2015-6 REG Other AB Central America- Sub-Regional Meeting of Experts on Patents of Central American Countries and the Dominican Republic, Panama EPO, OEPM Panama (PA) Costa Rica (CR) Guatemala (GT) Honduras (HN) Nicaragua (NI) Panama (PA) Dominican Republic (DO) Mexico (MX) 16 2015-6 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCD ePCT Office Portal and ePCT-Filing workshops DIP Thailand (TH) Thailand (TH) Office 30 2015-6 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Roving Seminars, Tyumen and Khanty-Mansiysk Russian Federation (RU) Russian Federation (RU) Office + Users 67 2015-7 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar B WIPO Seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT), Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi (MW) Malawi (MW) Office 30 2015-7 FIT-ES 50% Other BC PCT Regional Seminar for LAC countries IEPI Ecuador (EC) Brazil (BR) Colombia (CO) Rica (CR) Cuba (CU) Dominican Republic (DO) Ecuador (EC) El Salvador (SV) Guatemala (GT) Honduras (HN) Mexico (MX) Nicaragua (NI) Panama (PA) Peru (PE) Spain (ES) Office 37 2015-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Regional Roving Seminars on the PCT and ePCT. ASIPI Mexico (MX) Colombia (CO) Cuba (CU) Mexico (MX) Colombia (CO) Cuba (CU) Users 149
2015-11 REG PCT ICT Cooperation BCD ePCT and e-Filling Workshop and Seminar (Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic (IPOS) IPOS Slovakia (SK) Slovakia (SK) Office 25 2015-11 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar E Assistance to countries considering accession to the PCT Cabo (CV) Cabo Verde (CV) Office 108 2015-11 REG International Meeting BC Peru – International Congress on Patents and Invention; Budapest Treaty Seminar, PCT Workshop and related activities INDECOPI Peru (PE) Peru (PE) Office 256 2015-12 REG PCT ISA/IPEA Advisory F Advisory visit to the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) on possible ISA/IPEA appointment Turkey (TR) Turkey (TR) Office 2015-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Training on Receiving Offices Procedures Chile (CL) Chile (CL) Office 9 [Annex II follows]
PCT 2016) This Annex contains a comprehensive list of all technical assistance activities that have a direct bearing on the use of the PCT by developing countries undertaken so far in 2016 and those currently planned for the remainder of 2016, categorized according to the contents of the technical assistance activity undertaken, as further explained in the introductory remarks to Annex I, above. DATE FUNDING EVENT TYPE CONTENT EVENT DESCRIPTION CO-ORGANIZER(S) LOCATION PARTICIPANTS FROM P.TYPE P. NUMBER 2016-1 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Basic PCT Seminar Malawi (MW) Malawi (MW) Office + University /RI 38 2016-1 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop ARIPO Angola (AO) Angola (AO) Office + Users 60 2016-1 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar B PCT Seminar for universities Dominican Republic (DO) Dominican Republic (DO) Office + 38 2016-1 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE PCT Workshop for a recently acceded Member State with PCT Filing potential Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IR) Iran (Islamic Republic of) (IR) Office + Users 320 2016-2 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE Advisory Mission on preparation for accession to the PCT Cambodia (KH) Cambodia (KH) Office 2016-2 REG Other BCD ePCT and eSearchCopy Workshop for the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) INDECOPI Peru (PE) Peru (PE) Office 11 2016-3 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCF Training workshop for examiners CIPC South Africa (ZA) South Africa (ZA) Office 2016-3 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Sub-Regional Meeting of experts on Patents of Central American Countries and the Dominican Republic, San Salvador, El Salvador IMPI/OEPM/ El Salvador (SV) El Salvador (SV) 2016-3 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Seminar Guatemala (GT) Guatemala (GT) Office
2016-3 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Presentation on the PCT in the Academy on Transfer and Commercialization for the Americas, La Paz, BCS, Mexico OAS, PIPRA Mexico (MX) Mexico (MX) 2016-4 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Roving Workshop Mozambique (MZ) Mozambique (MZ) Office + Users 2016-4 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT National Workshop Malaysia (MY) Malaysia (MY) Office 2016-4 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BD Sub-Regional Workshop on the PCT, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tajikistan (TJ) Tajikistan (TJ) Office + Users 2016-5 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT National Seminar OCPI Cuba (CU) Cuba (CU) Office + 2016-8 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Brazil (BR) Brazil (BR) Office + 2016-8 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Seminar Costa Rica (CR) Costa Rica (CR) Office + Users 2016-8 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop and Roving Seminars Russian Federation (RU) Russian Federation (RU) Office + Users 2016-8 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Rwanda (RW) Rwanda (RW) Office + Users 2016-8 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Seminar Nicaragua (NI) Nicaragua (NI) Office + 2016-8 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCD Sub-Regional Training Event on the PCT system -IP Office Staff from ASEAN Countries TBD Cambodia (KH) Indonesia (ID) Brunei Darussalam (BD) Philippines (PH) Myanmar (MN) Office + Users 2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BD Skolkovo Patent School Skolkovo IP Center Russian Federation (RU) Russian Federation (RU) 2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Seminar Barbados (BB) Barbados (BB) Office + Users
2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Study Visit at WIPO Bhutan (BT) Bhutan (BT) Office 2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Seychelles (SC) Seychelles (SC) Office + Users 2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Arabia (SA) Saudi Arabia (SA) Office + Users 2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Regional Seminar for LAC countries (all PCT member States in the region) Cuba (CU) Cuba (CU) Office + Users 2016-9 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Sub-Regional PCT Workshop for selected Arab countries Djibouti (DJ) Djibouti (DJ) Office + 2016-10 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar CE Advisory Mission on Preparation for Accession to the PCT Myanmar (MN) Myanmar (MN) 2016-10 REG PCT ISA/IPEA Support BCF PCT Workshop (Substantive examination training by an ISA/IPEA at IPOPHL) Philippines (PH) Philippines (PH) Office 2016-10 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Sub-Regional Workshop Lesotho (LS) Botswana (BW) Lesotho (LS) Swaziland (SZ) Office + Users 2016-10 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE Advisory Mission on Preparation for Accession to the PCT Cambodia (KH) Cambodia (KH) Office 2016-10 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Participation in the Academy on Technology Transfer and Commercialization for the Americas Mexico (MX) Mexico (MX) Office + Users 2016-10 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCD PCT Workshop (organized by EAPO) for Office staff EAPO Russian Federation (RU) Armenia (AM) Azerbaijan (AZ) Belarus (BY) Kazakhstan (KZ) Kyrgyzstan (KG) Russian Federation (RU) Tajikistan (TJ) Turkmenistan (TM) Office 2016-10 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE Assistance to countries considering accession to the PCT Vanuatu (VU) Vanuatu (VU) Office + Users
2016-11 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Training workshop of the PCT Antigua and Barbuda (AG) Antigua and Barbuda (AG) Office 2016-11 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE Assistance to countries considering accession to the PCT Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD) Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD) Office + 2016-11 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Morocco (MA) Morocco (MA) Office + Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BD Sub-Regional Seminars on PCT and ePCT ASIPI TBD TBD Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Sub-Regional Seminar on the PCT Tajikistan (TJ): Kazakhstan (KZ) Kyrgyzstan (KG) Tajikistan (TJ) Turkmenistan (TM) Uzbekistan (UZ) Office + Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Madagascar (MG) Madagascar (MG) Office + 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Lao DPR (LA) Lao DPR (LA) Office + Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Burkina Faso (BF) Burkina Faso (BF) Office + 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Study visit to WIPO – PCT Workshop Switzerland (CH) Gambia (GH) Africa (ZA) Zambia (ZM) Zimbabwe (ZW) Office 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Algeria (DZ) Algeria (DZ) Office + 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop Oman (OM) Oman (OM) Office + 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop and Training (depending on PCT accession) Djibouti (DJ) Djibouti (DJ) Office + Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC PCT Workshop and Training (depending on PCT accession) Jordan (JO) Jordan (JO) Office + Users
2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE PCT Workshop and Training (depending on PCT accession) Paraguay (PY) Paraguay (PY) Office 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCE PCT Workshop and Training (depending on PCT accession) Uruguay (UY) Uruguay (UY) Office 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BCF Training Workshop in an IP Office on ISA/IPEA matters Chile (CL) Chile (CL) Office + Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Regional/Sub-Regional Seminar on the PCT Slovenia (SI): Slovenia (SI) Croatia (HR) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) Montenegro (ME) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(MK) Serbia (RS) Office + Users 2016-12 REG PCT Workshop and Seminar BC Visegrad Patent Institute visit to the Nordic Patent Institute focused on ISA/IPEA procedures Nordic Patent Institute TBD Czech Republic (CZ) Hungary (HU) Poland (PL) Slovakia (SK) Office [End of II and of document]