Since April 1, 2006, the ''Gazette'' is no longer made available in paper form.
[''PCT Newsletter'' March 2006 (No. 03/2006)]
(pdf).
See also
*
Official Journal of the European Patent Office
The ''Official Journal of the European Patent Office'' (''OJ EPO'') is a monthly trilingual publication of the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains "notices and information of a general character issued by the President of the European Patent ...
*
European Patent Bulletin The European Patent Bulletin is a weekly trilingual publication of the European Patent Office (EPO), generally issued every Wednesday. It contains "entries made in the Register of European Patents, as well as other particulars, the publication of w ...
*
List of intellectual property law journals
This list includes notable journals and magazines concerned with intellectual property (IP) law and business, and their various sub-fields, such as copyright, patent and trademark laws. The list also includes official journals and gazettes of pate ...
References
External links
Weekly Issues of the ''PCT Gazette'', by yearon the WIPO web site
Gazettes
Gazette
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In English and French speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name ''Gazette'' since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers ...
Magazines established in 1978
Works about patent law
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