The PCT Newsletter is a month

Month

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ly publication

Publication

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 of the World Intellectual Property Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

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 (WIPO). It contains "up-to-date news about the Patent Cooperation Treaty

Patent Cooperation Treaty

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 (PCT)", which provides a system for filing international (patent

Patent

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) application

Patent application

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s. The PCT Newsletter is published in English

English language

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 only. Important changes to the PCT are mentioned and explained in the PCT Newsletter.

The first issue of the PCT Newsletter was published in March 1994. Since January 2008, the PCT Newsletter is available only online

ONLINE

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, and no longer as a paper publication.

See also

• Official Journal of the European Patent Office
  Official Journal of the European Patent Office
  The Official Journal of the European Patent Office is a monthly trilingual publication of the European Patent Office . It contains "notices and information of a general character issued by the President of the European Patent Office, as well as any other information relevant to [the European Patent...
  
  
• PCT Gazette
  PCT Gazette
  The PCT Gazette is a weekly bilingual publication of the World Intellectual Property Organization . It is published by the International Bureau of WIPO pursuant to Article 55 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty , which provides a system for filing international applications...
  
  
• List of intellectual property law journals

External links

• PCT Newsletters since 1997 available online on the WIPO web site