1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 31st January 2005.

2. The countries specified in Schedule 1 are declared to be convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977.

3. The Orders set out in Schedule 2 are hereby revoked.

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 CONVENTION COUNTRIES

• Albania

• Algeria

• Andorra

• Angola

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Argentina

• Armenia

• Australia

• Austria

• Azerbaijan

• Bahamas

• Bahrain

• Bangladesh

• Barbados

• Belarus

• Belgium

• Belize

• Benin

• Bhutan

• Bolivia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Botswana

• Brazil

• Brunei Darussalam

• Bulgaria

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cambodia

• Cameroon

• Canada

• Central African Republic

• Chad

• Chile

• China

• Columbia

• Congo

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

• Costa Rica

• Cote d'Ivoire

• Croatia

• Cuba

• Cyprus

• Czech Republic

• Denmark

• Djibouti

• Dominica

• Dominican Republic

• Ecuador

• Egypt

• El Salvador

• Equatorial Guinea

• Estonia

• Faeroe Islands

• Fiji

• Finland

• France (including Overseas Departments and Territories)

• Gabon

• Gambia

• Georgia

• Germany

• Ghana

• Greece

• Grenada

• Guatemala

• Guinea

• Guinea-Bissau

• Guyana

• Haiti

• Holy See

• Honduras

• Hong Kong

• Hungary

• Iceland

• India

• Indonesia

• Iran, Islamic Republic of

• Iraq

• Ireland

• Israel

• Italy

• Jamaica

• Japan

• Jordan

• Kazakhstan

• Kenya

• Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

• Korea, Republic of

• Kuwait

• Kyrgyzstan

• Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• Latvia

• Lebanon

• Lesotho

• Liberia

• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Liechtenstein

• Lithuania

• Luxembourg

• Macao

• Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

• Madagascar

• Malawi

• Malaysia

• Maldives

• Mali

• Malta

• Mauritania

• Mauritius

• Mexico

• Moldova, Republic of

• Monaco

• Mongolia

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• Myanmar

• Namibia

• Nepal

• Netherlands

• Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

• New Zealand (including the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)

• Nicaragua

• Niger

• Nigeria

• Norway

• Oman

• Pakistan

• Panama

• Papua New Guinea

• Paraguay

• Peru

• Philippines

• Poland

• Portugal

• Qatar

• Romania

• Russian Federation

• Rwanda

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Saint Lucia

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• San Marino

• Sao Tome and Principe

• Saudi Arabia

• Senegal

• Serbia and Montenegro

• Seychelles

• Sierra Leone

• Singapore

• Slovakia

• Slovenia

• Solomon Islands

• South Africa

• Spain

• Sri Lanka

• Sudan

• Suriname

• Swaziland

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Syrian Arab Republic

• Taiwan

• Tajikistan

• Tanzania, United Republic of

• Thailand

• Togo

• Tonga

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Tunisia

• Turkey

• Turkmenistan

• Uganda

• Ukraine

• United Arab Emirates

• United States of America (including Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions)

• Uruguay

• Uzbekistan

• Venezuela

• Viet Nam

• Zambia

• Zimbabwe

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2 REVOCATIONS

• Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994( 2 )

• Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1995( 3 )

• Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2000( 4 )

• Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000( 5 )

• Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2001( 6 )