Guatemala joins PCT to became 133rd Contracting State

Last month on July 14, 2006 Guatemala became the 133rd contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The Treaty will enter into force for Guatemala (Country Code: GT) on October 14, 2006. Recently, Malaysia and El Salvador also joined PCT to become 131st and 132nd contracting state. The Treaty will enter into force for Malaysia (Country Code: MY) and El Salvador (Country Code: SV) on August 16, 2006 and August 17, 2006 respectively.